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If the solar system cannot provide adequate space heating, an auxiliary or backup system provides the additional heat. It seems that the first pvtair facility was the solar one house, that was built in 1973. This collector loop includes the solar collectors, the fluid lines or lineset and a heat exchanger. Solar water heating system is made up o f the solar collector, storage tank, heat transfer fluid, system controls, d epending o n the type of syste m and backup heater where necessary.
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