Month: April 2009

Energy Efficient Solar Heating

Solar heating has been around for a long time, yet is becoming more and more efficient as new technology finds ways to make it easier to heat an entire house or fun certain aspects of the home based on solar heating. There are solar roof tiles, solar water heaters and other solar powered devices that can be implemented into the home to make it more energy efficient. This can help save on cost as well as being a more environmentally friendly choice in the home.

Choices

Solar heating can be achieved through the use of solar roof tiles or panels that are usually placed on the roof of the home. Although all homes that have sunlight can use them, they are especially efficient in homes that have a large section of roof that is facing south, so that it is exposed to sunlight for the majority of the day in all seasons of the year. There are different types of solar roof tiles that can be used to provide energy to the home so that it is heated by solar energy. The roof tiles catch the energy from the sun and convert it to the energy needed to power the different systems in the home. Often individuals can work with the power company so that their home only pulls energy from the power company when there is not enough gathered from the sun. When there is an excess of energy, it can often be sold to the power company for use in other people’s homes.

There are also solar heating devices that can be used to heat the water for the home. There are two different types of devices: passive and active. The passive devices do not have circulating pumps and controls to move the water around and heat it from the sun. The active solar heating systems for water have these devices and are a more effective method of heating the water in most situations. These solar heating devices work best when there is adequate insulation around the water heating device so that all the heat collected is not lost through the tank.

There are two types of systems that are used in solar heating for water. One tank systems have a back up heater in the same tank as the solar storage portion. In two tank systems, the solar heater preheats that water before it goes into the conventional water heater so that less energy is expended in keeping the water hot.

Planning Ahead with Wholesale Halloween Candy

There is a lot of preparation that goes into the celebration of Halloween. There is the costume that has to be made or chosen out of a Halloween store. There are the Halloween decorations for the front lawn and inside of the house, especially if there is going to be a party. There are the treat bags that have to be bought and filled with all sorts of ghoulish delights, and the trick or treat bags, which have to be comfortable to carry and large enough to fit all of the candy of the night. Another important item is the candy that will be kept in the house for the trick or treaters that come by. This candy can be bought in a retail store, often on sale as Halloween draws nearer, but even better deals and a wider selection of candies can be found at a wholesale Halloween candy store.

Selection

Not only is the pricing better at a wholesale Halloween candy store, but there are novelty candies that can be bought there to fit the ‘trick’ part of trick or treat. There are candies such as the box of boogers, which contains gummy candies that are green and yellow colors and are shaped to look like boogers. There are also the gooey cherry candy blood squeeze tubes, which are tubes that are red and filled with a cherry candy that looks like blood. There are also zit poppers gummy pimples, which contain pimple shaped gummy candies that contain a liquid middle so that the ‘pop’ in the mouth with the goo inside. Another gross item in wholesale Halloween candy is the gummy boo boos, which is a gummy candy that is shaped in the form of a band aid that looks like it has a bloody scab on it. Finally, there is also the oozing eyeball, which is a candy eyeball that has a liquid center so that it looks like it is oozing goo.

There are other wholesale Halloween candies that are not as gross but a lot of fun to use. There are hissee fit giant gummy snakes which come in different colors. There are PEZ containers that are shaped in different figures such as ghosts, pumpkins and skulls. There are candy coffins that have skeletons inside of them made of candy. There are also suckers, chocolates and gummy candies that are shaped like different body parts such as ears, noses, fingers and tongues.