Solar thermal systems are useful in many homes for several different options. There are many ways to get solar thermal systems to work in your home and it is important to look into available options that will help to lower the costs of energy consumption needed to heat water or a space. There are two main types of thermal systems that use solar power and those are the passive and active systems. Passive systems allow the heat to be absorbed and are naturally distributed amongst the system while active system will use different means to power the collected heat through the system by using pumps or other devices (which can also be powered by solar energy).

Many of the passive solar thermal systems will be used for water heating and will make it possible to heat a large amount of water then naturally disperse it to other locations. One of the most used options is through solar vacuum tubes which will produce movement of the water as it heats and will make it possible to heat the water in a pool or to save in a reservoir which can contain up to 50-80 gallons of water in reserve until needed at a nice temperature. You may have already seen this type of thermal system in a normal water hose which can hold water in it even when shut off. The heat of the sun will heat up the water and that water will be significantly hotter than the water that will be displacing it for a few seconds to a few minutes.