Build Your own Passive Solar Water Heater

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October/November 2007
By David A. Bainbridge 
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David A. Bainbridge was awarded the American Solar Energy Society’s prestigious Passive Solar Pioneer Award in 2004. He is an associate professor at Alliant International University in San Diego.
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  • Dan Gretsch 8/17/2009 4:27:24 PM

    Passive solar water heaters are great and have been used extensively around the world for low cost water heating. When a location has tougher standards for reliablity and performance the % of passive water heaters installed drops off tremendously.

    These systems are particularly good if you want to make them yourself but if you want an aesthetically pleasing, high performing, reliable appliance I would probably focus on active systems in the U.S..

  • Bruce K 5/1/2009 9:18:06 PM

    Here's a link to a page with some pictures of a breadbox and batch solar water heaters.

    The second unit, without the "box" and no insulation is used as our cottage to preheat water for an outside shower.

    http://www.greenterrafirma.com/batch_solar_collector.html

    Simple designs and they work well.

  • peter 4/21/2009 11:51:56 AM

    is it possible to use an Acoil from an old ac unit in the furnace ducting to use the hot water to space heat a house to stop using so much fuel oil during the heating season?

  • Michael Sakowski 7/4/2008 7:32:59 AM

    I just built a 20-gallon solar heated shower that works great! It only cost me about $25 :) since I was able to recycle a lot of scrap items like old boards or pieces of plywood and an old busted garden hose. I put the plans online at http://savehouseholdenergy.com/solarshower.html

    Take a look!

  • ADU 10/19/2007 8:51:25 AM

    Please, I'm a student of Kwame Nkrumahh University of Science and
    Techology-GHANA. My project is to design and construct a solar
    water heater for a six member household. Please, I need your
    assistance throughout my project right away.

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