09-19-2006, 10:16 AM
Glen, There are quite a few solar hot water heaters in Puna, In fact when we rented in HPP we had a pseudo solar hot water heater. The normal electric hat water heater was in a separate 'shed' in the car part, on teh west side of the house. On most days, that was enough sun to heat the water in the tank for toasty showers. There seems to have been a lot of heaters added a few years ago, then not so much, and now they are being added again (most likely due to the price of fuel here).
Aloha, Carey
Aloha, Carey