Solar Power/How To

[HADave]

Say Royall if your like me and willing to experiment with things here is a thought for you. Take an old large hot water heater, gas or electric doesn't matter. remove one of the plugs from the top. Retro fit for a 1 inch plastic line do the same at the tanks drain valve. build a 1 inch plastic pipe grid 100 sqft connect one end of the grid to the bottom of the water tank the other to the top and be sure the tank is higher than the grid. also be sure the grid remains in the most sun exposed area. connect to your plumbing system as normal during bright sunny daytime exposure you'll have very hot water. I did this years ago with a swimming pool 18ft round and rose the temp an average of 8 degrees during the summer. My pool was built up on a sand hill. 3 ft higher elevation and my grid was around one side of the hill. as the water became hotter than the pool it would constantly circulate on it own. i also used to keep 400 ft of garden hose charged all day and watered my veg garden with hot water. Maine soil temperatures are never very high it always helped. Any way it is a temporary method I will use while we are on our land there building our new home. my wife demands hot showers to go with her hot flashes. ha ha ha



Edited by - HADave on 12/22/2005 12:29:41