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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Mexican Water Heater

As you may recall, for the past couple of years I have used a solar shower.  It worked okay but it took a couple of hours to warm up even in the heat of Aticama.  It finally broke so I needed another way to heat water.


We use a lot of black hose at the house and at the orchards.  The fact that the water came out hot got me to thinking that if I used more hose I could get enough volume of hot water to bathe.  Leaving the coiled hose on the patio table in direct sunlight provides almost 5 gallons of hot (probably 120 degrees) water in less than an hour.


In addition to the patio bathing, the water is a great temperature for doing dishes and laundry!


10 comments:

  1. hope it works out :) hard to control that heat without a mixer lol glad ur back

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  2. Where is Dod? still in the shower - time to get out and let us know how it is going?

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  3. I think this will gonna work. Black hose has a special compound used in the insulating layer provides an added measure of protection against heat loss.

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  5. hope your ok .....havent heard from u in quite some time

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  6. Dave, what has happened? Nothing for four months! Are you still in Mexico and alive? A lot of us would like to hear more from you. Hope you are well.

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