Black Roof Solar Hose

The result is solar heated pool water.

Black roof solar hose. The dark color of poly pipes gives them the ability to absorb heat from the sun. The dual spiral black poly pipe solar water heater. Take the other end of the hose and attach it to the cold water intake of your water heater. Attach on end of the hose to your homes incoming cold water line.

Using large loops stretch a 100 foot long black garden hose out over the southern side of the roof. Diy solar water heater. The outlet from the pump goes vertically upwards and has a 1 to 3 4 reducer which goes to the garden hose via a 3 4 barrel nipple. Made using 50 1 4 black tubing black poly pipe.

Being black the hose absorbs the suns rays and becomes hot heating the water. I used two hose clamps on each hose fitting to avoid leaks. The top is a smooth 1 1 2 y adapter with a 1 1 2 to 1 2 threaded adapter in one side with a 1 2 male to male threaded nipple to a 1 2 ball valve and a 1 2 threaded to ribbed adapter that the vinyl hose slides on. Solar panels equal to the area of the pool might be ideal but vinyl solar panels are easy to add so the diy installer can test the effects of a few panels on pool temperature and pump power before investing in.

An alternative to hose are vinyl solar panels that add some heating efficiency to this system and cost less than 150 per 2 x20 panel. Simple modular design allows for several to be chained together. The black fitting going through the wall goes to the array of pipes on the roof for the warm water. Then string out the middle part of the long hose along the ground or throw it up on a roof.

Small solar water heater i set up that will heat and pasteurize water very quickly. The garden hose has a hand operated spray gun for the actual shower head. The pool pump runs the pool water through this black hose and back into the pool. Most garden and hardware supply stores sell such pipes so getting them should be no problem.

The first method of solar hot water heater homemade is as follows. Tube on web design the tube web tube design allows the sunheater to capture the most sun possible maximizing square footage.