September 13, 2012 | Filed under: Videos | Posted by: John Lucas
The guy on the video says that 22 of these tubes is enough to provide hot water to a family of 4. www.sundasolar.com (thanks Veech2)
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15 Responses to Solar Water Heater
The weakness in this type of tube is the metal to glass seal that holds the heat pipe in the centre.
I disposed of this type of collector 5 years ago and only now sell the all glass tube where the absorber coating is on the inner glass of the two tubes
: water. The sun hits the dark color inside the tubes and it heats the water, the hot water circulates to the top where it hits the copper rod. The rod then gets hot off the water, and the water cools down and circulates back down the center of the pipe to the bottom as it cools.
Ummmmm how does comparing ELECTRICAL solar voltaic systems with SOLAR WATER HEATING systems add up?
22 of these tubes is enough to provide hot water to a family of 4. Its 95% efficiency is far above the ~15% achieved by regular photo voltaic systems.
Please get it right.
callmeshane303
September 14, 2012 at 12:48 am Reply
Another method Two points of method: (1) Two waters, separated, zero pressure and house pressure, and (2) Use principle of heat-exchange to take heat from zero pressure to house pressure by running copper metal tubing with house pressure, inside the zero pressure water. The copper metal does a very good job of transferring the heat, and many times better than plastic or rubber. Mixing sand and water in the zero pressure water is probably better. Thin aluminum may contain the zero pressure water.
This is an evacuated tube solar water heater; looks like Sunda. The blue absorber plate is inside a rugged glass tube with a high vacuum (low pressure), so it is insulated from the ambient air.
A thin tube runs down the center of the absorber plate, which contains a few ml of fluid, and is sealed at both ends. The fluid boils, becomes steam, and the steam then condenses to fluid in the copper bulb at the top. Bulb gets very hot; fits into water pipe to heat water. Search for Sunda Seido-1.
The weakness in this type of tube is the metal to glass seal that holds the heat pipe in the centre.
I disposed of this type of collector 5 years ago and only now sell the all glass tube where the absorber coating is on the inner glass of the two tubes
tobyminti
September 13, 2012 at 10:05 pm
I scrapped these tubes after to many lost the vacuum some 5 years ago, haveing been the importer and seller from 1998 to 2002
tobyminti
September 13, 2012 at 10:17 pm
: water. The sun hits the dark color inside the tubes and it heats the water, the hot water circulates to the top where it hits the copper rod. The rod then gets hot off the water, and the water cools down and circulates back down the center of the pipe to the bottom as it cools.
sabriath
September 13, 2012 at 11:08 pm
what’s inside those tubes anyways?… looks like an interesting liquid… i hope is not toxic…
whatyouwannamyfriend
September 13, 2012 at 11:49 pm
True. Description changed.
vqwerty
September 14, 2012 at 12:22 am
Ummmmm how does comparing ELECTRICAL solar voltaic systems with SOLAR WATER HEATING systems add up?
22 of these tubes is enough to provide hot water to a family of 4. Its 95% efficiency is far above the ~15% achieved by regular photo voltaic systems.
Please get it right.
callmeshane303
September 14, 2012 at 12:48 am
Another method Two points of method: (1) Two waters, separated, zero pressure and house pressure, and (2) Use principle of heat-exchange to take heat from zero pressure to house pressure by running copper metal tubing with house pressure, inside the zero pressure water. The copper metal does a very good job of transferring the heat, and many times better than plastic or rubber. Mixing sand and water in the zero pressure water is probably better. Thin aluminum may contain the zero pressure water.
trader0108
September 14, 2012 at 1:38 am
Nice jazz band.
scouterkeith
September 14, 2012 at 2:35 am
he is from Quebec Canada !
jimprice09
September 14, 2012 at 3:01 am
This is an evacuated tube solar water heater; looks like Sunda. The blue absorber plate is inside a rugged glass tube with a high vacuum (low pressure), so it is insulated from the ambient air.
A thin tube runs down the center of the absorber plate, which contains a few ml of fluid, and is sealed at both ends. The fluid boils, becomes steam, and the steam then condenses to fluid in the copper bulb at the top. Bulb gets very hot; fits into water pipe to heat water. Search for Sunda Seido-1.
Veech2
September 14, 2012 at 3:13 am
It looks like a piece of metal inside a polycarb tube. Needs a translation to english, please.
vitovonantwon
September 14, 2012 at 3:53 am
he’s doing a demo at a fair outside. he’s not selling them.
vqwerty
September 14, 2012 at 4:36 am
so He’s selling them on the side of a street ??? sketchy
ClarkeGrizzwald
September 14, 2012 at 4:45 am
More info would be great.
nitroburn
September 14, 2012 at 5:24 am
price of tube?…made in?
ranyerebrc
September 14, 2012 at 5:51 am