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A water heater or system which includes a hot water tank having disposed therein a movable baffle to function as a barrier between the incoming volume of cold water entering the tank and the volume of heated water entering the tank which is heated by the circulation of the cold water through a solar

A water heater or system which includes a hot water tank having disposed therein a movable baffle to function as a barrier between the incoming volume of cold water entering the tank and the volume of heated water entering the tank which is heated by the circulation of the cold water through a solar collector and/or a desuperheater of a heat pump so as to optimize the manner in which heat is imparted to the water in accordance to the demand on the water heater or system. A supplemental heater is also provided and it is connected so as to supplement the heating of the water in the event that the solar collector and/or desuperheater cannot impart all of the desired heat input into the water.

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A hot water system comprising a hot water storage tank, a baffle displaceably disposed within said tank forming a moving barrier between the volume of cold water entering said tank and the heated water in said tank, a first heat exchanger in the form of a solar collector connected in circuit with sa

A hot water system comprising a hot water storage tank, a baffle displaceably disposed within said tank forming a moving barrier between the volume of cold water entering said tank and the heated water in said tank, a first heat exchanger in the form of a solar collector connected in circuit with said tank, said solar collector having an inlet connected to one end of the tank and an outlet connected to the other end of the tank whereby cold water from below said baffle is circulated from said tank through said collector and back to said tank above said baffle, and a second heat exchanger in the form of a desuperheater connected in circuit with said tank, said desuperheater having an inlet connected intermediate to the ends of said tank and an outlet connected to said one end of the tank whereby, depending upon the position of said baffle relative to said desuperheater inlet, cold water from below said baffle or solar preheated water from above said baffle is circulated from said tank to said desuperheater to be further heated thereby, and an electric resistance heater operatively connected to said tank as a back-up heater for the water in said tank.