Making a solar water heater for the home
Posted4/3/2021 7:00 AM
Q: We have a large family and use much hot water. I cannot afford to have a solar water heating system installed, but I would like to make some type of solar water heater myself. What do you suggest?
A: Heating your domestic hot water is an excellent application for solar energy. Unlike solar space heating, water heating is needed year-round. This provides a good payback, especially if you build it yourself and must only cover material costs.
Your first step is reducing the amount of hot water consumed. With a large family, much of the hot water usage is for showering. Unlike clothes or dishwashing where the amount of hot water used is set by the appliance, you can modify showering to save much hot water.
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