Date:         Thu, 15 May 2008 08:52:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Beer bottle solar heater
Comments: To: Mike <mbucchino@charter.net>
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Some solar collectors have a clear glass cover and black pipes/interior.
Makes me think one could use 1 liter plastic bottles inside a matt black
box, no?

Be interested in seeing the plumbing setup. I think you are right about the
cork. Probably one tube to the bottom and the other at the top of the
bottle. Maybe in series from bottom to top with a manifold at each end.



On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote:

>  He did it using green bottles!  I bet brown bottles would get hotter in
> the sun, so drink up!
> I want one!   This rig would be fairy heavy with the box, all that glass
> and
> the water (8 lbs/ gal).
>  I'm wondering how it's done?  It seems that each bottle would have a cork
> with an inlet and outlet for closed system?  My only problem is that I
> don't
> like beer; I guess I could find root beer or something in a brown
> bottle.........
>
> Mike B.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:11 AM
> Subject: [NVC] Beer bottle solar heater
>
>
>  Not related to Vanagons except in the "useful for camping" sense...
>>
>> "A Chinese peasant has made a solar water heater - using only beers
>> bottles and hoses."
>>
>> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2850151.html
>>
>> It's very nearly the most perfect invention ever in so many ways. A
>> cheap source of solar-heater water for showering, and the inventor "...
>> will build a public bathroom for the village using his invention when he
>> has the money to buy enough beers." What makes it so nearly perfect is
>> that any money you spend on beers can be expensed as cost of goods sold,
>> and the "manufacturing process" needed to convert beers into empty
>> bottles involves drinking those beers.
>>
>> Maybe there's a way to make a Westy version. Hey Buese? You want to help
>> develop this into a product? You figure out from the photo how the rig
>> works. I'll start "making" beer bottles right away.
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus - for sale
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
>>
>