Hot h20 experiment

Experimental Solar Hot Water System

Supply List

Basic Design

• Supplies Needed
  • (2) 1 1/4 inch female hot-water unit to hose connectors
  • a pump
  • hose?? (We found some hose in the green house that doesn't have end pieces)
  • sealable barrel (the barrels out back don't have lids that we can open. We need something sealed so that we don't turn the basement into a sauna)
  • copper coil
  • (2) hose to copper pipe connectors
  • tube-o-silicon
  • (long term) plexyglass or glass? and aluminum frame materials.

• Supplies Purchased
  • 12v Ag Sprayer Pump Product Information
  • 2 Red River 50ft. farm hoses guarentteed up to 180F
  • Teflon Pipe Tape
  • lots of pipe/hose connectors
  • flux
  • 25 ft 10-2# outdoor electrical wire
  • 30ft. soft copper tubing

• Supplies Purchaced-Addendum
  • nails and bolts for PV stand
  • self-liting butane torch
  • 12v connection cable for pump
  • metal juction box and wire nuts

• Supplies Acquired
  • scrap lumber
  • duct tape
  • 30? gallon black plastic barrell
  • various tools
  • 64 Watt solar panel
  • solar hot water heating unit

• Resources
  • Solar Panel Angle by time of year and latitude click

Setting Up a Test of the Heating Unit

Heating Unit Lab