Or at least not totally embarass myself ;-)
Hi friend, a solar water heater whole sets contains of solar vacuum tubes, solar tanks, brackets, piping etc.
okay the first thing you need to do is build the tankuse the balsa wood to make the tank, line the wood on the inside with the plastic wrap so as to keep the water from soaking into the wooduse the duct tape to wrap the tank and hold it togetheryou will need to make a hole the bottom of it so as use the cardboard make up into a rolled tube into it as a way to funnel the watertake the can and put it on the other end as way to use as way to dispense the water use duct tape to cover hole when not needing the water.and once most it all done you need to paint the whole thing other then the can black so as to help collect the heat.from the sun.don't forget to make some sort of door on the top to put the water in
That's going to be one tiny water heater! When we first bought our place in the country, we worked on it on weekends before we had running water or electricityWe had a big, five gallon water jug that we painted black and put out in the sunIt didn't take long for the water to get really hot! So I'd say, paint the can black, maybe set it on a piece of aluminum foil, shiny side up, and set it out in the sun! Good luck!
