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Our History
Ken Wright started off with a mechancial engineering degree in 1984. In 1986 he joined Nu-Tec Engineering Ltd. as president. The company did public works general contracting. Late in 1986 the company started selling Powermat solar collectors and the company began doing business as Nu-Tec Solar Company. In 1990 a major financing purchased the manufacturing company and Ken Wright became the president of Powermat Manufacturing Inc. Over the next 13 years the company focussed on manufacturing and distributing and also selling direct to the public. In 1995 the internet started to be used for commerical purposes and Powermat established a web site that ranked number one on Lycos, the premier search engine of the time. In 1998 the Powermat factory was sold to the Mexican distributor, Imprema SA de CV and Ken moved to San Diego and shifted the focus from manufacturing to marketing. Other products were added to the product line and Hot Sun Industries Inc. quickly became a premier solar implementations organization. Due to the high quality of information presented on the web site, the Google ranking has remained high allowing the company to do very well selling solar pool heating systems direct to end users as packaged kits with full custom instructions.
Hot Sun got it's CA solar contractor's license in 2001 with Ken as the qualifying individual. Mike Adamcik came on as VP in charge of implementations. Mike co-ordinates installations and supports do-it-yourselfers around San Diego County with the help of Patrick Welish. Ken's family moved in 2005 and Ken started Hot Sun Industries Ltd Canada. The Canadian company handles all the sales inquiries and company management for both companies. The US company does all the inventory management, shipping, local contracting and local support.
In 2003, Hot Sun developed the Powerstrip flexible tubing system based on everything learned from 2 decades in the business. All old Powermat systems remain fully supported and all warranties are always honored. The brand name Powermat is forever tied to our organization and we will always honor that obligation and take advantage of the reputation associated with it that we have worked so hard to build over all these years.
Our Mission Statement
Solar pool heating is a niche market. It is a difficult and challenging technology and needs to be treated as such. You simply can not expect plastics including the plastics the pool is plumbed with to be able to experience the occasional and regular extremely high temperature events (stagnating in hot summmer sun) in combination with high pressure. You must pay attention to collector pressure. This sounds simple and it is if you understand pressure but we have learned that in all but the rarest of occasions professionals in the pool business and the solar business do not understand pressure. We do. Our mission is to set solar heaters up for longevity by employing good engineering practice and that practice is to minimize the stress on the solar collectors. Naturally we also strive to supply the best systems and quality of materials possible competitively. Our mission is to do what is best for our customer from an overall point of view. For example, we will continue to get involved in pump sizing and plumbing sizing debates with builders on new pools when technically these decisions are none of our business! We will continue to be honest about the negatives as well as the positives of all mechancial system choices we are involved with. We will always respect the intelligence of our customer. Consumers are smart enough to understand. Don't tell the customer what they want to hear. Educate the customer! If they want a false reassurance or a sales pitch, that customer will be happy with a competitor more suited to his needs. Hot Sun personnel will always have pride in every solar heater we supply and will go beyond the call of duty to maintain good will with every customer.