How to Build a Solar Hot Water Heater - Building a Homemade DIY Solar Hot Water Heater

Can you handle the challenge to to build a homemade diy solar hot water heater? Stand still and say yes! I'm on your back on this battle. Surely, we could build a durable personalized hot water system. We both have our great helper up in the sky. You don't need to whistle hard to call her. She follows you throughout daylight. Is it daylight only? Yes, because she needs to charge up and gives the stage to the moon. Our greatest helper is no other than our mother sun. Look up and see her rays waving hi to you.

So, let's get the work done. Let's start the challenge by gathering needed materials for our project. Breathe deeply for our journey towards competence will now start.

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The following are the needed materials:

"Remember: things need not be expensive and brand new for it to be fully functional."

- Old or used water heater

- Lumber

- Copper items for sampling

- Pegboard masonite

- Insulators (plastic foam)

- Used or old aluminum storm windows

* Expensive glass panels could be use depending on your budget

- Nails

- Old plastic pipe (black)

- Relief valve

- Connection tubing

How to build a solar hot water heater?

As you can see we are trying to simplify the materials needed since one of our main goals is to save and cut off our budget. We could get advantage of our old tubing and other things mentioned above but be sure all of which are functional. Old doesn't mean thrash rather its usage pass the test of time and still it could be use.

All materials are set for the construction of improvised and personalized solar hot water heater. Now, let's go to the procedures in making the unit.

Here are the instructions for the construction of the unit:

Step 1: Construct a hot box. In this case, a wooden box will be made surrounded with glass, and then will get some portion of the aluminum storm window to capture the solar heat.

Step 2: Put up a manifold inside the box. With the use of copper sheet collector and used water pipes, you'll get the manifold done. At this moment, the solar heat collected is now ready to warm the water.

Step 3: Position the old water heater that serves as storage tank above the box and outlet of the newly made manifold. Connect it. This will allow transfer of warm water into the tank and the cooler water will be delivered into the collector to be warmed.

Stop! Safety Precautions of how to construct personalized solar hot water heater:

Check for leaks prior to usage of the unit. Empty the system completely prior to plan of getting the system leak proof

Step 4: Lastly, apply a black coating or paint to your collector sheet as well as to the manifold. Protect your wooden box by using the oil-based coating. Expose the personalized water heater 45 degrees angle in relation to the sun and attached the water tank.

Now, you prove yourself that you could build a homemade diy solar hot water heater.

How to Build a Solar Hot Water Heater - Building a Homemade DIY Solar Hot Water Heater

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