Best Solahart Solar Water Heaters

Love Solahart 302L – Had the unit for few years. Solahart 492L. Just clean the panels every year that's it. Hot water all year round. Show details

Limited operational lifetime of storage tank – We purchased a new 272MLV system in February 2016, comprising two 13103008 collectors and a RHEEM 270MDV36 tank. Today, there is water leaking from… Read more

the top of the tank. Our local Solahart dealer has inspected it and has written to us to say that it is "beyond repair" and needs to be replaced at a (quoted) cost - subject to the state of repair of other components to be determined at replacement.

It seems to me that a tank supplied with the system in February 2016 should last longer than 7 years before deteriorating to a state of beyond repair. The warranty period is 5 years.

I think it is fair to ask how soon are we going to have to again maintain our Solarhart solar hot system in a functional state?

The dealer's response has been to offer a 10 year warranty on the new tank for some extra $$

We would actually prefer to recover some of our original investment in the form of a warranty claim covering the part or whole cost of the replacement tank.

We would also like to have confidence that a tank designed for external application will not fail before providing a reasonable lifetime of operation.