Solar water heating is the conversion of sunlight into heat for water heating using a solar thermal collector. A variety of configurations are available at varying cost to provide solutions in different climates and latitudes. SWHs are widely used for residential and some industrial applications.
Turning sunlight into heat is no problem. The core of a solar water heater is a solar collector (flat plate or evacuated tubes) and a storage tank (geyser).
Solar geysers help household cut down drastically on their electricty use in turn saving households thousands each year. Solar geysers are also one of the ways households are getting off the grid and becoming independant from the municipality.
Here are a few reasons to consider switching to solar: