Date:         Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:33:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: novel solar shower spotted
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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That was Dave Garth.  Really nice system.   Saw it back in 1995 or 96, my
memory of
what year is foggy.   But that was at Pfeiffer Big Sur on a nasty
windy/rainy evening in
December.  I had the privilege of seeing the system first hand and a nice
description
from Dave himself.   It was posted on the web for quite while but I haven't
seen it lately....

Steven
91 Westy

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> was done years ago, heat exchanger in water tank.
>
> can't recall name of old listmember... but ran coolant line through
> water tank to heat. it on the web somewhere.
>
> Mark Cummock did a version, cold water
> http://www.kayakwesty.com/shower.html
>
>
> alistair
>
> PS there are widgets to attach to engine to get a hot water shower
> when engine running, australian I think
>
>
>
>
> On 12-Sep-10, at 6:49 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>
>  Engine heat is often used in  yachts for heating shower and galley
> water.
> I am surprised someone who's a Westie-gadget tinker er has not done
> one for
> vans.  You could pull into camp and have a hot shower waiting, even on
> cloudy days or just turn on the motor for maybe 10 minutes..
>  Don Hanson
>