But replacing or supplementing your current water heater with a solar-powered water heater ... through heating tubes to and from the storage tank, keeping the stored water hot.

A typical solar water heater will have solar collectors that absorb sunlight and convert it into heat and a storage tank to hold the heated water. There are two main types of solar water heaters ...

If two heating ... the storage tank near the hot water outlet is heated to 60 C. This enables faster hot water withdrawal, with PV prioritized as an operating source. In the case of low solar ...