Tom,  Aside from the pricing per square foot of collector area, what made the Copper Cricket a bad unit?  The couple I see around are still producing hot water 7 plus years after their installation and are using no pumps, controllers or electricity to do that.
Thanks
Larry Brown
Sun Mountain
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane <tom@ecs-solar.com>
To: RE-wrenches@topica.com <RE-wrenches@topica.com>
Date: Friday, February 02, 2001 1:08 PM
Subject: copper cricket [RE-wrenches]

Copper Cricket a bad design
 
The copper cricket was one of the worst solar water heaters ever made. It sold for ridiculous prices for the sq footage exposed to the sun.  Throw it away and use a PT-40 or another real solar water heating system.  See Home Power #27 page 64, 65 to learn about the copper cricket and compare it to the article in Home Power #25 page 37.  Good riddance to the copper cricket and hopefully pest control will prevent it from being resurrected from the graveyard of freaky bad designs. Every experienced solar hot water contractor I knew thought it was a bad joke.
 
Tom Lane
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