In the spirit of Earth Day, here’s a little project virtually anyone can attempt, if you’ve got any solar resource at all. Most homes spend around 30% of their energy budget heating water. Get 100 meters of black hose, a few connectors, and a place to site your heater and you’re in business with a cost effective solar hot water heater.

Segment 1: First Attempt


With the humor out of the way, here’s the rest of the story…

Segment 2: Success!


Hats off to Green Power Science who put these entertaining, yet cheesy, videos together.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 am and is filed under Conservation.