DC Solar Water Heater build and test run.. no inverter

[@trevorgore3008]

The only decent understandable basic but informative doco ive found thats relevent . Thankyou... great stuff ..from a fellow homesteader.

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Awesome .. have a great day my friend

[@tonylarson1960able]

That's pretty cool hot water heater! Thanks for sharing! God bless! Tony

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

@@tonylarson1960able God bless your my friend

[@andrewdarby8827]

Been looking at these for a domestic solar upgrade to my hot water tank, great informative video

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Thank you, let me know what you think

[@donbaggarlysr]

Nice video, but please lose the music for future videos. Thanks

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Yes sir

[@OP-fd4lh]

I am seriously glad to see this video and thank you for it sir. I have subscribed and look forward to seeing your other videos.🙏🏽

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

@@OP-fd4lh thank you

[@AChildofLightHEATHER]

You are smart, I think I would probably mess it up somehow and the barrel would melt or something 😆🙄😆

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

I am still concerned about that.... Although every other experiment I seen was a success with a plastic barrel I want to make mine steel

[@9252LIFE]

I never thought about something like this! I was going to get an on demand propane water heater but after finding out that my propane fridge goes through a 100# cylinder in a month I don’t want to have to keep spending a fortune on propane! Great video!

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

What's wrong with it.... That's not normal

[@9252LIFE]

Homesteading Northern Michigan I think it’s because the seal to the freezer is bad and the rest of the fridge starts to freeze everything also. Probably goin to hafta get a seal kit. Or shut the propane off every other day and possibly get two months out of it.

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Buy the seal and check all the seals and connections

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

You might need to regulate how much goes in

[@9252LIFE]

Homesteading Northern Michigan it has a built in regulator and I put one in the tank side as well to see if that’d help. The flame it throws is huge like a rose bud torch and you can tell it uses a lot of gas.

[@punjabifoodwithgeeta1636]

Nice up load video new friend

[@jeffreybresnahan]

If you temporarily insulated the barrel, it would achieve a higher temperature faster, also maintaining the internal overall water temperture. ♨️👍

[@x.trailcwb1546]

Thanks for the video. I will try to do something like your system. Here is no to cold in south Brazil. My intention is to have a water "no so cold" to use in meu electric heat shower. This can reduce the amount of energy to heat the water in bath. Energy is to expensive here in Brazil. I will try to do a video and share here.

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Awesome... good luck my friend .. I was told you'll want to use a dc thermal switch/thermostat but it does work my friend

[@Blizake54]

I wonder what would happen if you hooked up the dc power to an regular electric water heater? Or, could you just switch out the AC heating elements withe DC?

[@wocookie2277]

12 to 24 step up converter may be interesting to try.

[@johnstone-gh9nj]

Great Idea but where can you get a proper DC Heat Element with a DC Thermostat to control the temperature.. There are Some advertised but there are AC which will Arc when matched with DC current. Thanks.

[@royblack8985]

Get your self a 50 gallon electric water heater and strip the insulation off the out side and paint it flat black. Replace the high voltage elements with low voltage ones. Build an insulated box with a double insulated sliding glass door pain on one side and lean it back to catch the winter time sun. Build some insulated doors to cover the glass when the sun is not shining. Then you can hook your solar electric to it.

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

You're awesome.. Thanks for stopping by.... I thought about buying an electric heater to make it easy but...I would love mine I build..... I'm proud of my work so if I put unnecessary work into something it's because I want to appreciate it more

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

As far as the actual sun.... It gets really cold up here.... An example it was 34° last night lol

[@ronb6182]

​@@HomesteadingNorthernMichiganthat's warm compared to some places. It's common to go down to 25 in north Georgia. 34 is more like Florida in January or February. 73

[@maryranch5329]

Talk about amazing...this is amazing 👍👍

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Ty so much.... You're amazing my friend

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

2 elements sounds like a good plan ,, or even more lower voltage elements to reduce the amount of time required.

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

I don't only have 2hrs of sun.... That's just a test... As the water gets warmer it'll heat faster..... I think it'll be fine with one element heavily insulated..... But I'm adding 2 just in case..... Winter lol

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

@@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan Yeah, you guys get some up there .. I spent one winter on the southern end of the Lake, and that was cold enough for me!

[@HighlandHomesteadGoGoMomma]

Very interesting..thanks for sharing..

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

You're awesome... Thanks for stopping in

[@chronobot2001]

Insulation would help a lot.

[@bhatkrishnakishor]

Heating element from an AC water geyser can be used with 12/24V DC?

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Will not

[@Davi.b]

Hey man, davi b from Ausie, Over here we have a bulk head fitting for the element instalation, stainless steel beer keg might be the go, always looking for solar dump load vids

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Yes I'm currently running ac again until I get the thermostats for dc .. welcome aboard davi b

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

I actually installed an electric water heater and wired up to my solar array.. Worked great but I was informed that it was a fire hazard using the ac thermostats

[@RaymondWilliams902]

That's cool

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

It's amazing ..I can't wait to do the final project.... Thanks for checking in

[@mattsara2802]

That’s cool hope the steel barrel works

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

I'm sure it will, thanks for stopping by..... You're awesome

[@GWAForUTBE]

So a AC 120 element will not work ? Ive 12 used panels Im trying to utilize in a sand battery Should i use a DC element ?

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

@@GWAForUTBE definitely buy a DC element

[@manyminihomesteading9873]

I am in solar envy lol. Maybe some day we can get more into it!!

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

The way I'm investing is $1500 at a time..... $1420 for the 25 used 26t watt panels ....1400 each inverter and we're buying used laptop batteries at about$2.50 a scrap laptop battery..... I think after everything we'll be into this total off grid setup $8000

[@manyminihomesteading9873]

@@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan that's not bad!! That would be a great way to spend a tax return lol!!

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

@@manyminihomesteading9873 it was the stimulus check... We lose our taxes due to student loans.... But without what I learned in school I couldn't do this stuff....

[@juggiefy]

Great invention!! Could you show a little more instuction more on your wiring?

[@pkuudsk9927]

I have a 600w wind mill as well as a 200w solar panel, Any suggestions as to what size heating element I should use? I don't care if I make hot enough water to shower in I want to heat a 165 gallon well of water. as a thermal mass. The well is in the house and maintains 10 c all winter. My thinking is dump what ever power I get from the wind mill /solar straight into the heater to heat it. looking for suggestions on Heating element size that would work with such small and variable inputs. I am just across the lake in chiniada from you so same same temps year round. Thanks in advance if you have any suggestions as to what size____ W 12V heater I should try first. I don't care about storing the power I want to make heat in the well.

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

You need to go by the amps your panel and windmill put out.. your voltage will drop when connected so you can't go by that so much...

[@northerntranquility1614]

Great video it inspired me to make my own,how has it been working for you. Did you have to purchase a 24 volt thermostat to or will a regular 110 volt work fine and what's the range on the thermostat .Fantastic idea enjoyed that thanks Dale ps where did you buy the 24 volt 300 watt element

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

It does actually work... I burnt up an element because I need to regulate the voltage going in yes the thermostat works but I was advised that it can stick because of the connector materials in the switch are for ac only... I bought an electric Water heater and changed the elements but I put them back in until I get the proper regulator and thermostat

[@exoticcreature3059]

A couple hours later, BOOM! All that water boiled but had nowhere to go. The neighbors founds the remains of your water heater barrel. If that happens you should be thankful. You'll know that it's capable of supplying hot water at all times. I suppose that is excessive.

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Hahaha I have a normal electric one installed...I will be using the elements in that as soon as I run the conduit and wiring for the solar,..next couple weeks

[@gain4allnews451]

New sub. Great video brother I'm doing the same type stuff

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Nice

[@superliegebeest544]

Maby im not getting it, but would a mirror reflecting the sun on the barrel not be more effective? I understand u could put a car battery between it and warm at night.

[@macbook12345]

I was wondering if you could help me out I bought a 12 V heater coil and I’m curious how do I hook it up to a solar panel with a controller my solar panel is a 100 W panel when I make the negative and positive connection the controller shuts off if I disconnect just the ground then it goes back up to 14 V what am I missing

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

How many watts is it... This might be easier if you send me a message on my homesteading northern Michigan Facebook page

[@macbook12345]

@@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan 1500

[@bernardwarr4187]

Hi, in the end, how much hot water can you make, in one day, using on panel?

[@raa6504]

Hei, can you please tell me what thermostat you used?

[@aname5091]

Which one is positive and which one negative? Is there a chance that you mess it up when you connect it to the solar panels?

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

No it's an element so the +and- can go either way...

[@aname5091]

@@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan Thank you so much!

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Yup have a great day my friend

[@aname5091]

@@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan You too!! Thanks your help!

[@sebgierek1462]

You got them connected in series not paralel

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Did I say parallel lol.. wait I didn't run them in series.. that would be connecting the panels +- it was ++

[@royleeramirez3297]

@@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan You said it correctly ++ to the Thermostat and the panel Negatives (-) to the heating element is parallel.

[@RidgeLife]

Great job buddy. You are an amazing man!

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

I'm having fun with this solar stuff for sure

[@scollett8216]

Would this work for 100w 12v solar panel?

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Smaller element and smaller container it would

[@edsmith4414]

What size is the solar panel used at first ?

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

265 watt 48v ...

[@garyroe2226]

Where in Michigan are you.?

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Gaylord area

[@hmoroccan7071]

I recommend you been given a PHD from Harvard you genius

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Hahaha have a great day my friend

[@GrampyCampy]

Yes I know it works lol

[@sohardtogetID]

Is it still working?

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

It does actually work... I burnt up an element because I need to regulate the voltage going in yes the thermostat works but I was advised that it can stick because of the connector materials in the switch are for ac only... I bought an electric Water heater and changed the elements but I put them back in until I get the proper regulator and thermostat

[@walterflanamonk4734]

Why not paint your barrel black and let the sun help heat your water faster and to a higher temperature. Then pump water into an insulted barrel to store .

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

This was just a test... I actually bought an electric water heater and swapped elements

[@TheSusu125]

Be nice hear what he’s say, wtf is that loud background, or foreground rather music drowning him out! I gave up!

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Sorry, I wasn't good at editing back then

[@notmyrealname977]

You'll want to insulate your water barrel so it doesn't get cold at night.

[@tonylarson1960able]

That's pretty cool hot water heater! Thanks for sharing! God bless! Tony