DIY Solar Hot Water Heater, http://www.dr-stinky.com/solar.htm
Apr 6th, 2009 by Mr.Burton
Get your very own do-it-yourself solar water heater guide here http://www.dr-stinky.com/solar.htm (dont leave off the htm at the end!) Home made solar hot water heater. It has been working for the last 30 years. Simple and cheap to build. On grid or off grid.
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Thank you for the …
Thank you for the video.
I’m considering doing something like this.
I’m glad I could …
I’m glad I could help. Thanks for the comment.
Andrew
I want to build …
I want to build some of these. but im not sure how to get hot water into the house so that it can be used by the appliences/shower etc.
We have a gravity fed water heater (immersion heater) with the cold water tank in the loft feeding the hot water tank below. it isnt pressurized.
Is it posible to plumb this solar panel directly into my hot water tank? or do i need to have a separate tank and some kind of expensive gizmo to transfer it?
thanks
I have plans to do …
I have plans to do exactly the same thing in my house. Thanks for filming this, i needed to see this working.
Like I said in the …
Like I said in the video. This system has worked for over 30 years with little to no maintenace. Pretty good for DIY.
Thats a great idea …
Thats a great idea for places that freeze. One thing to keep in mind, glycol becomes acidic after a couple years or so in a closed system. You’ll need to change it once every couple years or it will eat through the copper plumbing.
I’m considering …
I’m considering something similar, but with a closed glycol system warming a secondary accumulator tank that will then feed my gas water heater. It won’t take me completely off the grid, but the warm water feeding the water heater should cut back gas usage considerably and I won’t have to worry about a freezing waterline. Thanks for sharing video.
One of my gas …
One of my gas colleges made his own out of an old window and an old cylinder winding. Great for pre heating combi boiler/Unvented cylinder’s mains water inlets to get a better temp rise+to stop the boiler working so hard= Save on gas/fuel. I’m gonna make own to preheat my boiler inlet water too!
You are amazing.
You are amazing.
looks like a simple …
looks like a simple gravity fed system and works well it seems
not sure if you would be able to use it in the built up areas because there is too many regs ( they would lock you up in the UK for sticking this up on your house, and then use real criminals on community service orders to remove it!) but out in the sticks and with no nosey peeps this is a good idea
That’s pretty neat!
That’s pretty neat!
Wow, imagine if an …
Wow, imagine if an entire roof was made based on this concept. The potential is huge. In areas where the temp doesn’t really drop below freezing it would be practically zero maintenance.
No, cold comes out …
No, cold comes out of the bootom of the heater and thermal siphons into the top hot water tank/ pipe. There are only isolation valves on the panel side. BTW I just bought one of those solar PV panels from Harbor Frieght you’ve got up on your site. Gonna give it a try on the travel trailer this week. I’ll let you all know how it works out.
so, when the water …
so, when the water comes in to the electric (or gas) inside the house.. water heater It has a 3 way vauve system ?
Thanks…Rick.
Oops, I meant …
Oops, I meant Farenheit. But I guess you figured that out.
The cold water feed …
The cold water feed comes in the cold inlet on the top of the W/H were you would normally hook up the cold. The hot feed to the house does the same, it comes out of the hot side of the W/H. I’m putting together a how too plan and diagram to answer all these questions in more detail, stay tuned, or subscribe.
It will freeze …
It will freeze unless you shut off the loop and drain it done.
Does this work all …
Does this work all year?
And I don’t get the routing. Is there cold water going in at the bottom from a T in the cold pipe? And hot water coming in through the top? Where does the hot water come out?
What happens when …
What happens when the ambient temp drops to 20 degrees centigrae?
your video really …
your video really helped me and i just wanted to say thanks!…i have an idea to make a solar heater using some of the same principles…i live in the southeast…we have lots of sun to play with..even in the summer…those of you doing similar projects msg me…id love more ideas.
hey i used some of …
hey i used some of this in my solar water heater ..I used corrogated roofing, painted black, 1/2 inch flexible tubing painted black (comes in rolls for plumbing houses 180degree)in an insulated box made of a metal 2×4 and a piece of “sign grade” lexan that i bought at a plastic recycler for 20 dollars. Corrogated metal has almost 2x the surface area of flat metal this increases your heat sink x2..im getting 140 degree water..by recycling the water through the heater slowly with a 12 volt pump
Efficiency would be …
Efficiency would be greatly improved via insulating the piping & storage tank, & glass over collector. The black corrugated metal does little good without glass. This design works without a pump because the storage tank is above the collector(hot water rises and colder water sinks). Thanks for sharing.
(people give away glass frequently on craigslist as well as water heaters which can be used as storage tanks for preheated water to the main tank)
Good job, man! …
Good job, man! Very cool of you to share… I also like the shaky camera and close ups. Makes me feel like you are going to get ‘busted’ any second!
sweet I do the same …
sweet I do the same at my hunt camp.Thanks for posting that.
Awesome video-gives …
Awesome video-gives me an idea on how to heat my pool
it is always best to trust the professionals when performing such hotwater tank services for a more professional approach.
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