Solar Hot Water Shower Diy Black Water Hose Part 1

Man if my wife were as beautiful as yours I would need help brushing my teeth if she would help.
Glad you show the way things don't work too. The guy from Houston was right the sun tears up plastic it has to be able to take sunlight or you will be out all that tubing you could just paint it that would keep the uv rays off of your tubing and still heat your water. Try to use a flat black ask questions at hardware store tell them you are trying to make plastic last longer.

I did this same thing in Mexico for my in-laws. Glade you said how much easyer it is to use 1/2 inch. And, True, it does hold less water. BUT;; The water heats up faster. 600 feet and it runs all day long and you DON"T run out of hot water. In fact,,, on a real sunny day. You will need to add a little cold or it will blister you. It has lasted 3 years and still going strong.
Thanks for the video. Great job.

Like to know how this system holds up. Did something similar about 30 years ago using black irrigation tubing on the roof to heat pool water. It only took one hot Houston summer to destroy that poly tubing. Maybe yours is a heavier gauge? Maybe that black hose is heavy enough? Be interesting to see.

Hi, nice video. Have you considered that installing the water tube linearly, instead of in a loop, aligned on the corrugated panel roof you could get more solar radiation on the tube surface facing down by reflection from the metal?

That sounds neat. Is it for lighting only or water too. Also any websites.

hey an idea: in brazil some guy came up with the idea of putting a 2litre water bottle in a hole on the roof (half inside, half out), it refracts sunlight and its as powerful as a 60 watt bulb apparently, with some black tape to protect the cap... try it out!!

Chemical leeching sadly is unavoidable regardless of what your choice is. ........ And one final note. Several people have emailed about using car radiators for a hot water system. Bad idea, they have an EXTREME lead hazard. Please let me know if you find any info to add to this, it brings up an interesting topic.

The only 2 forms of tubing or water containers that do not leech are glass and pure stainless steel. Ironically many people have traded their plastic bottles in for aluminum. Also consider most bottled water is not transported in cooled trucks. One water/plumbing training video stated " your chemical exposure is 100x greater by drinking hot tea or coffee in a Styrofoam cup or plastic cup than sitting in a hot tub for 8 hours. I would think solar showers would be much less than a hot tub.

Leeched chemicals are usually not a concern for exterior exposure. Far more concern for internal (do not drink hot water).

Consider that most hot tub pipe tubing is know to leech. The majority of drinking water bottles. Another factor is water purity. RO or distilled water leech far more organic and inorganic compounds than regular city or well water. This is why whole house systems are rare and require special pipe.

Cool;-) Re.: Denise...

Leeching - (NEVER DRINK HOT WATER REGARDLESS OF WHAT PIPE YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE) there are concerns with any pipe, heated or not, regardless of Galvanized even cpvc or copper tubing, the liners of many water tanks leech. Drinking water bottles etc. The key to avoiding issues is A:not drinking hot water. B:avoid excessive steamy showers. C:not heating water above 180f. We did have our hot water tested and it was high in iron, we have well water. Cold water has the same.

Okay first of all great videos. Second, Denise is seriously hot, you lucky man. Thirdly, I'd like to know if you tested the hot water that you produced. There is a serious risk of toxic leeching into liquids when you heat rubber/plastic. If you did do a complete test I'd like to know the results.

Great stuff.

I thought it added tons humor. Like active bloopers. I like to see the process of good videos. People assume these Youtube people just setup a camera and go I can see there is a lot more to it.

Appreciate the information. I must say though, all of the starts and stops are really annoying.

lol after all that work he needs a shower

Thank You!!!

Keep up the excellent work!

Superb vid dude. I did the same thing for a solar showerin France when i was on a WWOOF organic farm (google WWOOF) and learned that the trick is to use a blow-torch to gently heat and train your hose into going where you want it to (avoid sharp corners though) then tie it on a light frame, as you did, to get it up there.

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Funny!! I love the off-takes; It's makes it way more interesting to see the process of making a movie.

"Traffic all of a sudden?!" haha!

I bought the rolls from Lowes Home Improvement Store for $5 each. They sat there for years and were markdowns. I think sitting so long rolled up added to the fun.

That was a riot, It shows how unruly that hose can be. I plan on using the idea to heat my pool this summer, It may give me a few more weeks of use if I can keep the pool warmer.

A little of both.

dude you need to figure out what your saying before you say it or is it the hot chic thats distracting you?

Thank you Odziz,
I had a lot of thinking to edit this one together...

Great idea:-)