RADIANTEC PACKAGES ARE PRE ENGINEERED to result in systems that are reliable, long lasting and efficient. Most customers will begin with a good solar domestic hot water heater as a point of departure and then add popular features like underfloor radiant heating, snow melting, root zone heating for the garden and pool heating. Cost benefit is best when there are multiple uses for the solar energy.

YOUR RADIANTEC CUSTOMER SUPPORT PERSON can easily customize a package to suit individual needs. You can have as few as one 4'x 8' solar collector, or many more, depending upon architecture and individual preferences.

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There is a need for design discipline. If you just put up a couple of solar panels and "do something", the results may not be very good. Dot the "I's and cross the "T"s. Do it right and consider a professional contractor who will have the tools and experience that can be very valuable.

SOLAR DOMESTIC HOT WATER PACKAGES

OPERATION - The sun shines upon the solar collectors and warms the antifreeze solution within. Whenever the solar controller senses that there is solar energy to be harvested, a small pump circulates the warm antifreeze to a heat exchanger within the solar storage tank and then back to the solar collectors to be reheated. The pump will run either fast or slow depending on the amount of solar energy available. In the spring, summer, or fall when there is excess solar energy, the hot anti-freeze solution can be diverted to other uses such as radiant heating, pool heating, or root zone heating by opening a valve on the Solar Supplements Manifold. Click Here to learn more about our solar hot water option.

ONE PANEL SYSTEM (Smallest system) One 4' x 8' solar panel 1 - 80 gallon solar storage tank One 80 gallon solar domestic water heater control Includes: 1 panel, 1-80 gallon tank, control, PMP, Mounting hardware, crating charge, pump, anti-scald valve, heat dump package. $4,075		TWO PANEL SYSTEM Two 4' x 8' solar panel 1 - 80 gallon solar storage tank One 80 gallon solar domestic water heater control Includes: 2 panels, 1-80 gallon tank, control, PMP, Mounting hardware, crating charge, pump, anti-scald valve, heat dump package. $5,026		THREE PANEL SYSTEM Three 4' x 8' solar panel 1 - 120 gallon solar storage tank One 120 gallon solar domestic water heater control Includes: 3 panels, 1-120 gallon tank, control, PMP, Mounting hardware, crating charge, pump, anti-scald valve, heat dump package. $6,417
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Heating tubes for underfloor radiant heating are added in parallel to the domestic hot water heat exchanger. Ordinarily, a concrete slab with compacted gravel beneath will serve as the solar energy storage. The great strength of the Solar Option One System is its efficiency (as defined by the net amount of solar energy that is harvested).

Radiantec's Solar Option I system combines solar domestic hot water production with the direct production of underfloor radiant heating. This direct production of underfloor radiant heat results in the highest possible solar collector efficiency because it enables the lowest possible solar collector temperatures. This design approach is a considerable breakthrough in solar energy design that has won numerous awards.

SOLAR OPTION I SYSTEM 5 solar collectors Solar Mechanicals Package 1 - 120 gallon solar domestic water heater Control package Includes: 5 collectors with mounting hardware and struts, crating charge, PMP, 120 gallon storage tank, SH08 Solar Control Package, slab control, pump, anti-scald valve and all sensors $8,091   SAMPLE RADIANT HEATING PACKAGE 2 two four loop slab manifolds 8-200' coils of 7/8" tubing $1774

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SOLAR OPTION II SYSTEM

Radiantec's Solar Option II is a combination of Radiantec's "Open Direct" heating system and a solar energy supplement. The "Open Direct" system uses the building's domestic hot water heater to make heat instead of a boiler of furnace.

Solar Option II is attractive because it is a more complete energy system that includes back up space heating and even some limited free cooling. The solar collection efficiency is very good but it does not quite match that of the Solar Option I because of the indirect production of underfloor radiant heat.

SOLAR OPTION II SYSTEM 5 solar collectors Solar Mechanicals Package 2 - 120 gallon storage tanks Control package Includes: Collectors with mounting hardware and struts, storage tanks, controls, sensors, solar mechanicals, heat dump and high temperature override. $9,286 SAMPLE OPEN DIRECT RADIANT HEATING PACKAGE $8000 with Polaris Click here for more Solar Options II packages.

COMBINATION SOLAR OPTION I AND SOLAR OPTION II SYSTEM 5 solar collectors Solar Mechanicals Package 2 - 120 gallon solar domestic water heater Control package $8,391 SAMPLE OPEN DIRECT RADIANT HEATING PACKAGE $8,000 with Polaris SAMPLE CLOSED SYSTEM RADIANT HEATING PACKAGE (Earthbox tubing) (Tubing and manifold for earth box) $900

ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL ZONES

ROOT ZONE HEATING FOR GARDENS

This is an attractive option for gardeners. The growing season can be extended by 3-4 weeks in the Spring and 2-3 weeks in the Fall. Warmer earth temperatures result in greater productivity.

SNOW MELTING FOR DRIVEWAYS AND WALKS

Plan for about $1/ft² for the slab materials.

POOL HEATING

You will need a large SST heat exchanger that will cost around $500.