Thermosyphon
Does anyone have any experience of operating a solar thermal thermosyphon system in the UK? Something like this:
https://atmos-i.co.uk/solar-systems/thermosyphon-solar-hot-water-system/
I live on the far north coast of Scotland.
It is not the solar heating aspect that I am trying to gather information on (I know that I won't get much out of it in winter), rather how robust this is against pipe freezing and also heat retention/heat loss from the cylinder.
Thanks,
Andrew
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