Blueprint Reveals...

How To Make A Solar Heater

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Objective Of This Report

My main objective for this report is to bring you the essence of building a DIY solar heater without all the fluff and fillers...as usual. The contents in this report teaches you how to construct a solar heater that can heat up water. But this same construction can also be used to heat up air...you only need copper pipes with a wider diameter. Therefore in order to suit your personal heating needs, I'd encourage you (since this is a relatively simple project) to take the design concept and modify it to build a customized solar heater of your own. By the end of this report, you'll be able to do just that -- design and build for yourself a complete solar heater -- and enjoy the fruits of your labor straight after. If you're ready to begin, let's dive right in...

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Contents
1. How Does A Solar Heater Work
2. The Materials You'll Need And How To Use Them To Construct A Solar Heater

3. An Overall View Of Your Solar Heater

4. Using Your Solar Heater

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How Does A Solar Heater Work

A solar heater works the same way as a greenhouse does, converting solar radiation into heat and trapping it a confined space. By conduction and convection, water or air can be heated up to a reasonably high temperature as it passes through this heated environment. Unlike a solar panel that relies on photovoltaic cells, a solar heater converts solar energy directly to heat. Therefore its efficiency can be much higher than when solargenerated electricity is used to heat up water (or air). Many households experience a significant decrease in energy bills because a solar heater often provides about 75% to 85% of their total heating needs. And the good news is solar heaters are much cheaper to build than a solar (photovoltaic) panel. It's also more tolerant to mistakes made by hobbyists. Best of all, this project takes only one weekend to complete... then you can sit back and let your solar heater produce heat whenever there are sunny days.

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The Materials You'll Need

The materials we'll be using can be easily bought from your local hardware store... and they're pretty affordable. I'll list out all of them, then I'll go into further details in the following pages: 1. Plywood 2. Super Glue & Screws 3. Corrugated Metal Sheet 4. Copper Pipes & Joints 5. Lead-Free Solder & Flux 6. Paint 7. Acrylic Sheet

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The Materials You'll Need

Plywood
Plywood is chosen for the heat collector box due to its strength. Wood is also a good insulator and this prevents heat from escaping into the surrounding. The base of the heat collector can be about 3 feet wide by 6 feet long. (Usually I'd use 1/2 inch thick plywood.) The depth inside the box should be about 1.5 to 2.0 inches. You should paint the interior of the box black.

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Super Glue & Screws
The heat collector box can be fitted together (piece by piece), temporarily, using blobs of super glue before they are finally tightened by self-tapping screws. Super glue prevents the joints from moving as you tighten the screws.

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Corrugated Metal Sheet
After you have constructed the wooden box, cut the corrugated metal sheet so that it fits snugly to the inside of the box. Then paint the corrugated metal on both sides with black paint. The paint protects the metal from rust, and the color of the paint ensures that maximum heat is absorbed. Corrugated metal is used because it traps air between the metal sheet and wood. This forms a good insulator to retain heat inside the box.

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The Materials You'll Need

Copper Pipes & Joints
After the corrugated metal sheet is cut, you can bend or join the copper pipes so it covers the entire surface of the corrugated metal sheet (as much as possible). Note: Ascertain your copper pipe's minimum bending radius and never over-bend them. Also, the thinner your pipes, the faster those water will heat up inside. Once your copper pipes are bent (or joined) into shape, you can paint them black.

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Lead-Free Solder & Flux
If you're using joints for your copper pipes instead of bending them, you'll need to solder the joints with lead-free solder. This is important as you will not want drinkable water to come into contact with lead. Applying some flux at the joint helps make your soldering better and easier.

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Paint
All surfaces in the heat collector box must be painted black. This is because black is the color that can absorb most heat compared to all other colors. However there are also different types of black paint -- glossy and matte. The paint you should go for are those matte, non-shiny types. These ensure maximum radiationto-heat conversion as sunlight falls on its surface. Note: Always allow the paint to dry thoroughly in a well-ventilated place (away from direct sunlight) between each coat and before covering the box with acrylic. Note: Aim to have at least 3 coats of paint for your wooden heat collector box so that it can last for as long as possible.

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Acrylic Sheet
The size of the acrylic sheet should be sufficient to cover the entire heat collector box. In this particular case, it's 3 feet wide by 6 feet long. To fit the acrylic covering over the box, drill the holes and counter-sink them so that your self-tapping screws can go through them with slight clearance. Then screw them with care against the wooden edge of the box.

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An Overall View Of Your Solar Heater

As cold water (or air) enters the copper pipes, heat will be transfered to the water by conduction and convection. The slower the water moves, the hotter it'll get. On a bright sunny day, it's possible to heat the water till it's steaming hot. Careful... it might burn your hands -- I had experienced it once.

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Using Your Solar Heater

There are many applications for your solar heater. You can use it to prepare warm water for a relaxing bath or heat up your swimming pool for a dip. You can also run the hot water into a radiator to warm up your house.

Alternatively, you can fit thicker copper pipes into your heat collection box and run air through them so you can warm up the air in your home. For this, one-inch copper pipes will do fine. How you use your solar heater is only limited to your imagination. So observe where the heating coils are in your house, then plan to replace the major part of their workload with your solar heater. You'll be surprised how much electricity or gas you can save just by using a cheap DIY solar heater to satisfy your heating needs.

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Any Questions?
As always, this material is meant to be a practical, hand-on introduction on how to build your own solar heater. If you have any questions in your mind or are interested in a relevant topic that you cannot find on www.DIYSolarPanelsWorld.com, please feel free to contact us via the contact form and we'll get your questions answered or prepare some materials specially for you. Hopefully you've got at least one thing out of this report. That's all for now... talk soon!

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