Building a solar water heater is a relatively cheap and easy way to provide your home with a reliable hot water supply that can save you a significant amount of money on your monthly electric bill.
Furthermore with the world's dwindling energy resources you would not only be saving money with your homemade solar water heater, but you would also avoid being a victim of power outages and you would be doing your bit to save energy.
For most home owners the hot water heating system, or geyser, is the one of the most expensive electrical units to run as well as consumes the most energy.
It therefore makes a lot of sense to use natural resources to power this unit that is so costly to your pocket and to the environment.
What You Need For Your DIY Solar Water Heater
Essentially what you will need are the following materials that can be sourced fairly cheaply from your local hardware store.
- A water tank that needs to be painted mat black
- Plywood to make a box in which to place the water tank
- Glass panels which can be old window panes to place around the plywood box
- Piping to connect the water tank to the water supply and conventional heating system
The tools required to build it will be things like hammers, saws, drills, pop riveter and so on but no real high tech tools will be required.
Skills Required to Build this Homemade Heating System
If you are fairly good with your hands and you are competent with basic woodworking skills, like sawing, measuring and so on, you should be fine to handle this task.
What you will need however, is specific instructions detailing the whole process that gives you a step-by-step guide to build your solar water heater for your home.
PS- Get all the information you need as well as this 5 step Guide to Build Your Own Solar Water Heater here.
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