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For over 30 years Dectra Corporation has been providing quality products and services for residential, commercial and small industrial buildings and facilities.
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HI, I'M A NEW MEMBER, BUT HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN THE "GARN" SYSTEM FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS OR SO......BUT THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT I NEED TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH BEFORE TAKING THE PLUNGE............I KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO ANSWERS THAT FIT ALL APPLICATIONS, BUT I'M GETTING MIXED THOUGHTS AS TO HOW MANY TIMES A DAY...
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I'm not, but as a solar installer, There's no reason it wouldn't work. That's the simple. the complicated answer is, of course, complicated. The efficiency of Flatplate solar hot water panels drops off as the temperature gets higher than ambient temps. of course, to do anything useful with them they need to be above ambient temps. The...
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Hello, Anyone using their Garn with a solar hot water panels? We are considering adding panels to our system at some point, but currently the cost of the panels vs performance is prohibitive. Right now it makes more sense to buy or harvest solar energy in solid form (ie, get some more cords of wood). I've been reading NoFossil's site (www.nofossil...
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I agree with steve, the schematics would be a nice but how about one for a solar.
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[quote user="zick"] Thanks Jim, that's exactly what I was hoping to hear. How long does your heat storage last between burns?[/quote] For our big drafty farmhouse and keeping my garage at around 40 F with the piping losses, we get at least 10-12 hours between 2-3 hour burns. This is with outside temps in the 20s and teens. If it stays...