EEVblog 1630 – Solar Panels for Water Pre-Heating?

Is it worthwhile to run water through your rooftop solar panels to cool them down while pre-heating your hot water? Or maybe heating your pool? Also solar air and water heaters. As always, YMMV, but this is why I didn’t do it.
Answering a Twitter question:
https://x.com/axion2003/status/1812740667367460971

Heat Pump Hot Water vs Gas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iavM2IqueM8
Heat Pump Hot Water Energy Usage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtGlolw-BxA
Pool heat pump sizing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWi6pgg1W1A

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