-=> Quoting Elvis Hargrove to Tim Hutzler <=-
 -> Right now in the afternoons the water too much too hot to touch.
EH> I'm glad I'm not the only one getting scalded by his solar water
  > heater. Too DANG hot!
EH> I took a page out of your notebook and put a 40 gallon heater
  > tank on the roof, painted whatever color black the factory paints
  > them. It still has an element in it for emergencies, but we're
  > finding that it takes a LOT of cold water turned into the shower
  > to temper what's coming from the heater as solar heated. (My wife
  > says God's thermostat is set too high...) Haven't measured the
  > temp yet, but it's HOT and stayes so well past bath time for the
  > lady which is after the ten o-clock news. Crude as our system
  > presently is we're quite pleased with the results so far.
I am gratified, thanks for the report.
I presume you built a box for it. It will keep the heat better
overnight for those morning showers, if you do. Also, if your winters
are cold, you could really loose energy without a box.
Right now I am using 3-mil plastic sheeting, it degrades by
summers-end, but it's cheap. Someday, I'll get tired and put on some
glass.
I also want to put on an insulated flap, hinged at the bottom. The
flap would be raised to trap in the heat during the night, or cool or
cloudy days.
But, for now, I don't need any of these things. It makes hot water
literally by the ton! 
EH>  ! Origin: BOO!  Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6)
Occult?
And, where is the Rio Grande Valley in Texas?
 
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