15/07/2024
HOW DOES IT WORK? All your questions answered.
If you are familiar with the working principle of the instant heaters, it will be very easy to understand what our new generation water heaters do and how. But to start with, let’s see how the standard Cypriot systems work. On your roof you have two solar panels connected to a hot water tank in what we call an ‘open loop system’. Water is being heated in the panels that have a number of pipes going through them (painted black so they attract more energy from the sun). Following the rules of physics, the water heated by the Sun will rise into the ‘hot water tank’. When you open your hot tap, the water will start flowing to you while in the same time the missing volume will be replaced by cold water coming from your mains or from the extra cold water tank. Hence the rate of cooling is quite high. Another issue regarding heat loss is that the hot water tanks are made of metal and most of them are not even insulated. Metal + no insulation (or little insulation) means a high rate of heat loss especially during the night. We all know that we don’t need hot water in the summer, we need it in winter. But that’s the season when the nights are much longer and of course much colder. So what’s the efficiency of such a system? Very low… Even if you had enough hot water for a shower at 6 PM, by the morning, your water will obviously be stone cold !
How do the gas or electric instant heaters work? They don’t store water in any way. It’s a system where cold water goes in, instantly gets the heat from a heat source and goes out as hot. These instant heaters work with gas or electricity and probably all of you have used one of them at least once in your life!
Now imagine an instant heater where the heat source is the SUN! And the Sun is for free! How does it work? Contrary to the standard Cypriot systems, the instant solar heaters are what we call a ‘closed loop system’. Water gets heated in the tubes and rises to the hot water tank BUT that’s NOT the water that you will be using. The tank in this case is only the ‘instant heat source’! When you open the tap, cold water will enter the ‘heat source’ through a long copper coil, get the heat and come to you just like it would do in a gas heater for example. And voila! This is how a Kuzeymak system Works.
Now allow me to mention a few more things regarding the materials used in production.
First of all the coil. It is made of copper, a rather expensive metal that is the second best in thermal (heat) conductivity after silver. No, nobody will ever use silver in instant heaters but all of the World famous brands use copper.
Second: the ‘heat source’ aka the ‘hot water tank’. There are actually two tanks: the inner one is Chrome/ Nickel and the outer is coated with Fluorin – Titanium, both extremely resistant to elements and of course rust and other stuff common in metal tanks. The 5 cm gap between the two is filled with polyurethane insulation, hence drastically reducing the heat loss during cold winter nights and days.
Other important details regarding the tubes: the vacuum in the system’s glass tubes prevents the heat loss because vacuum is a bad conductor of heat. Being round in shape, the Sun rays will always be perpendicular on the surface, hence will catch maximum efficiency throughout the day.
In conclusion, with a drastically reduced heat loss factor, as long as the ‘hot water tank’ has heat in it, you will have hot water. It could last for two, three or even four more dull days after fully charged BUT it will all depend on your HABITS and on how ‘SMART’ of a user you are (for example if you are a family of three and your habit is to have a shower in the morning and a shower in the evening, totally 6 showers a day, plus washing hands and dishes etc. then this system is not for you).
So what happens if you feel that the water is not hot enough? The system comes equipped with an immersion heater. Switch it on for an hour or two (depending on the size of the system) and VOILA, it will be fully charged again.
To compare the immersion heater usage and costs between a standard Cypriot system and a Kuzeymak one: they both have 3 KW however it will be cheaper to heat water from 30 Celsius to 60 (in the Kuzeymak) than it is from 10 Celcius to 60 (in the standard one). The standard system will need to be charged again in the morning, while the other one will not.
All in all, if you are a ‘smart’ user, the environmental friendly Kuzeymak solar instant heater will give you a higher level of comfort and cut down on your after costs.
For any other questions or additional information, feel free to contact us via WhatsApp on +90533 845 7199, text us or call in the office . Office hours 9 AM - 4 PM, Monday to Friday.
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