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@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ For example, this chart shows solar production versus consumption in dollars for
.. image:: /uploads/2018/solar-15-day-production-consumption-in-dollars.png
:alt: 15 day solar production versus household breaker consumption
As you can see, about **50% of my solar production is being consumed by heating hot water** for a family of 5! This feels absurd, I'm thinking about building myself a "bread box" solar pre-warmer for hot water. A startup should enter the hot water heating market, it is ripe for disruption.
As you can see, about **50% of my solar production is being consumed by heating hot water** for a family of 5!
This feels absurd...
**Update:** I switched to a `Hybrid Water Heater </hybrid-hot-water-heater-saves-69-percent-on-energy-consumption/>`_ and wrote a post to explain how I started using 69% less electricity when heating water!
Anyways, here is a short video showing the Curb user interface.