Typical System designs

     A piping diagram for a typical solar domestic water heating system based on an indirect water heater with electric heating backup:

A piping diagram for a typical solar domestic water heating system based on an indirect water heater

 

     A typical two tank system, which is mainly used where a conventional water heater is already installed:

A piping diagram for a typical two tank system

     An example of a domestic solar heating system based on an indirect water heater with two coils;  the domestic water can be heated by the solar systems as well as the boiler:

A piping diagram for a domestic solar heating system based on an indirect water heater with two coils