Hot water showers

[Cary Karen]

I am interested in this solar hot shower, what is the materials I will be needing in making this? Can I hire someone experts in this job?

[Mosseyme]

I am just using a plan out of my head put there by a solar book idea. The book had a plan for a solar stove, just a box with reflective material on the inside and a lid on top and a black stew pot in the bottom with food in it. Said they had managed to get the temp to 300 degrees. I just want warm shower water so I'm using an old water tank from a motor home [55 gal] and built a plywood box big enough to have space around it. Then lined the box with 1/2" styrofoam sheets and cover the styrofoam with tin foil. I have the tank lifted off the floor of the box about 5" to allow the air to flow around it. Now just have to get the plumbing hooked up to it. It will just be feed with mountain stream water so it will have to warm the water quite a bit but I only want 90 degrees out of it. When I get finished I will post the results.

[ChainsawGrandpa]

Ah... hot water showers.
I get sentimental when I
reminisce about them.

-G'pa

[StressMan79]

Look up ice bucket challenge... Hot showers?

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[Mark OBrien]

This may be a good place to study and find inexpensive solar water heating systems.
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects...er_heating.htm

[Timber]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cCCOwftes0w hot shower set up...gravity fed

[ChainsawGrandpa]

So, whatever happened to the EccoTemp?

I took a shower on Monday night, and another
one last night (Saturday). I don't like this but
a shower is a lot of work.

I miss the days of a cascade of high-
pressure hot water for thirty minutes.

-G'pa

[StressMan79]

My eccotemp bout started my house on fire last summer. Bought a no name replacement for $50. Will install on a pole so a buffer from the log wall.

[rreidnauer]

Yikes!

Just use hot water to put the fire out.
;-D