DIY Solar Water Heater, Grass Valley, Ca near Auburn, Ca,
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25 Responses to DIY Solar Water Heater, Grass Valley, Ca near Auburn, Ca,
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Does anyone know were I can find the info on how to use/plumb an old water heater tank for my solar holding tank? I notice most folks tht use one do not use the top in and out nipples and and use the drain line plus the pop off ect. I need to find plns for this. We hve a pass through system built by place no longer in business and need new tank.
BrokenRRT
October 21, 2011 at 10:35 am
…nice…
paulpellicci
October 21, 2011 at 10:49 am
@annestahl not as long as there is water flowing
AMilitantAgnostic
October 21, 2011 at 11:28 am
valeu mano soooooooooooo
NeyDuty
October 21, 2011 at 12:07 pm
GREAT fucking video man 🙂
ColeFried81
October 21, 2011 at 12:41 pm
looks pretty ghetto to me. Great job on saving energy though.
ndlballin510
October 21, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Thanks for the upload ABTPlumbing. The trouble in the UK is that we are in the UK, where summer means three days of sunshine and a thunderstorm. Still, I will add it to the list of things I will have a crack at when I get time.
oarfrost
October 21, 2011 at 2:13 pm
ahh grass valley…north american for heaven in my opinion 🙂
lysergicaddict
October 21, 2011 at 3:09 pm
thank you for sharing this! Now, doesn’t it freeze hard in Grass Valley? Wouldn’t those pipes burst every night the temps go below 32F?
annestahl
October 21, 2011 at 3:53 pm
just wondering why do you mention that an elec water tank would be more efficient? Is the cost of elec abnormally low where the user is located? Or are they utilizing solar elec as well?
stmotorsports
October 21, 2011 at 4:43 pm
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ivylsp
October 21, 2011 at 5:43 pm
This is a very ingenious idea. NO PUMPS! well…. no mechanical pumps! Just convection! Very nice!
vutEwa
October 21, 2011 at 6:05 pm
@youstupidmoron so you’re trolling for fights here now? why do you continue to waste your time with “idiots”?
vutEwa
October 21, 2011 at 6:32 pm
I was responding to the typical big headed idiot from the UK below! You may want to read a little before making an ass of yourself again!
youstupidmoron
October 21, 2011 at 6:34 pm
@youstupidmoron
and there is ur typical pig headed american
adamaus4680
October 21, 2011 at 7:31 pm
you just need to supply fresh water to bottom and thats it? no motor to or anything .?
arshadcow
October 21, 2011 at 8:26 pm
@bucktheusa they do kill flow but why do you need 90 degree fittings? Just make the smoothest largest arc you can to wind up. Sure a tube bender costs a few bucks but its a tool, it should service enough to pay you back for not buying bags of 90s and having to sweat them together.
hybridracers
October 21, 2011 at 9:15 pm
why arent the pipes Insulated ? and if you put glas on top you could trap the heat in the solar panel/heater
PatandUli
October 21, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Hmmm
Jthetinman
October 21, 2011 at 10:30 pm
Hmm
Jthetinman
October 21, 2011 at 10:49 pm
@youstupidmoron As a plumber I know we’ve been using solar patch water heaters for at least that long. But natural gas was found and was very cheap. The modern thing to do was heat your water with natual gas. So people ripped out the solar and installed gas.
ABTPlumbing
October 21, 2011 at 10:51 pm
good job!
Geovani74699
October 21, 2011 at 11:27 pm
Tobyminty, you are WAY behind the times compared to us in the U.S.! We have been using these systems for well over 100 years over here! It’s a good thing we shared it with you! You should thank us for our innovations!
youstupidmoron
October 21, 2011 at 11:56 pm
That’s one smart son of a bitch right there.
Too bad big business loves to profit from consumption.
It will take 1000 years before cottage industry tricks take us off the grid.
And where will the city, state and federal gov’t get all their billions in fees, taxes and tariffs from if you don’t pay utilities.
Trying to figure out a water ladder up to my roof for a solar pool heater.
Hear 90 degree fittings kill flow. Ideas?
bucktheusa
October 22, 2011 at 12:52 am
@tobyminti That’s some real nice bragging there.
528hemi
October 22, 2011 at 1:47 am