Black Roof Solar Hose

Attach on end of the hose to your homes incoming cold water line.

Black roof solar hose.

The black fitting going through the wall goes to the array of pipes on the roof for the warm water. Take the other end of the hose and attach it to the cold water intake of your 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. Diy solar water heater.

Simple modular design allows for several to be chained together. Installing black polyethylene pipes or poly pipes provides heat for your swimming pool with the help of solar power. The pool pump runs the pool water through this black hose and back into the pool. Using large loops stretch a 100 foot long black garden hose out over the southern side of the roof.

The dark color of poly pipes gives them the ability to absorb heat from the sun. 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. Small solar water heater i set up that will heat and pasteurize water very quickly. Most garden and hardware supply stores sell such pipes so getting them should be no problem.

Sand all smooth surfaces prior to gluing to assure a good seal. Tube on web design the tube web tube design allows the sunheater to capture the most sun possible maximizing square footage. Then string out the middle part of the long hose along the ground or throw it up on a roof. The first method of solar hot water heater homemade is as follows.

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. Made using 50 1 4 black tubing black poly pipe. I used two hose clamps on each hose fitting to avoid leaks. Being black the hose absorbs the suns rays and becomes hot heating the water.

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. The garden hose has a hand operated spray gun for the actual shower head.