Complete Video: https://www.youtube.com/look at?v=euCJ44_tdqs
This is a Do it yourself (do it on your own) solar thermal panel that manufactured hot water for a farm. I developed all elements with my good friend making use of all components from Lowes/Dwelling Depot/area components merchants. Each individual obstacle was to make the solar thermal panels underneath $a hundred, which we properly did for each panel. All elements can be acquired from merchants, very little was distinctive get or distinctive components.
Soon after hooking up the procedure for the summertime of 2011, the procedure carried out incredibly well and basically produced one hundred seventy degree F water. The hot water was saved in a Rubbermaid bucket, but the plastic was so low-priced that the hot water from the panel melted the Rubbermaid bucket you see in the one of the shots. I designed a thermosiphon, which suggests that I did not use any electric pumps to transfer the hot water. The movement charge is about one gallon for each minute to one.5 gallons for each minute (GPM) when calculated within of the hot water tubing.
There are no tubes within the barrel. I made use of hose connectors through the side of the barrel with silicone glue. They are like backyard hose valves/connectors that you can discover in Lowes/Dwelling Depot. I am making use of CPVC since backyard hose and typical PVC melt at the higher temperatures. I was obtaining 190 degree F temperatures in February with this configuration. Underneath 55 F, the device is still producing hot water at 150 F or better.
Also, I would suggest that you have a drainback procedure for for the duration of the working day so that if you are making use of straight water it does not freeze or burst your piping. If you are striving to warmth some thing else, I would suggest making use of a warmth exchanger style of procedure, wherever there are individual tubes in your bucket. This is so you can use antifreeze in your solar flat plate collector. The antifreeze will warmth up the tubes jogging through the barrel. I am creating a e-book now on how to make this established up for underneath $a hundred. I place about forty eight hours into this challenge in investigation, getting the components, and basically developing it.
The challenge was productive in that it served warm a barn and a mattress of worms. I will add more videos quickly of the Do it yourself solar thermal panel. Feel totally free to send me a information or leave a comment if you have any concerns.
My other online video, which was my to start with Do it yourself solar thermal panel, can be watched at: http://www.youtube.com/look at?v=XpZxAZoccVk
Below is my Do it yourself Solar and Wind e-book that was posted on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1508454310/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&imaginative=390957&creativeASIN=1508454310&linkCode=as2&tag=erilaysyoucha-20&linkId=URNF3DPORKY4M5YR
Barnes and Noble Nook edition of my Do it yourself Solar and Wind Book:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/guides/1121302120?ean=2940151676939&itm=one&usri=2940151676939
This e-book is one of my most loved solar guides in my library (acquired it on Amazon) and I can suggest numerous of the solar guides on Amazon to support discover more about solar electrical power:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1907670181/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&imaginative=390957&creativeASIN=1907670181&linkCode=as2&tag=erilaysyoucha-20
This Grape a hundred Watt Solar panel on Amazon is incredibly comparable to the panel that was acquired at Dwelling Depot:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004RDA8MG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&imaginative=390957&creativeASIN=B004RDA8MG&linkCode=as2&tag=erilaysyoucha-20
Post time: Jan-12-2017