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A solar heat project Me I live in Stockholm, Sweden, When I went to school I learnt electronics and worked with that for several years, even though not designing, now I am working with computer systems and document management. I have always had an eager to investigate things and invent my own stuff. Thanks dad! Background A couple of years ago, I started to think about getting a system to heat tap water. I considered a few different options, solar cells to produce electricity and a couple of different ways to heat water. In a few years, it might be better with solar cells, and heating water with electricity, but I don’t think quite yet. Even though Sweden and Stockholm is quite a bit to the north we have the same number of daylight hours as more southern countries, just distributed a little differently over the year. We also must consider that the system must withstand freezing. A system for heating water using the sun is estimated to give 5-6 months’ worth of hot