How I build my solar heater part one (14)

In this video I show you how I am building my solar heater. I know there are different and better ways to do it, but these are the materials I could get cheap and easy. The point is that even with these cheap materials it is possible to collect real energy from the sun. So if you have a design with better results then feel free to share it and show the world what you have build.

Peace, InsAneTunA

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[hortop1]

Do the plastic bottles ever touch the cans, and melt ?

[insAneTunA]

@hortop1 Hi hortop1, the bottles don't touch the cans. I live in Holland so I don't know if the bottles hold up in a country where it is warm all the time. But then you can think about a box and a glass window. With my first experiments I had it up to 161 F or 71 Celsius without any problem.

[rcFoamFighters]

Cool video insAneTunA. Nice idea to use mostly recycled materials. it will be cool to see how it all works once you are finished. Keep up the good work.

Paul

[insAneTunA]

@rcFoamFighters Thank you for your kind words Paul. If the bottles don't work or shrink by the heat I can always make something more durable later. But I'm just as curious to see the end results as you are :-) I'll just keep on trucking. Very recently Stanford University developed new solar cells that collect sunlight but also the heat from the sun at the same time. Those new solar cells can compete with natural resources like oil. I hope you will have a great day Paul.

Greets, iT

[richallenmusic]

@rcFoamFighters very cool i like your video neat looking  rich

[insAneTunA]

@richallenmusic Thank you Rich :-)

[gilligasad]

Nice video. Aluminum foil could work in place of steel wool.

[amintafall]

real Cool I'm gonna try it when back in Africa, these hotels throw out lots of cans and bottles....Respect!

[insAneTunA]

@HHO4ALL Thanks :-) I've planned to connect them in parallel, and i will see what the result is going to be. I'm going to use gravity and the siphon action to pump the water around. So far the bottles seem to hold up, they can handle 155F in full contact with water. But as I explain in the video all the heat wants to go inside towards the copper pipe. Metal is a better heat conductor then the air that is surrounding the soda cans. The only way to find out if it holds up is to try it :-)