Wow. The feed back is amazing and there are some great ideas. Let give a little more info: I am not working off grid just looking to add supplemental heat to my home. Currently the baseboard heater is a cast iron propane unit. I quit using it because it became to expensive and replaced the heat source with 2 5-ton heating and cooling units (all electric). I live in New Mexico and where my house is the elevation is 6,900 ft.
I like the idea of using direct heating of the water but would like to have the use of the energy storage (batteries) for other uses during non winter months. I am a complete virgin to solar use and thought this would be a good way to start without to large of an upfront cost.
