DIY: Solar Powered Water Heater in 3 Steps
In this first Ecowanderer DIY instructable you will learn, step-by-step, how to make a simple solar water heater from simple household items. Feel free to pa…
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I would think a better base would be necessary, that looks very unstable
mylittlespectacle
May 17, 2013 at 10:01 pm
Best build for water heating is solar evacuated tubes for heat collection around copper tubing to a central tank, and as well.. using seebeck thermoelectric modules for energy production, not peltiers those are for hobbyists. These can be used for passive constant energy, just on the temperature change from one side to the other. So many ways its silly. But an evacuated solar tube can make steaming boil in under 45 minutes… just sitting there.Check out the power pot, or customthermoelectric
SeeTheWholeTruth
May 17, 2013 at 10:20 pm
Do a VIDEO
Ishatmypantsonthepot
May 17, 2013 at 11:10 pm
The builder of this system hasn’t been active quite some time now, that is a pity.
The idea is OK, though it misses at least about 18 metres of (preferably cupper) tube to be able to heat the water up.
Too much effort for too little result, in this case a black barrel, incapsulated in a frame with glass or even plastic would lead to much higher water temperatures.
321ozzy
May 17, 2013 at 11:32 pm
hard to stay with that music.like ur idea tho.
yaryar1976
May 18, 2013 at 12:03 am
use copper instead of PVC and have i loop back into tank with heat exchanger lower than tank so water can naturally circulate, put T in cirulate line, add a valve to T. I would have cut hole on side near bottom so it is easier to mount on any bar stool or whatever. Paint tank black, or better yet, use a black tank and put that in the sun as well. Double as a radiator. Some ideas… I think it’s possible to weld up that plastic somehow? I forgot how but I think i read that somewhere…
apples13able
May 18, 2013 at 12:53 am
40 years ago my grandfather rigged a way to heat the water in his pool by simply using the pool’s filter to pump water through copper pipes laid out on the deck’s black shingled roof, then back into the pool. Raised the pool’s temp by 10 degrees and was free, just had to install a little stronger pump. Do you know how much ppl spend on heating their pools???
wingmanalive
May 18, 2013 at 1:50 am
Half a cylinder is not a parabola.
blurglide
May 18, 2013 at 2:36 am
music was awful
crsbt
May 18, 2013 at 3:18 am
nice try, but it isn’t gonna work bro, you’d be a bit better off using large coils of black pvc on top of your roof with a gravity feed for flow to the spigot. Good idea tho.
justaman6972
May 18, 2013 at 4:17 am
shove the music ok?
MegaLuckydog1
May 18, 2013 at 4:39 am
he builds a AIR room heater and called it a water heater…sheeesh!
all this crap he made does is heat the room by air that he could do the same with laying down of black material on the floor… also notice this fool has no furniture in the room ether.
wasted a barrel for nothing and made a really crappy reflector too.
just about anyone can do better and not waste a 20 buck barrel in the job.
in fact no barrel at6 all is needed
and NO water will not heat up in the PVC IT would LEAK
JUNK!
Peter Whitlock
May 18, 2013 at 5:04 am
had to watch it on mute 🙁
jbm4551
May 18, 2013 at 5:05 am
: Nobody is forcing any “ear splitting sewage” on you. If it still rings in your head even after you muted it, consider putting some other music of your preference playing while the video runs.
HayenMill
May 18, 2013 at 5:30 am
Oh my gosh, this music is awful. It feels as though something is drilling through my head. Hands down, the worst music I have ever heard in my life. I can not even pay attention to what is going on in the video and when I mute the sound I can still hear this crap in my head. Ahhhhh it’s worse than “It’s a small world”. Please make it stop. I can’t believe anyone likes this junk, it’s the same thing over and over and over. You are a horrible person for forcing this ear splitting sewage on us.
EricSpringHillFL
May 18, 2013 at 5:50 am
@nottooclosepleeze: Theoretically, the water will heat as quick as it can flow through the pvc, so the whole mechanism allows to heat all the water it can take (aprox. 20 L). However, ever since this heater was finished (18th december), there has not been a sunny day for me to be able to try it out.
ecowandererblog
May 18, 2013 at 6:14 am
Does this mean you can only heat up a pipes worth of water at one time. I can’t imagine that the water can heat as quick as it can flow through the pvc..(can it????)
nottooclosepleeze
May 18, 2013 at 7:11 am
damn that music sucks
zag444
May 18, 2013 at 7:53 am