Last night I had dinner with a friend of mine, we happen to live in the same building complex so our apartments are very similar. He was telling me he just payed his electricity and water bills, and I was surprised to hear that his electricity bill was way higher than mine. We both use the same home appliances, air con, etc… there is just one difference between his apartment and mine, the water heater.

In China, it is very common to use one of these 3 water heaters:

1. Electric water heater
2. Gas boiler heater
3. Solar Water Heater

My friend happens to have an electric water heater, and I have a solar water heater, that is why his bill is always and will always be higher than mine.

I want to introduce this Solar Water Heaters to you, this is what it looks like:

You have probably seen them before, they usually go on the roof of buildings/houses, if you have been to China, I am positive you have seen them, especially in the north of China, where most habitants are not as wealthy as eastern China, and each penny counts.

To be honest, before using a Solar Water heater, I was skeptical about them… I worried if they would really heat the water, would it be hot enough, bla, bla, bla. It was until I moved to this new apartment, where I really had no choice, because the solar water heater was already installed here. So perhaps the universe sent it to me…

So I started using it, got used to it, and after a week, I understood why so many apartments in China have these heaters, they work!! No wonder why it has become such a big industry in China, this technology, pretty simple by the way, has more than 30 years of experience in this country. In simple words, the way they work, is circulating water through the vacuum pipes, this pipes get the heat from the sun, then the water gets hot. They also need very little maintenance, they wash themselves with rain, and the only problem you might have, is a broken pipe, which it is very easy to change, I changed mine myself actually…

So what happens in the winter, when the sun is out for a very short period of time? The solar water heater has an accessory, an electric resistor that looks like this:

This accessory is also designed to use very little electricity, and you will be using it only in the winter time (say 3 months a year), actually it depends on the climate of the area where you live, perhaps in you country, the sun is out also during the winter, you will use the resistor for even less than 3 months a year.

So there is no down side about it. These heaters will save you money on the long run, your electricity and gas bills will decrease for sure! And you will be doing the atmosphere a favor, reducing gas emissions. Sounds good doesn’t it?

Interested? Send me an email to info@dragon-exports.com We will be happy to assist you!

Cheers!
Sergio