Solar Water Heater

I decided to build this to fight back at the electric company. I live in Florida, and if there's one thing we have plenty of, it's ...

can a solar water heater be hooked with a tankless water system?

Nov 05, 2007 by anand r | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

i am opinion about saving cost and energy. want to get a tankless water heater. i would like to have a solar water heater too, but heard that u need a stoage tank for the solar heater. not undeviating if i can combine the two. anyone got an answer for

you could have a 2 panel 80 gallon tank solar thermal system backed up by a tankless. but if you have a tankless, you dont needfulness anything else, it wont work with solar panels, you must have a storage tank. if you have the money, do it. (roughly

How can I fix a leak in my pool's solar water heater?

Apr 27, 2009 by Concerned Parent | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a rooftop solar heater for my kitty. Today, when I started pumping water through it, I saw a nice water spray coming from a hole in it. How can I plug that dent?

Is the gap in the panel or the lines to the panel?
The lines to the panel are the easy fix. Just cut the line rub off any sharp edges and install a "shark bite" type of apt per the instructions.

The panel is a little more

Is solar water heater cost effective?

Apr 14, 2008 by pfestus1 | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

We are taking into consideration solar hot water to suppliment our LP gas water heater. Will the costs of a solar system significantly reduce my LP gas consumption? Will the solar heated water be hot enough to not even use the gas heat?

I have often compassion about building a pre-heater to assist my electric heater and cut down on costs. They will only work in certain locations with lots of sunshine and may be unattractive depending on where they are placed.
You can assemble

How to make reflective solar water heater?

May 24, 2009 by rckgh1992 | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have a sect project to make a solar water heater. It needs to take sunlight and reflect it onto/into a container that holds water. The surface are of the reflector needs to fifty-fifty the amount of water in the container. So no giant mirrors heating

There are several contrastive ways. First you need to decide if you are going to use a flat reflective surface or a parabolic deliberating surface.

Probably the easiest way is to get an old tv dish antenna (the small ones not a 10' enormous