Zero Is The New Black

We are thinking about purchasing solar panels, but are concerned that because of our weather in the upper midwest, they won’t heat the water enough. How many degree rise can we expect?

We live in a remote location and get our water from rainwater captured in cisterns. I would like to also run our water pump, which creates the water pressure in the house, on solar electric panels. So we would use a large bank of batteries to collect solar power in the batteries, and then an [...]