Talk:Solar heating

History[edit]

Check out The Golden Thread by Butti and Perlin. Commercial solar water heaters go back to the 1890s. Mrshaba (talk) 15:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PV and thermodynamic panels[edit]

Nowhere in this article are PV-panels mentioned; still they could also heat the house, no ? They may do so trough the use of electrical radiators or convectors. I also propose mergin with the solar panel article. KVDP (talk) 18:22, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Solar panels are not used solely for heating. To merge the two would be a disservice to those who want information only on the panels themselves and not solar heating. ˜˜˜ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.90.166.46 (talk) 23:49, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Solar panels are not the same! Although solar panels are used in solar heating, normally solar panel, and solar power refers to PV panels which are not the same. Solar heating is exclusive to heating, and solar panels can generate electricity. Merging the solar panels article and the solar heating article would be like merging the "Fast Food Restaurant" article, with the "McRonalds" article. Ben Crisford —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.160.106 (talk) 20:41, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, you cannot heat a home with PV-panels. Producing heat with electricity is incredibly inefficient. It would cost over $55,000 for a PV electric system to heat a 1,000 sqft home. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.113.66.96 (talk) 02:01, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Solar Heating redirect to Solar thermal energy[edit]

I suggest we let this page redirect to Solar thermal energy. Is there anything still here that is not there yet? If so, let's move it over and then we can turn this into a redirect. Joja lozzo 03:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cannot make a link with the French article fr:Chauffage solaire[edit]

Cannot make a link with the French article fr:Chauffage solaire; what you should I do?? Regards Pano38 (talk) 16:25, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]