Some solar collectors have a clear glass cover and black pipes/interior. Makes me think one could use 1 liter plastic bottles inside a matt black box, no? Be interested in seeing the plumbing setup. I think you are right about the cork. Probably one tube to the bottom and the other at the top of the bottle. Maybe in series from bottom to top with a manifold at each end.
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote: > He did it using green bottles! I bet brown bottles would get hotter in > the sun, so drink up! > I want one! This rig would be fairy heavy with the box, all that glass > and > the water (8 lbs/ gal). > I'm wondering how it's done? It seems that each bottle would have a cork > with an inlet and outlet for closed system? My only problem is that I > don't > like beer; I guess I could find root beer or something in a brown > bottle......... > > Mike B. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:11 AM > Subject: [NVC] Beer bottle solar heater > > > Not related to Vanagons except in the "useful for camping" sense... >> >> "A Chinese peasant has made a solar water heater - using only beers >> bottles and hoses." >> >> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2850151.html >> >> It's very nearly the most perfect invention ever in so many ways. A >> cheap source of solar-heater water for showering, and the inventor "... >> will build a public bathroom for the village using his invention when he >> has the money to buy enough beers." What makes it so nearly perfect is >> that any money you spend on beers can be expensed as cost of goods sold, >> and the "manufacturing process" needed to convert beers into empty >> bottles involves drinking those beers. >> >> Maybe there's a way to make a Westy version. Hey Buese? You want to help >> develop this into a product? You figure out from the photo how the rig >> works. I'll start "making" beer bottles right away. >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus - for sale >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano >> KG6RCR >> > |
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