ITS Solar

There are many solar water heating systems on the market. Since it is thought to be relatively easy to install a solar water heating system, you will find many companies that sell and install solar water heaters. One should however be very careful not to buy any solar water heater and using any installer. First of all be sure that the solar collector has been tested by one of the international Solar Certification Laboratories. The test certificate will also specify the efficiency of the solar collector (how effectively it converts solar radiation into heat). This information can then be used to calculate how much energy you will be able to save.

Another question is durability. ITS solar collectors come with a 10 year guarantee and will most likely last more than 30 years. Buying a solar water heater that will last only 5 years is an expensive purchase. There are also a number of systems on the market where the designers have not looked at the long term efficiency of the solar collector. These systems will not necessarily break down but might only provide half the heat output they did originally after a couple of years. Yet again it is an expensive purchase.

Solar water heating systems are sensitive to installation. You can have the best solar collector on the roof but if the installer, for instance, uses the wrong type of insulation material on the pipe work the overall system performance will seriously degrade. This will have an direct impact on how much money you will save.

For this reason ITS have hand picked and thoroughly trained our installers. We are enforcing the strictest installation guidelines. We want to ensure that you get the most return from your investment.

We also have a range of data logging devices that can be used to monitor the performance of your system…or alternatively, just watch your electricity bill

ITS solar heating systems are slightly more expensive than some other solar water heating systems available on the market. But, due to its far superior performance, it will allow you to recover its cost manyfold while other systems might never recover their cost.

John Ruskin wrote:

It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much, you loose a little money that’s all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do.

The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot… it can’t be done.

If you deal with something cheaper, it’s well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better!