Super easy to build 1600 Watt Solar panel #2

[@annawulf4910]

This panel can put out close to 100 watts kzbin.infoUgkxOqI2yqX0XVrhR2BMJciTWrHJpG8FhJyg when positioned in the appropriate southernly direction, tilted to the optimal angle for your latitude/date, and connected to a higher capacity device than a 500. The built in kickstand angle is a fixed at 50 degrees. Up to 20% more power can be output by selecting the actual date and latitude optimal angle.The 500 will only input 3.5A maximum at 18 volts for 63 watts. Some of the excess power from the panel can be fed into a USB battery bank, charged directly from the panel while also charging a 500. This will allow you to harvest as much as 63 + 15 = 78 watts.If this panel is used to charge a larger device, such as the power station, then its full output potential can be realized.

[@nlo114]

Nice job. My panel is 2440x1220, hardwood box, lined with 50mm foiled PIU, 2 serpentine silicone pipes sandwiched between 2 x 16AWG aluminium sheets, with twin-wall polycarbonate on the face. Don't leave it uncovered without pumped water to keep it cool! My pump failed, the residual water boiled off, and the polycarbonate sheet got soft and sagged. At my latitude, it is the equivalent of just over 1 kWh/h continuous in direct sunlight, calculated from rise in water-temperature per volume pumped. It keeps my workshop warm in winter, too!

[@janhemmer8181]

I once removed an old collector from the eighties that had not been functioning for some years. The insulation had completely turned into charcoal foam! To me it was a miracle that it never caught fire. So my advice here is to always have water circulating through the panel. When left alone without cooling the temperatures inside such a panel can become dangerously high.

[@m.l.5284]

Best DIY solar-thermic water-heater, I have seen so far. Planning a rebuild, next summer.

[@kak3942]

Name for your panel is solar collector loved every part of the video thou.

[@bmxtwins5685]

you can always isolate the garden hose with some standard pipe isolation foams nice projekt !!

[@aaabbb-qv4ff]

This is cool! Don't forget to give us some HHO updates!

[@NextGenAge]

I'm really looking forward to pure H2 and O2 generation (>99%) and storing it in appropriate gas cylinder. O2 is also really useful for medical applications, just need to purify it. H2 great for Hydrogen Fuel Cells and gas burner.

[@aaabbb-qv4ff]

@@NextGenAge Its hard, and expensive. You need to be sure to get H2 > 96% (98% ideally) purity. Otherwise it could be EXTREMELY dangerous. Our bellowed DIY guy speak about cheap H2 probe, but I guess he set aside HHO projects for a while (update on his last HHO project would be nice - info about improvements). Also tank where you store hydrogen MUST be special kind of tank (when high pressure H2 is stored), otherwise it could explode cause H2 is tricky gas and want to do as many leaks as possible. And there are some additional elements of course like... oohh oil in compressor (from fridge for example) could burn H2 and make an explosion, etc. So be careful. Anyway HHO is our only hope for the future, cause even if those nuclear fusion reactor start to work and produce free energy, it wont be free for us - tax payers, that I can assure you. They want to control us and energy is one element of control they wont let go.

[@wanfadzrilsallamazlansalla9914]

Thank you for sharing this awesome idea. Very impressive & clean work. A great salute from Kuala Lumpur!

[@diabsiniman]

finally made it home and am able to watch your video, very nicely done... looks like a brilliant project, and i hope it gives you many excellent years of service. (i dont think i could have made this system as pretty as you did... there would definitely be many many imperfections in the box or or other places... my own systems look so janky in comparison)

[@DavidLouthan]

I'm really wanting to build one of these. Only thing holding me back is having to learn the plumbing connections to the oil boiler for hot water. Shut off valve for winter maybe. Cheers and sunny days brother 🌞

[@HariPLTS]

Nice solar panel 1600 wp

[@thedude6736]

Ver nicely done, I am looking forward to your update in the summer!

[@ifuentes390]

Thanks for the information and the ingenios design.

[@richardadjeiyewenublankson6317]

Pls have you tried it

[@nosaltiesandrooshere7488]

👍 Danke fürs Hochladen! 👍 Thanks for uploading! 👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you! 👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!

[@diyathomevn]

, you are very smart, you are very good, .video is very helpful

[@darthgbc363]

So glad you used polycarbonate. It can handle the higher temperatures when the pumps are not running & it's a natural ultraviolet filter. I hope you used Polyisocyanurate insulation, because it can handle 148°C. Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) will have permanent, inelastic deformation at 60°C and higher.

[@jmac4952]

I once lived on an old abandoned orange orchard. There were thousands of feet of black plastic irrigation tube laying everywhere. I found a jacuzzi someone was giving away and brought it home. I then collected up a massive amount of the black tube and made a giant spiral on my corrugated roof. It was probably fifteen feet in diameter and made out of hundreds of feet of tubing. I put a small slow pump on it and fed the output into the Jacuzzi which we used as a simple hot tub. The water out of the tube was not super hot but it was hot. In order to get it hotter I added a small an inline water heater to further heat the water coming out of the tube.The system got the water hot in a couple of hours and our electricity bill barely went up taking hot tubs two or three days a week. I always wondered if it was efficient or if it was a good idea. It seemed to work quite well but I employed no mathematics or calculated engineering.

[@stucorbishley]

Great videos, really clean and clever techniques - really thought through! I think a little more detail about what exactly you're making at the beginning of the video would be helpful for first time viewers.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! Here ar part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4rWqKyPZs5gi9U and 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/enrOY6CZf5yBftU hope it helps!

[@ckimsey77]

I'll testify as new watcher that'd been very helpful considering upon 1st look/read "1600 *Watt* solar *panel" I thought "no way 1600!!" and I was hooked... Then a chem. engr watching, I began to scratch my head a couple times but curiousity persued;till I got here and heard the hot tub talk and saw how the copper was ran realizing "damn it, heat exchanger!!" Seeing how *usually watts used with solar panel describes electricity production and thats all I was after, bit more clarity in title wouldve been nice. Like 1600 Btu solar heater or if with W then 1600W rooftop heat/energy exchanger. TBH tho, I like watchin anyone create anything so no total waste. More detail on how you calculated the theoretical needed flowrate, heat flux, Wattage generated etc wouldve helped make it more interesting a ton! For us engies watchin...like did u model each collect as half the Al sheet with copper strip on one end, calculate energy/area generated w the nice 2nd order heat transfer equations or just look value espimate up? Did u go on w a cross section of Al and Cu on end using this generated energy/volume, look up needed consts. like metals' transfer coefficients and solve to find steady state max temp of metal then finally your heat flux at s.s? Next, calculate needed energy input to raise water desired temp., and finally, w more detailed 2nd ord. diff's solve using this needed energy and heat flux to calculate your needed flow rate??? If you found some type online calculator to do all the calculations for you, shame on you for taking out all the fun part!!

[@5885ronny]

Super 👍😊 weiter So

[@كرةقدمبلاحدود-ت8ك]

Varey good

[@كرةقدمبلاحدود-ت8ك]

Sankyounow

[@tharas-merch-llc]

Thank you.🎉❤

[@OmniCalculator]

Such an involved and interesting project... WOW, just WOW! 👏

[@Fab072000]

Really cool, i love your tutorials, all of them, thank a lot ;)

[@josefheidenreich9215]

Very cool ideas and great works !!

[@robertling9872]

Hello DIY Inventor. Thank you for sharing. Beautiful process and powerful end product. Is it possible to share te calculation for the output of the solar panel. Thank you.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! Yes the output is an estimation of course. 800 Watt of the sun's enegry per m2, the panel is 2xm2=1600Watt. Mid summer I will show the actual power output.

[@robertling9872]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy Thank you. Hope mid summer will bring you many clear sun hours and hot water.

[@zerotoniq9618]

Yeah would love to see updates on the hydrogen split!

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

The plan is to do that in about 2 videos.

[@TubaParveen-cd2ys]

How to calculate the area of aluminium sheat for the production of 15 KW ??????????

[@kreynolds1123]

You might try adapting something like this into a solar thermal collector for a heat pump.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Yes I'm going to make that in the future. Thanks for the tip! 👍

[@Gambiarte]

Clean work guys!

[@mimibergerac7792]

To maximise energy absorption you could add 10% of 5 micron fine zinc dust to the black paint, this will increase heat absorption by more than 15% (researchgate)

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks, I'll try it out some time!

[@ckimsey77]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy yeah, and a lined Al/Cu interface of thermoelectric cells would b inereeresting to see how much electricity it pulled since the heat's flowin anyway...why not stick these awesome little pieces of tech in between the highest difference of temp places and collect otherwise wasted energy....(or if water/Cu/Al temp diff. will be low, perhaps place them on back between hot side and cooler back. I dunno if you could find a good enuf temp gradient, but itd be super interesting to make extra power simply off of the heat energy flowing from hot to cold thru the material boundaries. They may also be inefficient garbage i dunno; just know the tech is amazin gbut thats about it

[@juanmariohinojosa9213]

Me parece excelente. Muchas Felicidades para ustedes. Gracias por compartir.

[@jmac4952]

On a hot, sunny day how hot is the water coming out of this solar heater?

[@Meleeman011]

still waiting on the 1600 watts. i doubt your design is even capable of it

[@cxsey8587]

“The Sun's rays are attenuated as they pass through the atmosphere, leaving maximum normal surface irradiance at approximately 1000 W/m2 at sea level on a clear day.” So for a unit that looks to be around 2 meters squared to get 1600w which would be around 80% efficiency, that figure seems to be pretty plausible.

[@TubaParveen-cd2ys]

How to calculate the needed al sheat area for the targetted wattage of 15 KW production ????????????

[@marysrutledge1925]

Would repurposing a flat screen TV cut out the housing and mounting of these solar panels and cost? Most people chunk them when they don’t work?

[@justin8894]

Hey! My name is Justin too!

[@PP.EKOTECH]

GOOD JOB !!! BRAVO ! :) 👍

[@sadekgheidan]

For a hotter country (30-40C during the day), can a similar design not be used to boil water and get the steam to drive a turbine/generator combo to generate electricity, before dumping the same water back into the panel(s) through a closed loop? If so, how many Watts do you expect that to generate? Or is photovoltaic better and cheaper?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Have you seen this video of mine? It might answer your questions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWa4lWB8eZhmqqssi=OWU_z8_nh2v88UoJ hope it helps!

[@sadekgheidan]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy ill check it out when I have time in a couple of days. Thank you 🙏

[@pierluigilucianopolicella3039]

09:36 " Sorry but it seems to me that I have found a possible error this air purge valve, maybe it should have been on top of this panel .. because the air bubbles inside the panel will go up .. is this a mistake? I ask a lot of thanks

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

No the flow in the tube is high enough to push the bubbles down so they will eventually flow out of the pannel. But good thinking! 👍

[@nnejiamaechi9385]

Good Work. What is the voltage?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! No voltage it heats up water.

[@jenifferraymundo3592]

That was so amazing

[@tarekas522]

nice projekt

[@mlionea]

The industry has older versions but KZbin has the more improved versions

[@danielle.harrison]

Question: Would it be possible to integrate a solar panel system? Would cut down on black paint for sure and double its use, are there any reasons to consider not doing it?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Yes, they exualy make heatexchangers that can be put on the back of collar cells for that purpose. But it makes it more complex. I'm planning to dot something like that when I have my one solar cells. Good thinking! 👍

[@cemal8123]

How will you prevent lime in those pipes?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

I'm serculating anti freeze through the system, so that won't be a problem. Also, as long as you have a closed system like this, you can't really get lime buildup, only when you have a ridiculously high lime content in your water.

[@birubiru6492]

Sorry ,What is the name of the spray liquid ?thanks mr.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

It's heat-resistant paint.

[@mlionea]

How much hotter is it than the traditional one ?

[@ngenes1]

Once you build your 1600w panels ,I doubt you need to sell shirts anymore.

[@abrarahmed2849]

Exactly Point is interesting 🤨 You don’t need to sell your shirts if it works

[@Aa-ron01]

Ever try one of these using Black 2.0 or vanta black?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

We considered it but decided to test that later.

[@Aa-ron01]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy awesome, I'll be looking forward to that, just wondering if it's worth it as if you can see the setup that's light and energy being lost. Not sure how much more you'd get but it should be more efficient.

[@Jmp5nb]

Very nice.

[@BushImports]

Doesn't glass make it produce hotter water ? You can always put hardware cloth over it if you are worried about hail damage, some with a grid size small enough to stop anything large enough to do crack or break the glass. How well did that first one work, and how do you know they are 1600 watts? Thanks man

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

No polycarbonate is a beter thermal insulator than glass so it will work beter. The only disadvantage is that it is twice as expansive as glass.

[@Evilsizer82]

would it have made it easier if the copper pipe as flattened to be rectangular and then brazed/soldered to single flat piece of Alu.? that is as far as making the solar heater

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Yes maybe. But making a rectangular pipe is also not that easy or easy to come by. But good suggestion. 👍

[@raulreiman3063]

What is solar Anti Reflection (Light Trapping) Coating ? Silicon nitride Si3N4 (75nm layer) thermodynamic coating (plasma coating ? like: The Thought Emporium ("This Can Coat Anything in TITANIUM") ? ) ? Heat_pipe using Acetone C3H6O (Boiling/gas point +56.05 °C, Melting/solid point -94.7 °C) or Water or Ethanol ( you simply take a metal tube (put in a metal wick) (closed at one end), bring the liquid to a boil (pressure) and close the other end before it starts to cool so that the tube goes into a vacuum ? (like vas made Doug Kalmer "making a heat pipe" ) ) ?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Sorry, I don't understand your question.

[@lazyplumber1616]

how are you measuring the wattage output of the panel?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

I show that in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enrOY6CZf5yBftU hope it helps!

[@abdulmoeez7425]

Is it possible to make 1600 watt solar panel

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

In this video you can see if that is the case: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enrOY6CZf5yBftU hope you like it!

[@CySEC-LB]

can you do 1600w for electric generation?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

No just hot water.

[@durandalgmx7633]

Nice project. Why do you need a secondary water circuit (with exhanger, pump, electricty etc)? Why not use this directly as input into a boiler or gas heater, pushed by mains water pressure?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! Because I use antifreeze in the winter time so it won't freeze in the night.

[@fabriziochok8834]

is for the wather?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Yes it is.

[@SlavaSalsa]

Очень талантливо сделано!!! для любого инженера на заметку!)

[@bulibasha81]

Got a question: I know polycarbonate is a "natural" block for UV radiation... Loosing that wavelength isn't a waste of efficiency?! Or is just a tradeoff on the safe side for not using a brittle glass?! Anyway, that is one professional looking solar panel! :)

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! Well glass also blocks most of the UV rays and besides that only a very small amount of the light that gets trough our atmosphere is UV light. But good question! 👍

[@mehmetbahaozen8445]

Even through im not sure if this is considered a solar panel and not a water heater it might have the pros of not causing overheating that causes efficiency losses since theres a limit to how much and what type of light can be converted to energy ( im talking in case of a solar panel not sure if its a heater tho)

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Yes it heats water.

[@reiniernn9071]

@@mehmetbahaozen8445 I was thinking the same....but may be it's because I'm not natural English speaking. In my country they call this kind of stuff a solar collector. (And I have those on my roof for hot water for 8 years...still going fine)

[@dikkiedik53]

@@mehmetbahaozen8445 I think a nice idea could be the combining of a water heating panel contacted to a photo voltaic panel. The water could keep the temperature of the PV panel under control and therefore giving it a higher efficiency.

[@jakubkusmierczak695]

I have my own solar instalation (4.66m2) which at 33oC gives me 22MJ of energy output in Poland. How much energy can You gain?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Max around 1500W. How much Watt does you panel give?

[@jakubkusmierczak695]

It depends on two variables 1) temp. outside and 2) temp. on the panel. Above 25 oC outside I achieved 160W/m2. At 33 oC it is 260 W/m2. Without clouds. Max temp. in the condenser was 65 oC. The lower temp. established in the condenser e.g. 50oC the lowest losses on the solar panel due to conduction, radiation and convection (one glass separation) and the greater efficacy. At 50oC I get 75% at 65oC 50%. Average sun power 350W/m2 between 10-15 during two weeks in Juni.

[@jakubkusmierczak695]

For me interesting is how efficiently heat flows from metal plates to the pipes? I have on 1m2 of area, 2.7kg of water and 27kg of steel.

[@metom44]

Nun keine schlechte Idee nur würde mich dein Praxistest noch wunder nehmen kannst du davon auch ein Video machen und detailiert Auskunft zu deinen Erfahrungen machen?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Das Video habe ich schon gemacht. genieße das Zusehen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enrOY6CZf5yBftU

[@muhammadbashir4596]

Its for water are electric ?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

To heat water.

[@alexpmK3]

Your pals Invisible hard boots would be a good video. Yowserz . Toes everywhere..

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Yes, you're right!

[@armindodebrito833]

Great work. What if I would like to order one , would it be possible? How much it would cost me with delivery included to Portugal.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Sorry I don't sell them, I just hope to inspire people.

[@keithrosenfeld9256]

Love your 1600watt part deux ... when can we see part 3 with the results?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! The sun is at it's highest point at june 21st so then I can measure and film it.

[@p_peja]

Can you please make some photos with thermal camera?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

I wish I had one!

[@Nimbos0]

Are you not worried about moisture slowly clouding the polycarbonate screen, cause I didn't see you add anything to capture the moisture within the panel.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

No not really, the housing is completely sealed and the copper pipe does not leak inside it. In the case that it would cloud up I could make a hole in it, throw in som bags and seal it back up.

[@sham1234567891]

Great stuff! What about the 1600 watts. Is it also a generator?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Watt just means energy over time. This can be heat, motion, sound, light etc. But this panel will power a generator later. Have you seen this video of mine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWa4lWB8eZhmqqs

[@shaynegadsden]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy yes but it is measureable and idk how you came up with 1600w

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

800W per m2 is the amount of energy from the sun that hits the earth. The panel is 2xm2 which therefore absorbs 1600W.

[@kenkiekens7746]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy it, energy from sun, may average to 1Kjoule per meter squared.

[@reiniernn9071]

Good wether resistance wood...May be it's bangkirai...At least I know it is one of the best wood types for this kind of purpose.

[@travismoore7849]

You could just put foam over the garden hose in pieces for insulating your pipe.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

That's the plan! 😉👍

[@billingram7627]

Hello, your chanel is fantastic, have you ever considered doing a video on a hydrogen fuel cell, alkaline fuel cells were 50-70% eff but construction details are scarce

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! Yes I have some ideas for that but I first need to rebuilt my hydrogen generator so I have hydrogen to experiment with.

[@immanuelsanate8615]

interesting!

[@Mr.C-Mister]

FYI plastic isn't more transparent then glass. Don't believe me as your local optometrist, or eye glass wear supplier. It's just for crack resistant for obvious reasons. But will fade with time like your headlights. It's a give and take.

[@victorhugovazquezgarcia6867]

Siendo sincero no le entendí a nada, por qué no hablo inglés. Pero me encantó. Es el primero que veo pero te ganaste un suscriptor. Solo me quedo una duda, aplicas efecto termoeléctrico ú fotoeléctrico. Si son los mismos una disculpa, pero soy nuevo en esto.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

¡¡¡Gracias!!! el panel es fototérmico

[@victorhugovazquezgarcia6867]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy diablos esto dar nombres y comprenderlos nunca a Sido lo mío.... En fin una maravilla, me agradaría ver un vídeo en donde apliques el efecto seebeck de donde soy, tenemos mucho calor de por medio y pues me entiendes. 😎✌️

[@belajarbisnisonline9324]

Amazing

[@zitzzen5959]

were tester how much wutt Volt's???

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

No only heat, 1600 Watt of heat.

[@zitzzen5959]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy aaa from sun 🔆🤞🔥🤘👍🔥🙏🔥👌🤞🤞🔥👌

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Here is part 3 :kzbin.info/www/bejne/enrOY6CZf5yBftU hope you like it!

[@p_peja]

Great, great, great! I would only suggest not to make hermetically sealed box. One "hole" at the bottom should be planned for rain-water leak.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! Well there's not leaking any water into it so it's not needed.

[@mabapro08]

yes a noo vidoé the best youtuber

[@williamedwards6519]

How does this generate 1600watts? Its a radiator run thru a heat exchanger , hearing the wAter of the hot tub which is also run thru the exchanger. I don't see 1600 watts.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Watt is a unit of power. 1 Joule per second is 1 watt. Joule means energy. This can be electricity, heat, light, sound etc. Check this link for more information about this subject, hoop it helps: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt

[@williamedwards6519]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy so 1600 Joule of heat per second is how you came up with 1600 watts... Why didn't you just cal the video "1600 Joule solar powered via exchanger hot tub water heater"? it doesn't roll off the tongue as easily... ORRRRRRRR you could do as the British do, calculate the peak energy creation of a petrol powered engine, presented in a scale used by electronically driven engines. " this solar array produces 16 megawatts at 23 neutons per square Calabrini's" now I'm just Capernicusing a round

[@jvebarnes]

I was expecting a solar electricity panel not a solar hot water panel. I don't understand where the 1600watts comes into heating water using the sun.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

The sun provides 800W per m2. The panel is 2m2 which makes it 1600W

[@cibilsunny]

What is the use of this pannel?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Heating my hot tub.

[@3D_mode-n5u]

Woot! Solar panels need compressed gas in them? And what's with the water been mentioned! I"m so confused!

[@travismoore7849]

If you put that in a sealed air tight system with sulfur hexaflouride it would be incredibly hot. Because the green house effect is 20,000 times that of carbon dioxide.

[@aimay8507]

if I may know, how much does it cost to make a solar panel like this?? thank you 🙏🏻

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

It costs €450,- on material.

[@aimay8507]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy thank you

[@MrLion-uh7ot]

NICE !!

[@TahirKhan-cc4uq]

Amazing project can you share the the details so one can build it their own

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! Well I don't have detailed drawings of it because it's mainly in my head. But if you copy the concept you can make it any size you want.

[@muzzamilali736]

Wonderful work done by you Can you tell me about materials you have use it

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! The housing is aluminum and so are the collector sheets. The tubing is copper and the insulation is polyurethane.

[@ramug2518]

Which metal is that

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Aluminum and copper.

[@stevetilborghs1159]

Mooi gemaakt , zou ik ook willen op men dak 😊

[@jasonc4486]

How much money do you have to spend to made this solar panel ?

[@iani_2020]

And how the hell this is going to produce voltage, especially in january with -20 degrees cold ?

[@viaviafog1508]

Hi, it doesn't produce voltage but heat. It can work in winter as long as there is sun and that your panel are well insulated (it's better have a couple of square meters).

[@iani_2020]

@@viaviafog1508 in a few words it's useless in winter.

[@viaviafog1508]

@@iani_2020 Probably if you live in the north pole where there is no sun. But if you don't, then it is wrong to say it is useless in winter. With a big installation (something like 10m^2), you can heat up your water tank in a couple of minutes. I'm talking about domestic use and not for a swimming pool.

[@iani_2020]

@@viaviafog1508 I live in Moldova. We have winters with -5, -10, and sometimes -20, even with sun outside. That's why I said is useless in winter. Maybe it can be usefull in spring/autumn. Anyways, I thought it can produce electricity, but no.

[@mechanicalmoron2251]

when are you going to do a vidio of the steam engine?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Next video will be about the valve gear! 😄

[@mechanicalmoron2251]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy ok thanks

[@hanstippersma2119]

Goed bezig 👍

[@risingof16]

Your formula is correct for figuring output, but electricity is measured by watts, heat is by BTU's

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

BTU is part of the imperial messurment system. Watt is metric. Watt means energy over time (1 Watt is 1 joules per second) joule means energy in any form, heat, electricity, sound etc.

[@tazzyt.8537]

I guess an actual photovoltaic panel could have been incorporated into the unit to boost the wattage.

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Well a photovoltaic panel is much less efficient than the one I made so if you need more heat, just ad an other panel like the one I made. But for pumping the liquide around a photovoltaic one would be great.

[@fernandotomaz2554]

Isn't that just a water heater panel? how come he names it 1600w solar panel? what am i missing?

[@mattburrows2615]

You may be missing the fact that the watt is a measure of energy not necessarily electricity. That energy can be in the form of heat. (average candle produces 80w)

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

@@mattburrows2615 CLICKBAIT

[@jasijasjimenez9849]

Me gustaría saber los materiales que utilizan para cada parte

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Carcasa de aluminio, tubo de cobre, placas de aluminio, tiras de fijación de espuma de PVC, aislamiento de espuma de poliuretano, recubierto de policarbonato.

[@kabuubibrian5549]

Dimensions used please sir 🙏.. thanks for the wonderful work we appreciate

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Thanks! The panel is 2.2x1 meter.

[@definty]

Ahhh I never seena solar panel like this? So its just for producing hot water? You don't convert that to electricity?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

Yes it makes hot water and in this video I explain how I am going to make electricity with it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWa4lWB8eZhmqqs

[@richardadjeiyewenublankson6317]

How real is your demo

[@bryaniskoo]

What makes it 1600 watts?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

I explain that in this video: part 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/enrOY6CZf5yBftU

[@bryaniskoo]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy you do some math. But it doesn't really add up. Can you show us the difference it made on your power bill?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

No because I don't heat my house with it, only my hot tub. But I gave you the amount of wood equivalent. 😉

[@bryaniskoo]

@@TheDIYScienceGuy well a hot tub is pretty expensive to run. Free hot tub heat is pretty cool!

[@preciousplasticph]

paint black paint with a brush and dust with powdered activated charcoal or graphite

[@vandinh2585]

No test solar,why😅?

[@TheDIYScienceGuy]

I'm doing that in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enrOY6CZf5yBftU hope you like it!