Homemade solar collector

In the summer, in the country, to save on electricity, you can collect a heating device or a solar panel. Summer rich in solar heat is the most successful time to create a solar collector with your own hands, during operation for two months, it completely pays for itself. It perfectly copes with heating of water and heating. Moreover, solar energy can Equally efficiently use not only in summer, but also in winter.

The volume of the reservoir tank is calculated by 200 liters. For its assembly, materials are required as 4 chipboard (you can use old furniture). Two sheets must have the length of the media two -90 cm. The height is thirty centimeters.

In addition, a black polyethylene film will be required. With a thickness of 0.15 millimeters, it must have a size of one and a half meters. Universal screws are needed in the amount of eight pieces. Glass window 6 mm thickness and dimensions of at least 92 x92 centimeters. Two plates of foam sizes hundreds of fifty centimeters. Constructing the solar collector with your own hands, do not forget about such an important thing as a garden hose. It should be from PVC, reinforced, the thickness of its walls is one millimeter. A brass tee thread will be required, and two threads will be outdoor, and one is internal. For the hose, a brass nozzle and a pair of crimping clamps are needed. The Teflon tape and two steering from the paronite will be required as a seal.

The best placement of the collector - on the roof of the house, so that the sun rays come to it. At the beginning of the collector box assembly, you need to cut the chipboard sheets (or any other sheet material). To protect wood from moisture, it needs to be covered with varnish or alkyd enamel. Collecting the solar collector with her own hands, you can walk by a pair of screws to fasten the shields into the end. It is possible to prevent the material cracking, to pre-drill under the holes of the hole. At the bottom of the box you need to lay foam. It will keep heat and promote a slow cooling of water. For the hose you need to do the recess in the upper shield, with the edge. For this purpose, a saw and pliers will be useful. Then you need to wall a black polyethylene film, which is able to heat up in just a few minutes.

When the solar collector is created with her own hands, the radius of the hose bend during its laying should be taken into account. It is necessary to avoid its inflection. The hose must be started on the roof, and it is better if its length is slightly more than it was necessary when calculating. The hose in the middle of the way must be fixed, the usual tape is suitable, which can be glued to the wall. It should be started in a solar collector, omit on the bottom of the heater and cover with glass. At the end of the collector installation, you need to strengthen the support elements of the structure. For glass stability, you need to screw the pair of screws to create the stops.

In addition to the water heater (collector), you can be created with your own hands the solar battery for the house, which will provide electricity in the absence of connection to its traditional sources. Moreover, this method is not only economical, but also environmentally friendly. In fact, the solar battery is a DC photoelectric generator. It converts the radiant energy of the sun into electric.

If you have chosen solar panels as a source of electricity, the manufacture of them will require a little more effort and the presence of the following components. We need elements that can generate 0.5 watts each. Moreover, their dimensions may vary. For the base of the battery, a wooden box with ventilation holes on sides is suitable. It is necessary to make a substrate from a chunk chipboard, pick up the glass to cover the device from bad weather. To connect the items, they will have to glue and discourage chains. Then the wires through the ventilation holes are coming. Each panel included in the system must be a blocking diode. It will protect the battery from discharge during cloudy weather or at night.

Thus, it is possible to use natural energy at home and make your life more comfortable.