Part 2 of a 2 part series showing how to install a cheap cost effective solar hot water heater. greenpowerscience.com
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25 Responses to SOLAR HOT WATER 2 DIY USING BLACK WATER HOSE SOLAR WATER HEATER SUN POWER
this is doin way to much just go to ur show and turn on hot water
thatgoonwholurks4
November 4, 2011 at 3:39 pm Reply
I would tap that ass. She looks like she needs a hard frucking!
@thestirfrychicken its one thing to blatantly voice off topic opinions but to end a sentence like “Or not, it’s your life.” seems like you are trying to shame people into action which is quite sad.
You could have nested the smaller coil inside of the larger coil, and saved some space on your roof. That would have allowed you to put another collector up there.
There U are right, It is just that If U may want to store it, Try this out in my channel in YouTube at debeshbhattarai a complete illustrations for storage in Plastic Barrel as well
Cheers
This was entertaining as well as informative. Thanks. Now i just need to get out in the 110 degree weather and start to work. Does anyone have some SAE 30.. I might as well get a tan while at it so that I will look a extra 10 years older in 3 years. LOL.. Thanks guys…
@ciresieman I could do the same but it would be cool water an the wife and kids would cry.
this idea wold be perfect and ave $30+ every month in the summer.
i think it’s really important that solar panels should be made more available- if you agree, please sign this e-petition. Or not, it’s your life.
epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/7249
thestirfrychicken
November 4, 2011 at 11:56 pm Reply
I live in Arizona and switch off my hot water heater at the breaker box throughout the summer. My family still enjoys their more than warm showers. Who wants a “HOT” shower when it’s 100 degrees plus outside anyway?
@timalto1 . This would be an ideal location to do such. Google ‘Batch Heater’ and youll see how it can be done even in northern climates using a water heater tank .
Why can’t people have their water heaters painted flat black and simply placed outside in the sun 8 months out of the year? Where I live, it doesn’t even go below 80 degrees at night! I don’t think it would ever “turn on” this whole time.
Using a box covered with a double-pane window frame will greatly speed up the heating by radiation alone ; the purpose of the blackened h.d. tin foil wrapped once around the tubing coil is just for UV protection making it a very long lasting/permanent installation and doesnt need to be used for heat conduction purposes. Going with Pex-B coiled tubing will give you up to 200 f. at 100 psig . Im surprised your poly tubing has lasted 5 years in UV light and will fail eventually, but good idea.
@GREENPOWERSCIENCE So couldn’t you also use the heated water and run it over the heated part of a Stirling engine or some kind of heat engine to provide power for stuff like battery arrays and such?
@davidclaywest The box is a good idea the tin foil is not. Aluminum to plastic has a very poor transfer. Most polytube is good for 5-7 years of UV exposure. The hose on our roof is going on 5 and it only popped loose once from freezing solid. Poor connection on my part.
GREENPOWERSCIENCE
November 5, 2011 at 3:55 am Reply
Caution : THe Suns UV light will break down the walls of the plastic tubing until eventually it will leak. Wrapping the entire roll with sheets of heavy duty tin foil painted flat black is a good solution …and placing everything in a wooden box with glass over the top tightly sealed is even better if you want to REALLY increase the efficiency.
@jayrod28542 That black pvc pipe that they are using is the same pipe that millions of people in this country use in their underground wells. everyone in my family has a well and have been using some of that pipe for twenty years. Every couple years or so the county tests everyones well water free. Our water quality is still far superior to the city water. However, the pipe when new does have a smell, but run your pump for a few hours and it goes away entirely.
@jayrod28542
I agree. I think using copper piping painted black would give you the best result without contamination, however it would require more initial cost, but offer much longer, superior results.
CasuallyObservant
November 5, 2011 at 6:40 am Reply
this is doin way to much just go to ur show and turn on hot water
thatgoonwholurks4
November 4, 2011 at 3:39 pm
I would tap that ass. She looks like she needs a hard frucking!
shawnepps
November 4, 2011 at 4:19 pm
i dont get it … what is this about Oo ?
umingo
November 4, 2011 at 4:59 pm
@thestirfrychicken its one thing to blatantly voice off topic opinions but to end a sentence like “Or not, it’s your life.” seems like you are trying to shame people into action which is quite sad.
leafsR1
November 4, 2011 at 5:25 pm
She beautiful and smart! He’s a lucky guy! Awsome video!
viceroy43443
November 4, 2011 at 5:38 pm
awesome and cheap!
jaytoddmartin
November 4, 2011 at 6:06 pm
You could have nested the smaller coil inside of the larger coil, and saved some space on your roof. That would have allowed you to put another collector up there.
murdelabop
November 4, 2011 at 7:02 pm
There U are right, It is just that If U may want to store it, Try this out in my channel in YouTube at debeshbhattarai a complete illustrations for storage in Plastic Barrel as well
Cheers
debeshbhattarai
November 4, 2011 at 7:48 pm
have you thought in instaling a thermostat to alow hot water to move and close when cold enters hose
sikesterone
November 4, 2011 at 8:38 pm
This was entertaining as well as informative. Thanks. Now i just need to get out in the 110 degree weather and start to work. Does anyone have some SAE 30.. I might as well get a tan while at it so that I will look a extra 10 years older in 3 years. LOL.. Thanks guys…
sum1uallno
November 4, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Is 11 gallons enough to run a good warm bath?
GenMata
November 4, 2011 at 10:15 pm
@ciresieman I could do the same but it would be cool water an the wife and kids would cry.
this idea wold be perfect and ave $30+ every month in the summer.
GenMata
November 4, 2011 at 11:11 pm
i think it’s really important that solar panels should be made more available- if you agree, please sign this e-petition. Or not, it’s your life.
epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/7249
thestirfrychicken
November 4, 2011 at 11:56 pm
I live in Arizona and switch off my hot water heater at the breaker box throughout the summer. My family still enjoys their more than warm showers. Who wants a “HOT” shower when it’s 100 degrees plus outside anyway?
ciresieman
November 4, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Denies has more brain (;) than Dan when it comes to coiling….
sibalogh
November 5, 2011 at 12:54 am
@timalto1 . This would be an ideal location to do such. Google ‘Batch Heater’ and youll see how it can be done even in northern climates using a water heater tank .
DaveTheyCallme
November 5, 2011 at 1:01 am
Why can’t people have their water heaters painted flat black and simply placed outside in the sun 8 months out of the year? Where I live, it doesn’t even go below 80 degrees at night! I don’t think it would ever “turn on” this whole time.
timalto1
November 5, 2011 at 1:46 am
ohh no not 35-40…I live in michigan..thats would be a damn heat wave!!!
The5point0
November 5, 2011 at 2:21 am
Using a box covered with a double-pane window frame will greatly speed up the heating by radiation alone ; the purpose of the blackened h.d. tin foil wrapped once around the tubing coil is just for UV protection making it a very long lasting/permanent installation and doesnt need to be used for heat conduction purposes. Going with Pex-B coiled tubing will give you up to 200 f. at 100 psig . Im surprised your poly tubing has lasted 5 years in UV light and will fail eventually, but good idea.
DaveTheyCallme
November 5, 2011 at 3:03 am
@GREENPOWERSCIENCE So couldn’t you also use the heated water and run it over the heated part of a Stirling engine or some kind of heat engine to provide power for stuff like battery arrays and such?
iNatevlogs
November 5, 2011 at 3:50 am
@davidclaywest The box is a good idea the tin foil is not. Aluminum to plastic has a very poor transfer. Most polytube is good for 5-7 years of UV exposure. The hose on our roof is going on 5 and it only popped loose once from freezing solid. Poor connection on my part.
GREENPOWERSCIENCE
November 5, 2011 at 3:55 am
Caution : THe Suns UV light will break down the walls of the plastic tubing until eventually it will leak. Wrapping the entire roll with sheets of heavy duty tin foil painted flat black is a good solution …and placing everything in a wooden box with glass over the top tightly sealed is even better if you want to REALLY increase the efficiency.
DaveTheyCallme
November 5, 2011 at 4:21 am
Ohh Ohh Dan has his hose “stretched out”
Oh Oh Oh – I am going “All Solar!!!”
callmeshane303
November 5, 2011 at 5:07 am
@jayrod28542 That black pvc pipe that they are using is the same pipe that millions of people in this country use in their underground wells. everyone in my family has a well and have been using some of that pipe for twenty years. Every couple years or so the county tests everyones well water free. Our water quality is still far superior to the city water. However, the pipe when new does have a smell, but run your pump for a few hours and it goes away entirely.
davidclaywest
November 5, 2011 at 6:00 am
@jayrod28542
I agree. I think using copper piping painted black would give you the best result without contamination, however it would require more initial cost, but offer much longer, superior results.
CasuallyObservant
November 5, 2011 at 6:40 am