CANADA: SMALL, SIMPLE & CHEAP SOLAR OIL TO WATER HEATER DIY (Idea For user: GPS)

Here is my unique creation of a Mini Solar Water Heater.. DIY and very quick to complete. The materials used were studied to have some of the best heat transfer effects..The Top cover could be improved in this one and a larger plate with more rounds of Coil could be tested to have improved effects... Various different oils can be used with different boiling and autoignition points, salt can also be used. This is simply to show the quickest way to do this. It took me about 30 minutes to complete this device.

Final Touchups and mounting setups will not take much longer than 30 minutes, if even that.

Created September 16 2009.

This Idea I am passing on to User: GREENPOWERSCIENCE

In Dedication To Dan's Hard work.

- Stay Tuned for My future video(s) with this, where I test this thing in the sun, and see the results of how hot the water gets with varying water pressures.

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[BuickDoc]

I don't know about simple or cheap, but Canada is not small...

[luc59457]

@BuickDoc Those words weren't referring to Canada.

[MultiBlenderman]

Get rid of the foil. You are reflecting the heat AWAY from the oil. The black container is good, oil is good, tube is good. Now cover it with clear anything. This little unit will work pretty good then.

[luc59457]

@MultiBlenderman How about another pyrex cover, with a fresnel lens for the top as well, double heat penetration. I've mentioned this a while ago.

[meadman718]

Does tin not reflect heat back? Wouldn't a black surface be more effective? Just curious.

[luc59457]

@meadman718 ..And a pyrex at the top would be less efficient than a thin metal like tin because heat can penetrate through tin much faster than pyrex. So Pyrex and other materials that take longer to heat will also have the result of holding heat in longer.

[anyonefindAMERICA]

A fresnel lens will boil that oil in 5 minutes. Check out greenpowerscience on yt.

[ZED74]

looks good , if you want more heat i suppose a thinner pipe and some fins or something to collect more heat for the pipe ? The weather in the uk wouldnt be much good for this , only a few hot weeks a year lol

[MrXstacey]

should have painted the tubes black, other than that, well done

[CommentsSurvey]

@luc59457 : I realized the part about the "oil" after I watched the rest of the video! So I removed my comment, but thanks for responding. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[luc59457]

@CommentsSurvey You are quite welcome. I meant both