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[Toecheese90]

I would like to know how to install solar to my OWB. This would help heat my water year around and cut my wood consumption.

[ijon]

So would I.

[cartod]

Mee Tooo. 

[yotehunter66]

Are you talking about a solar hit water heater? I'm in the process off making one mlw. Just going slow.

[ijon]

Give us the details.

[yotehunter66]

I'm fabricating it to preheat the water before it goes into my hot water heater, when the boiler is shut down. I'm using the inside of an old 50 gallon hot water heater painted flat black with high temp paint. I'll be building a housing for it and using an old sliding glass door for the top. Lines will be plumbed with isolation valves so I can shut it down and drain it for winter.

[yotehunter66]

SOLAR BATCH WATER HEATER "PART ONE": https://youtu.be/C2Xe_glVoqc

[mlappin]

Goto Natures Comfort website, they sell solar water heaters and have complete instructions on how to plumb it to your OWB.

[RSI]

Goto Natures Comfort website, they sell solar water heaters and have complete instructions on how to plumb it to your OWB.

Yep, they have a kit that connects to OWB's and also one that is stand alone for DHW. The DHW only is nice because it has it's own storage tank and requires no pumps. It does need to be near the house though instead of near the OWB.

[Roger2561]

Goto Natures Comfort website, they sell solar water heaters and have complete instructions on how to plumb it to your OWB.

Yep, they have a kit that connects to OWB's and also one that is stand alone for DHW. The DHW only is nice because it has it's own storage tank and requires no pumps. It does need to be near the house though instead of near the OWB.

I'm quite surprised with the cost of the one that connects to the OWB; it's cheaper than I thought it would be.  That's all I want to do is heat the water in the OWB to heat my DHW during the summer time and not go broke doing it.  Because my younger bro and I don't use that much water, the Natures Comfort unit may be the best bang for the buck.  Does anyone have one set up and using it?  What's your opinion of it?  Thanks...Roger

[12valve]

That natures comfort one looks nice.  I would like to here some real world results.  I would be real nice if during the summer you could run that through your OWB and heat domestic water.

[Roger2561]

That natures comfort one looks nice.  I would like to here some real world results.  I would be real nice if during the summer you could run that through your OWB and heat domestic water.

12valve - That's what I intend to do (as soon as I save my pennies to buy one) is heat the water in the OWB and have that heat my DHW during the summer.  Because I don't use that much water (I don't believe in wasting natural resources) the water in OWB "should" stay pretty danged hot for a long time.  Roger 

[12valve]

That sounds great Roger.  Cant wait to see your results.  Are you planning on this summer or our you not sure when you will do it?

[Roger2561]

That sounds great Roger.  Cant wait to see your results.  Are you planning on this summer or our you not sure when you will do it?

I doubt it will happen this year unless I win the lottery. 

[slimjim]

Lottery, a tax on those who are incredibly bad at math, look at your odds and where the profits go, by the way I think it has been 10 years or more since I bought a ticket!