A supplier has stated that one must protect against overheating of solar systems- "Basically, stagnation occurs when the solar storage tank heats up to maximum
temperature early in the day; movement through the solar collector stops, and
the fluid in the system sits under the sun getting hotter and hotter. The result
is a high pressure, high temperature condition that can damage the system over
time by subjecting it to extremes of expansion and contraction. In addition,
when anti-freeze is superheated every day for weeks at a time, it tends to break
down and become acidic, thereby transforming into a corrosive substance that
circulates through your system slowly damaging its components." I wonder why should antifreeze break down and become acidic? isn't that what it's doing every day in the car?
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