At the time of get hot water at home The normal thing is to use a heater, a boiler or, in the best of cases, and if possible, take advantage of solar energy through plates and collectors. All of them systems that lead users to take their wallets out for a walk.
And that is what this invention that a user has developed and whose manufacturing process has shown on the Desi Ideas & Creativity YouTube channel wants to avoid. A device that imitates the operation of a heater which works without electricity and is capable of generating 3,000 liters of hot water.
Hot and free water
For all those with free time and who like DIY, this inventor has shown How can you make a kind of solar collector which serves to heat the water and not depend on electricity to heat the water.
A solar collector is a device designed to capture the sun’s radiant energy and convert it into thermal or electrical energy. In this case, it has achieved a cheap and sustainable system that can be used in developing countries but also in places where you want to use hot water and there are no plugs nearby.
The video shows how the water, which is initially at 18 degrees in the tank, leaves the solar collector at 45 degrees.
To create this solar collector, the user shows a process in which no complex components and tools needed. To make it, all you need is a couple of wooden panels, a sheet of metal, aluminum foil or another that serves as a reflective surface, a rubber hose and a piece of PVC pipe along with some screws and some skill.
In the YouTube video he explains the process. Cut the two half-circle-shaped wooden panels each that serve as side walls to create the curved tray that folds around the side walls and is fixed with screws. Inside, it is lined with aluminum foil or other reflective material.
On the sides, two holes are made that serve to place the fundamental part of the device. The hose is wound over the piece of pipe and is located at the focal point of the metal tray.
In this case, the user has created as an extra a structure to place an external tank to the solar collector. The water goes from the tank to the outlet of the hose and while it is in that area, with the hose coiled in a spiral, it is heated thanks to the collector.
But it is also that performance can be improved if the collector is covered with glass, which favors the greenhouse effect and in this way the water temperature can be increased by an extra 20 ºC.
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