I'm fascinated by this, It's all new to me. Thanks for sharing.
@fnaguitarplayer910 жыл бұрын
Very Interesting! I might have to get some of these!
@DirtRider500R10 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! I should invest in those.
@mattwilliams270910 жыл бұрын
Sir, Your videos are always very informative and great to watch. I'm going to BEG you to show how you have used these for a heat source. I'm beyond intrigued and really want to know more. I live in Maryland USA and we have been hurting from the high heating bills of this exceptionally cold winter. THANK YOU for posting. I appreciate it.
@groutaone10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, I will make more videos on this, with a proper setup your heating bills would be a thing of the past
@mattwilliams270910 жыл бұрын
groutaone I'll be keeping an eye on your channel to see what you have in store for us. I'm looking forward to building a setup to try to heat up some drums of water to see how well I can build a system come this fall. The heating bills this year killed us.
@Paisteboy10 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool!
@Max_Marz10 жыл бұрын
I really cant wait to see what you end up doing with these. I'm really loving the performance of those things. Having an array of those tubes on our roof would cut our instant on fuel oil powered water heater use by like well shit, I don't know if we'd even need it anymore with a big enough thermal mass in the basement.
@groutaone10 жыл бұрын
Yep you got the right idea, store the heat and a proper sized setup would give you sweet free heat day and night
@DatBlueHusky10 жыл бұрын
i love heat pipes, they are used in laptops and computer cpu coolers
@valveman12 Жыл бұрын
That is very interesting. Imagine using this heat source to drive a Stirling Engine connected to a small generator.
@user-lq7mo9oy7q7 ай бұрын
It is far better to directly heat water in a hot water tank.
@w05600756810 жыл бұрын
I presume that the level of light intensity is critical and that all the snow you have reflects all the sunlight encouraging maximum absorption by the tube and hence efficiency? I did wonder what might happen if it was hung out in the open air allowing 360 degree exposure if the results might be any different with the sun moving over the horizon. I'm amazed just how quick the response to sunlight exposure turns out to be let alone how high the temperature gets! -Thanks. Your demonstrational experiments have been most interesting and enlightening.
@danlingle776010 жыл бұрын
Are the solar tubes going to replace the stoker boiler system, or are they going to be used as a dual fuel type of system?
@olivierlaplante896710 жыл бұрын
Thats cool, where did you get that?
@805ROADKING10 жыл бұрын
Nice little Thermal Gun eh!! I have the same one!!☺
@groutaone10 жыл бұрын
Indeed, has come in handy many times over the years
@texasshuffle6228 жыл бұрын
Remember Working on house in1987 Scottsdale Az.The home owner. was also Owner of Mfg plant panel .1st Home that ran 100% All year along off Solar . His electric Bill was in the form of a Check his smalles dec jan was around ,$1200. To $1700 Summer. You Can't do That anymore that messed up when Govt get in Involved screws it up.
@superswede9710 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@connorpeeples9 жыл бұрын
I am getting some solar tubes but I am interested in figuring out a way to heat water with them. Two of my ideas are: float the solar tube on a piece of heat resistant material such that the water flows in and out of the two at all times. My goal is to keep Stock tanks from freezing. The other is to make a copper conductor like the one you had in the video and submerge this in Stock tank. How did you make that? What is the item at the end of the copper tubing that is used to transmit the heat? Thank you for your help
@user-lq7mo9oy7q7 ай бұрын
These copper tubes in the center are mainly hollow tubes with a small quantity of water inside (small enough probably to prevent the tube from bursting on cold winter nights). As the evacuated tube heats up, the water inside boils up and the steam reaches the enlarged cylinder on top and heats it. However, if the cylinder reaches 370 deg. F (187 deg C) as seen in this video by Groutaone, this means that the steam pressure in the tube may reach about 1 MPa or 145 PSI. I am not sure these tubes are designed to withstand such high pressures on the long term. Normally, these enlarged cylinders are enclosed in a manifold where an antifreeze / coolant solution circulates to collect this heat and bring it inside the house. The manifold is also designed to prevent any water / snow ingression inside the evacuated tubes. But seeing such a tube perform so well at -19c is highly encouraging. And for those asking why not use photovoltaic, the reason is simple: For heating / hot water purposes, a collector is far more efficient than PV panels. Alternatively, a PV panel may be installed next to the evacuated tube collector to run a small pump to circulate the antifreeze / coolant thermal carrier. In renewable energy, there are uses for both PV and thermal solar.
@shuyuanho29294 жыл бұрын
Where did you obtain that tube ?
@fgg59783 жыл бұрын
Hi, can u tell me what its brand, and from which factory, thanks.
@sherwoodfiftythirtybc443310 жыл бұрын
Grouta- is that a Solarmax tube?
@1tylerproud10 жыл бұрын
How does the heat travel from the rod to somewhere useful? The house for instance? Would you put a water tank on the top and super heat the tank?
@groutaone10 жыл бұрын
That heat bulb would insert into a flowing water jacket and then into a floor heat system or hot water forced air
@phooesnax10 жыл бұрын
First vid 29 below....second -22. Holy Cow....well maybe not....the cow would be frozen. That is one inhospitable place Sir!
@leanlifter110 жыл бұрын
It was -58 not far away from where groutaone lives.
@guiltfreehotwater43543 жыл бұрын
Is it still working?
@coobin774 жыл бұрын
Why do you put the ambient temperature in celsius but the boiler thing in Fahrenheit, so confusing ....
@jimmartin78998 жыл бұрын
Run that hot liquid metal through copper coils to heat your home green house water and even make a hot plate to cook on too! Novartis!
@thestuffz10 жыл бұрын
so is there normally something there in place of the rag? very cool!
@groutaone10 жыл бұрын
Yes, normally there is a high temp insulator there
@KowboyUSA10 жыл бұрын
A technology that's really advancing in leaps and bounds. Now if only the Sun shined more than a few days a year where I'm at, it would be all kinds of useful.
@joefromottawa10 жыл бұрын
Aaawweeeeessooommeeeee!!!!!
@cubbeezx10 жыл бұрын
That's pretty impressive isn't it G1? What exactly are those tubes anyways? Hot stuff!!
@groutaone10 жыл бұрын
These are solar hot water heaters, about 150 of them would nicely heat my shop
@cubbeezx10 жыл бұрын
groutaone I'll say they would! Probably be enough left over to heat mine too! lol
@HorsepowerGarageVideos10 жыл бұрын
groutaone How much does one cost?
@groutaone10 жыл бұрын
montez341 $25 but they are normally sold in sets
@remibriere393210 жыл бұрын
where did you get this stuff?
@groutaone10 жыл бұрын
I found it by searching Ebay
@tharp7810 жыл бұрын
I just want to fill that tube with ants.
@starpuss10 жыл бұрын
Too bad they don't hold up too well in cold weather like we have.
@leerman229 жыл бұрын
If you hook these up to sterling engines you might get better efficiency than PV.
@drhula10 жыл бұрын
so what can this be used to power or to heat ?
@groutaone10 жыл бұрын
This works great with floor heating
@drhula10 жыл бұрын
that is cool
@guilfreehotwater11749 жыл бұрын
Smokin HOT! lol so HOT! how long have u been doing? how long will they last? How cold can they get?
@franknewcomb529910 жыл бұрын
How do you use a thing like that?
@groutaone10 жыл бұрын
This works great with floor heating but lots of them are needed to heat one building
@franknewcomb529910 жыл бұрын
surprising how well they work ,il be watching ,I heat with electric with no back up and even a small set up would help ,bet you could heat a 40 gallon tank in a short time at 360 degree heat in cold weather ,now figure how well it would do in milder weather .
@dwaynefehr28287 жыл бұрын
good am Grouta,im from Sask. i am wondering if its possible to speak with you regarding your system privately?
@groutaone7 жыл бұрын
Send me a private message on you tube
@dwaynefehr28287 жыл бұрын
groutaone.... Not sure if this is your private line or not... Sorry not too big on you tube things... But yours got my attention.
@DustinGould7 жыл бұрын
I was trying to private message you also ----How do we message you ? i was on your account page and couldnt find a message link ??
@electrodacus10 жыл бұрын
If you are thinking on solar heating your house I suggest solar PV panels they will be the least expensive option at the moment. You just need the solar panels cables instead of pipes and resistive heat elements. I will do the same for my house I made the calculation and they will get at around 2.7cent/kWh of heat over a 25 years amortization period. Those solar evacuated tubes will be a few times more expensive than solar PV that was not the case just a few years back but now with under 1$/Watt solar panels it is.
@keenanleetodd9 жыл бұрын
Where do you buy these? mmmmm cheese
@scott32714keiser Жыл бұрын
So... Why cant you cover your house in solar vacuum panels and heat your house.
@scott32714keiser Жыл бұрын
You don't even need to cover the house just put as much as needed to be warm don't cook yourself
@spanermantim10 жыл бұрын
Cool er I mean hot.
@guiltfreehotwater43542 жыл бұрын
Burt ur Hand eh?
@fatstercat10 жыл бұрын
harness it use it and save lots of money I
@sweetkellymay8 жыл бұрын
At 1:17 Wind has no temperature effect, on any surface, other than skin..Planes fly at over 500 MPH in over -50..The aluminum skin, will still be the same temp as the ambient air...Other than that ..great video..
@mikedueck6 жыл бұрын
check your private messages. i messaged you about a visit. cheers!