Learn How To Build Your Own Solar Hot Water System

A way of reducing our household expenses, get free energy and save the enviroment without spending alot of money, may seem unreal. But it can be achieved by building your own solar hot water system at home. This fun project is not easy but if it’s successfully made, its benefits are endless.

The materials needed for this project are as following:

Cut pieces or sheets of Plexiglas (to build your box), solder (to join pipes), plumber’s tape (to make sure there are no leaks), personal safety equipment such as glasses meant for safety, gloves (while handling solder), L brackets, screws, drill, drill bits, pipes (material is usually copper), tank (usually metal) containing two drilled holes.

Building the solar hot water system

Once all the materials have been collected and your work place has been arranged, you can start building this marvelous device by following the given steps:

• The most important step is to first make sure your main water line is disconnected and your faucets are turned on to drain out all the lines.

• Only once the first step is completed, proceed to step 2 which involves locating a convenient and sunny spot to ‘make hay when the sun shines’. Most home owners opt for the roof. You should make sure no tall trees will obstruct the shining light since this can have a detrimental effect on the efficiency of your solar water heater.

• Construct your box using Plexiglas. L shaped brackets can come in handy while making the box.

• Next, attach L brackets to your water tank and attach this to the roof. You should attach screw fittings to the holes (that you had drilled previously in the tank). One is advised to use plumber’s tape for sealing the holes.

• This step involves using solder, so caution and safety must be practiced, especially if this is the first time you’re handling solder. Essentially, one should use the solder to attach a pipe to the screw fitting underneath the tank in addition to another pipe (usually a bit larger) to the screw fitting at the top of the tank.

• The pipes mentioned in step 5 should be able to have access to the box. Hence, holes must be drilled into the box.

• There are several soldering steps involved and depend on your house. Basically, you should join these pipes together until you reach your water heater in the house. To make them as unobtrusive as possible, place them near the wall.

• The line through which cold water flows is connected to the hole is located underneath your tank. This should be joined with the water heater. However, another cold water pipe at the moment is connected to your heater. Therefore, cut this line, and make another connection that links the pipe from the tank with the heater.

• A final check could involve ensuring there are no leaks and everything is sealed well. 

Follow these steps, build your own solar hot water system and take good use of the sunny days and embrace the added benefits.

The Right Pool Pumps For Your Pool Tips

Hayward Pool Pumps are indeed the pumps that are used in the swimming pools to pump the water in and out of the swimming pool. Hayward is the leading company that provides equipments for the swimming pools and spas and also other aquatic entertainment. They are well known for their dependability and also for their best performance. Most of the people opt for this brand of pool pumps because of the high quality of the products that offer the customers. They provide the most energy efficient pumps at any speed according to the user requirement. These pumps are used to pump in fresh and purified water and eliminate the dirty water from the swimming pool. There are twp types of pool pumps available. They are above ground pumps and in ground pumps.

The above ground Hayward Pool Pumps works similar to the in ground pool pumps with only one exception. The difference between the in ground pool pump and the above ground pool pump is that in the above ground pool pump the water supply level should be higher than the inlet to the pump. The above ground pool pumps do not have diffusers with them and thus they can not pull the water. This type of pump is also called as flooded suction pump because the water flows in as a flood to the pump’s strainer basket. These pool pumps are well known for the best efficiency rate of the pump.

Hayward pool pumps provide high performance that helps in increasing the customer satisfaction levels to a great extent. The in groundpool pumps from Hayward is also called as the self priming centrifugal pumps. These pumps consist of the vacuum chamber also called as the pump housing. Initially this pump housing should be filled with water to create the vacuum. This will help for pumping the water out of the swimming pool. The pump housing always contain full of water when the pump is ON and also contains partially full water when the pump is in OFF condition.

These pumps are simple in design. The motors that are located spin at the different speed levels. The speed of the spinning of the motor can be changed according to the needs of the user. It helps in eliminating any air approaching into the pump housing from the suction piping. A full prime condition occurs when the bubbles stop returning to the pool and the pump basket consists of full of water. When the pump reaches the full prime then the filter pressure will also increase rapidly. The gallons per minute (GPM) varies with various factors such as type of pump, horsepower, pipe size, distance from pool and other restrictions within the plumbing system.

The Hayward Pool Pumps should never be operate without water. If the pump is running without water, the seal will overheat and melt. If this is left un noticed then this will result in the damage of many system components including the PVC pipe.