The Redring Sunstore Solar system will:
- Provide 60-70% of your typical
domestic hot water requirements
- Radically reduce your domestic hot
water heating bills
- Heat your water in summer and winter
- Integrate with all types of heating
systems including combi boilers
- Require no scheduled maintenance
- Reduce CO2 emissions by at least
500kg/year
- Provides free hot water for at least 25 years
The Redring Sunstore Solar system is designed for easy installation, usually taking just a day to fit and planning permission is not usually required. Installers should refer their local authority to Planning Policy Statement 22 (PPS22)which encourages the use of solar thermal collectors. The low profile panels clip into a unique roof mounting which avoids roof leaks and keeps all pipe-work hidden from view. The Redring Sunstore Solar System has been designed and manufactured in Britain to the highest of European standards (EN12975–1).
Having installed the collector how do we convert the heat energy into hot water in your taps? Simply by circulating fluid through the collector which absorbs the heat and transfers it to your storage cylinder. The circulation pump is operated by a control system to ensure it only pumps whilst the collectors are absorbing energy. The sealed system includes an expansion vessel to allow for volume change as the water is heated. The control system uses digital temperature sensors to measure the heat of the Lazer II collector and compares it to the heat/temperature in the storage cylinder.
The pump is run when the collector temperature is higher than the cylinder and stopped when the collector temperature falls overnight. As modern houses have several types of domestic hot water systems there are slightly different ways of integrating the solar energy, but the energy gains are real and significant. The UK climate is challenging and because of the shorter winter days it is not possible to be completely independent of conventional water heating. However, Redring systems can supply more than half your domestic hot water energy consumption.
The range
Solar Thermal collectors produce hot water directly from the sun. Even in the UK the Redring Sunstore Solar Collector is proven to provide around 60% of an average family’s annual domestic hot water requirements for free. The Redring Sunstore is designed in the UK specifically for UK weather conditions. The benefit to the householder in terms of reduced fuel bills is clear - especially with the continuing rise in gas prices. The benefit to the environment is also enormous; reductions in greenhouse gasses help to reduce the devastating impact of climate change.
“Proven to provide around 60% of an average family’s annual domestic hot water requirements for free”
The Redring Sunstore Solar thermal collectors utilize state of the art thermal vacuum technology to convert solar energy into hot water. The Selective coating enables the use
of the whole energy spectrum to generate heat and although it produces much greater energy in bright sunshine, hot water collection temperatures are still achieved in overcast conditions.
In order to lock the energy in, the Redring Sunstore collectors use vacuum insulation technology to prevent the heat escaping from the tubes much like a vacuum flask.
We have experience of installation in a variety of applications, from a traditional pitched roof, vertical wall mounted or even on top of a high-rise building.
The Redring Sunstore Solar thermal collectors can be sized to provide larger quantities of hot water depending upon your requirements. Redring Solar can also provide a cost
effective solution for DHW (Domestic Hot Water) in Social Housing applications.
“Redring solar reduces C02 emissions and helps ensure compliance with Part L of the
building regulations”
The April 2006 revision to Part L of the building regulations requires that all buildings do not exceed a target carbon emmission rate. This can be achieved by improving insulation,
air-tightness or the construction method of any given building. However, in most situations simply installing a Redring Sunstore Solar thermal collector will provide suffi cient carbon saving to achieve Part L compliance without any building design change.
