Why even small amounts of corrosion, rusting, fading or bleaching may seriously affect the performance of solar water heating panels

This video explains why even slight corrosion, bleaching, discolouration or fading of the collector surfaces of a solar water heating system may cause significant and unacceptable losses in performance.

So, you discovered that you do not have a Building Consent foryour solar water heating system!

So you do not have a Building Consent, your house insurance is compromised, it is going to take you months and the cost of getting a Certificate of Compliance is months away and already well over $1,000 in costs! Furthermore; the company that did the installation is taking cover and hiding from its responsibilities - playing smoke and mirrors by cunningly changing ownership between husband/wife/son. Other companies are using the aggressive direct approach and simply tellling their customers to go away!

Advisory and regulatory gencies and politicians are telling you that getting a building consent is your responsibility. There is no sign of there ever being a coordinated rescue package, let alone a product recall. This is an unconscionable exercise in damage control by those who helped make the mess. How dare they offer no help while shifting the blame onto the victim. My advice to the thousands of affected consumers is not to let them off the hook - make those responsible for this mess pay for the clean-up.

I have been receiving about three inquiries per day about this matter and I wonder when the agencies who should be showing leadership are going to step up to the plate?

Does fading really affect performance of your solar water heating system?

Some experts claim there is no evidence that a change of colour of the collector surface has an adverse effect on performance. To make such claims flies in the face of the most basic rules of the physics of light. In this video I go back to school to give a lesson:

Gary Moller's response to Janette Fitzsimons interview with Paul Henry

(Click on the image above to see the Closeup Video. You have to wait for the ad to run before viewing the programme.)

Here is my response to some of the things that Jeanette Fitzsimons said in her interview with Paul Henry:

It is time for politicians to stop playing politics, including stopping obfuscating the facts. It is time for leadership. It is time for solutions that are in the best interests of the consumer and the environment. The Branz reports here are ample evidence on their own that there are numerous warrantable issues, including the matter of discolouration of panel surfaces. These reports present a compelling case for some kind of product recall, probably dating back to 2003 when building consents became mandatory for most SWH installations.

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I am working on a new page for solar water heating systems that appear to be going the distance. This is to assist consumers with making good choices because the Government's guide, http://www.solarsmarter.org.nz/ is of little real help when it comes to the crunch of making a really informed decision.

So, come back this way now and then and please tell people you know who are into solar to do the same. Thank you.