How many miles per gallon...
does your Water Heater get?

Did you know that your electric water heater can use as much energy as an automobile? A car that gets 22 mpg. travels 12,000 miles in a year, consumes approximately 11.4 barrels of oil. A family of four would use the same amount of energy in a year, just heating water, by using an average amount of hot water per day (80 gallons). In other words, installing a water heater for your home provides the same environmental and energy saving benefits as taking an average car off the road.

S.E.S. can install solar water heaters in a variety of shapes sizes & manufacturers to meet your individual needs & budget.

S.E.S. Features:
Water heaters designed to be efficient, self-sufficient, reliable and durable

By letting S.E.S. install a water heater, "the world's most energy-efficient home appliance." You will take your electric water heater off the Energy Guzzling Highway, take advantage of the sun's unlimited free energy, do your part to conserve our natural resources, and join the nearly one million Floridians who proudly own and benefit from their own solar water heater.

Not only are water heaters efficient and economically smart, they are also completely self-sufficient. Like your current water heater, you don't ever have to worry about having hot water. The water heaters take care of themselves. It knows when to collect heat from the sun, and when not to. It knows when no electricity is needed (which is almost all of the time), and when to provide back-up heat to insure your comfort. Our water heaters are so smart that you can just kick back, take a deep breath, and simply enjoy the savings it provides you.

Enjoy your baths even more, knowing that your water is being heated free by the sun's unlimited energy. Rest assured that your water heating system is automatically providing your family with these great benefits: $aving$, reduced energy consumption, reduced pollution, and even added value to your home.

ProgressivTube Passive Solar Water Heaters

How does it work?

The ProgressivTube Passive Solar Water Heater is a self-contained unit that acts as a solar collector and storage tank integrated into one piece of equipment. In most systems the unit is utilized as a pre-heater to an instantaneous or conventional water heater.  It can also be used as a stand-alone heater when no backup is required.

The ProgressivTube is a passive system because it has no moving parts and operates in local water pressure and solar radiation.  There are no pumps or controls to maintain and no electrical energy is required to make it function.

Once installed the system will operate automatically.  When hot water is used in the household, solar pre-heated is drawn into the conventional water heater (reducing or eliminating electricity or gas usage for heating water) or directly to the tap.  However, as with all solar water heaters, the total amount of solar contribution to the system is dependent upon the hot water consumption pattern, daily weather conditions, and variable amounts of available sunlight throughout the year.

How It Works

The collector/storage tank of the ProgressivTube absorbs solar radiation through its selective surface coating, which raises the temperature of the water stored in the collector. It is well insulated with closed cell foam and the unit is double glazed for increased heat retention.  The eight copper tubes are welded into a series flow pattern so that the top of the lower tube feeds the bottom of the next tube. This allows the ProgressivTube to contain the colder replacement water in the lower tubes where the sun heats it as it flows from one tube to the next. Each time hot water is used, the ProgressivTube's innovative design eliminates the cooling down of the remaining heated water that normally occurs in other types of batch heaters. Not only does this design ensure the delivery of the hottest water, but is also provides more hot water at a higher temperature and with a faster recovery time than solar systems of similar capacity.

Progressivetube Specifications

GLAZING GASKETS: A continuous gasket made of special long life EDPM synthetic rubber is compressed by the glazing caps to seal out the weather.  The inner glazing spline is made of high-temperature tolerant EPDM.

GLAZING: Outer glazing is tempered low-iron solar glass with 91% transmittance. Inner glazing is Teflon film, known for its high temperature tolerance (525F) and its long-term durability and stability, transmittance 96%. The 3/4" air space between glazings reduces heat loss.

FLUID CONNECTION: Inlet and outlet connections are made of nominal 3/4" diameter Type ``L" hard copper pipes. This allows for fast, leak-free sweat fitting plumbing connections.

CASE: The baked-on bronze acrylic finish of the hard temper, T6, extruded aluminum framewall and glazing caps, alloy 6061, assures years of attractive rust-free appearance.  All rivets and bolts are aluminum or stainless steel. Aluminum back sheet 0.025".

INSULATION: Rigid closed cell polyisocyanurate foam board, the most efficient available, is used to maximize heat retention. Sides and ends of the unit have 1.5" board, R-value 10; bottom has 2" board, R-value 14; between tank tubes has 1.5" board, R-value 10.

Reasons for Installing the ProgressivTube Passive Solar Water Heater

1. Solar water heating reduces the monthly operating expense of the household.

2. Reduced operating expenses give homeowners more cash for discretionary purposes, deposit savings, or larger mortgage payments.

3. Qualify more borrowers. Lenders are more flexible in evaluating debt-to-income ratios on loans secured by energy efficient homes.

4. Solar water heating is the only home appliance that saves money without reducing comfort or convenience.

5. Solar water heating is a hedge against higher future energy costs, which are a certainty.

6. Solar water heating enables homeowners to actively contribute to the reduction of our dependence on foreign oil and the need to build expensive new electric power plants.

7. Solar is environmentally safe, conserves resources and reduces air pollution, which causes acid rain, the "Greenhouse Effect" and respiratory health problems.

8.   The 25,000 solar water heaters in Florida annually reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere by more than 275,000 tons.

9. The ProgressivTube has no moving parts to fail or maintain.

10. The ProgressivTube Passive Solar Water Heater doubles the hot water supply of the house when added to an existing water heater.

11. The ProgressivTube Passive Solar Water Heater comes with a Ten Year Factory Warranty, including freeze damage and has a minimum design life of 30 years.

12. Install a ProgressivTube Passive Solar Water Heater when a home is being built and save $1,000.00 or more because retrofit costs are considerably higher.

13. Solar Energy is technology that contains the cost of the fuel in the initial price of the equipment.

14. Builders who install a solar water heater, or offer it as an option, on a new home, demonstrate a concern for homeowner's utility bills.

Passive Solar Water Heating

Solar Electricity

S.E.S. can satisfy your Solar Electric needs with SHELL ProChargers Solar Modules For Everyday Use.

The ProCharger™ line of solar modules makes it easier than ever to enjoy the many benefits of using solar energy. Solar is the clean, quiet way to generate power for many of your electrical needs. Almost anywhere that utility-grid power is not readily available, solar electricity can be your most practical and dependable power source.

ProCharger electrical systems can be setup to give you all the power you need, year around, including enough power to take care of anticipated sunless periods. Should you ever need more electricity, modular design makes it easy to expand your system. Also, Procharger modules are compatible with other types of generators to achieve complete energy solutions.

ProChargers bring ease and convenience to many popular solar uses.

Recreational Vehicles ProChargers give RV owners independence. There's independence from the fuel, fumes, and noise of motor generators. And there's the independence from having to stay where there are electrical hookups. Whatever your need, from battery maintenance, to power for all of your appliances and accessories, ProChargers can handle it.

Boats Solar electricity is the natural way to generate power for all or part of your boat's onboard electrical needs. Systems can be configured to power emergency-communications, lights, instrumentation, navigation equipment, and even refrigerators. ProChargers are warranted to standup to even the hardest marine environments and continue to perform efficiently.

Remote homes and cabins The pleasure of a remote home or cabin is even greater when you are sure of year after year of trouble-free electrical power, with practically no maintenance needed. Dependable ProCharger systems operate silently, burn no fuel, and create no waste. Modular design lets you expand a system easily if your electrical needs grow.

 

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