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How to Make a Homemade Solar Water Heater
Author: Neville Sinclair
Making your own solar and wind power for less than 0
We have only just started to really make use of solar power, currently, humans use only a fraction of its power. Solar panels are becoming increasingly popular and those of us who can't afford to buy solar panels (unfortunately they are still expensive) can make their own. We all know solar energy can power the lights in our home and our electrical appliances but if we build a solar water heater we can use solar power our homes.
There are hundreds of web sites which show you how to make use of solar power and some of them are fantastic. They can show you everything you need to know to make your own solar powered water heater and how to do it. How much does it cost to build a solar water heater and is it difficult? Luckily, it is both very cheap and easy to build your own solar water heater.
You can pick up most of the materials needed to build your own solar water heater easily, they include things like; wood, buckets, duct tape, aluminum foil, screws and hose etc. You will also need to find the back of a small refrigerator and a pane of glass. Go to your local garbage dump, a little bit of resourcefulness will get you a long way!
To make your own solar powered water heater you don't need any specialized tools either. A drill, a saw, a hack saw and some scissors are the main tools you will need. I have loosely outlined the steps you need to take to build a solar water heater. Read on and see how easy it is to build your own solar water heater!
Making your own solar and wind power for less than 0
Firstly, you may want to paint the collector black so they absorb as much as possible of the sun's light. Using the wood, build a wooden frame around the collector .
Next, to build a solar water heater you need make the back. Cut a piece of backing material (like a thick rubber doormat) to the size of the frame.
Then, to make your own solar powered water heater stick some aluminum foil to the backing. Place the frame onto the foil side of the backing and seal all the cracks with duct tape or silicone caulk if you have some. Now, cut some holes into the frame for the pipes of the collector.
Once you have sealed the cracks you can then attach some air pump hose to the entry and return pipes of the collector. Simply attach the collector to the backing and put the glass into place. Now all you need are two buckets or water containers to put the hose pipes into. One will be filled with cold water which will be heated and transferred to the other bucket.
Making your own solar and wind power for less than 0
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What would it take to convert a housing community from fossil fuels to solar energy in the home?
Serious discussion here.
How feasible is the idea of communities, towns, even whole cities being powered by solar energy? At the most, how about these communities being fractionally powered by solar energy; 40% Solar/ 60% Fossil fuels?
We’re not getting all George Jetson, here. We have practical means by which to make something like this happen. My research has lead me to believe the problem comes in with the initial setup.
If this is so, what would it take to materialize the dollars? Should each State solicit a ‘solar energy’ tax; money dedicated to fund R&D solutions for citizens? Is it something that can be solicited to big business in exchange for free plugins; Staples invests in a solar power grid in Downtown Los Angeles… and calls it ‘The Staples Power Center”.
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power#Advantages_and_disadvantages_of_Solar_power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_ponds
“SURYA”The”INTERNATIONAL SOLAR CENTRE” at the place where Helium discovered first is the correct place.
Evidence of helium was first detected on August 18, 1868 as a bright yellow line with a wavelength of 587.49 nanometres in the spectrum of the chromosphere of the Sun, by French astronomer Pierre Janssen during a total solar eclipse in Guntur, India- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ( in the fields of tobacco, Guntur , HQ of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India) sothern part of india is close to the Earth’s Equator, excellent place to carry out solar research in any aspect, Hindu mythology has rich source of slokas about SURYA, the Sun, Ancient Astronomy, Astrology etc., besides other religions. As you are aware that the Sun is the alternate source of energy, needs research but there is no centralised international research on solar energy. it is high time to start International solar research center, there is no place better than India on the Earth.
Could you fit the centre of Australia with miles of solar panels?wouldn’t this solve the world energy problems
I’m not sure of the pay-back period of solar panels. I think it takes (say) 20 years, but isn’t there a vast area of un-used land in the centre of Australia which could be better utilised. It has guaranteed sunshine and surely would be even more effective than wind/water turbines?
Why cant we harvest the heat of the centre of the earth as energy?
Heat of the centre of the earth, im sure theres a term for it… something beginning with ‘G’ i think Geothermal maybe
and Maybe we do! I heard in Iceland/greenland they use this heat to melt ice off footpath to prevent people slipping
but can we use that heat and convert into other energy similar to solar power
hell why cant we place a satellite near the sun to harvest that energy?
please give me a detailed answer any short ones are spam
How is the area of Solar Energy Centre Campus, Gwalpahari?
Is it an isolated area? How is the water quality from health point of view and power situation here? Are good medical facilities available there and any problems related to mosquitoes and insects in this area?
Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources
Wind Energy Division, Power Group
Block No. 14, C G O Complex
Lodhi Road
New Delhi – 110 003
Tel: 011-24360707, Fax 011-24367413/24361298
E-mail: mnes@hub.nic.in, secy@mnes.hub.nic.in
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First of all, look for existing incentives from the federal and state government. Federally, there is a 30% tax credit and some states offer as much as $5.00 per Watt rebates. You can get more information here: http://www.desireusa.org
Secondly, there are some up and coming technologies that will offer better economics than PV panels in the near future. Check out http://www.infiniacorp.com/
http://www.sandia.gov and http://www.nrel.gov
Third, for the kind of project you describe, it really comes down to financing. This will be easiest if you are planning to build a new community. Find a lender (bank or government) that will allow home-buyers to roll the solar energy system into their mortgage. This practice, along with a healthy rebate, helped to make Japan the PV capital of the world a few years back.
On a larger scale, many states are enacting renewable portfolio standards which legally require utilities to generate a certain fraction of power from solar, wind or biomass. RPS programs are also described on the DSIRE website listed above.
While the idea is good, it is not good to post this as a question here, esp. since there is no question in your question. You have made a statement and at least you could have asked ‘do you agree?’
Geothermal is the right term; in some places, we do use geothermal energy–the problem with it is that this form of energy is very geography-dependent. In places where the heat from the center of the earth vents out on the earth’s surface, such as geysers. A heat vent ideal for energy conversion is stable and predictable, and releases a lot of energy–this just doesn’t happen in most places. Where geothermal energy is available and efficient (such as The Geysers, in California), we use it; even so, it makes up for less than 1% of our global energy consumption. An analogy to wind power and tidal power is appropriate; both of these energy sources are excellent where available, and environmentally friendly. But they aren’t available everywhere. Check out Wikipedia (Geothermal Energy) for two paragraphs on advantages and disadvantages.
As for your question about sending a satellite to the sun to harvest solar energy: if we sent a satellite closer to the sun, it would be able to collect solar energy more efficiently, but problems would arise in two areas. First, even though the satellite solar cell might be more efficient, it won’t necessarily provide more energy than a larger, less efficient solar cell here on earth. Sending a solar cell large enough to solve our energy problems towards the sun would cost a lot of money and use a lot of energy in itself.
The second problem is transporting the energy back to earth. If the satellite was very far away from earth, it would have a difficult time transmitting the energy back to earth efficiently. Solar power systems in orbit around the earth have been proposed as practical solutions, however, a lot of the sun’s energy is absorbed by the atmosphere by the time it reaches the earth. These systems suggest using microwave radiation to transport the energy from orbiting satellites to power centers on earth. However, such a network of solar cells would be costly to maintain and, as it turns out, not that much better than using solar cells on the ground. The best achievements in solar cell technology (at least in the near future) will be improvements in technology rather than location.
One more thing about geothermal power. A geothermal power plant is essentially a heat engine. In thermodynamics, there is something called the Carnot cycle, which is used to predict the maximum theoretical efficiency of a heat engine (it is about 40%). Therefore, because geothermal energy comes from heat, a geothermal power plant can be at best 40% efficient.
Too expensive right now.
Global warming is a huge problem. We’ll need all available tools to fight it.
Australia can use some solar in some places. Mostly the small isolated ones with limited requirements. For the major cities, nuclear is clearly needed right now. The alternatives aren’t developed enough to do the whole job.