This is coming from someone who isn't remotely handy so my expectations might have been way off.
I recently had a small Solar PV setup installed and my major expectation going into it was that anything generated would go into the house.
The priorities were to be
- 1) immediate use (ecar, lights, cooker, appliances ...)
- 2) small Battery system (3.6kw)
- 3) hot water
- 4) the grid (with this option accounting for a small fraction of the power generated, not the 70% the system is reporting).
1 & 2 are both good. My question comes from step 3. When I included the Water Diverter at the outset I expected that this would be the water on tap, sure, but more importantly would be the water running through the radiators. These Radiators were to be the major ROI / energy sink that i could rely on, however the reality has (very) hot water on tap but nothing going through the radiators.
Bottom line, Is electrically heating radiator water a thing or was I mistakenly conflating my (our oil fired) central heating with Solar Panels?
I wonder if there are few answers because the answers are a little obvious?
No solar is going to provide any of your room heating needs and won't heat your rads. That said I have seen some underfloor heating provided by solar PV.
