Flat Plate Solar Water Heater has the feature that sunlight passes through the glazing and strikes the absorber plate, which heats up changing solar energy into heat energy. The Heater ensures that heat is transferred to the water passing through the pipes attached to the absorber plate. The Heater has absorber plates painted with coating which absorb and retain the heat efficiently. The Flat Plate Solar Water Heater has plates made using copper or aluminium that makes it a good conductor of heat.