Solar hot water system build your own

SOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEM BUILD YOUR OWN FOR £500 OR LESS AND SAVE LOADS OF MONEY NOW been running for 13 years without a problem 27-07-20 Phone 01708 866859 Mobile 07481927021 SOLAR DIARY (Click here for day by day diary of results since 30-August 2008 ) The link to this page from Wikipedia has now been removed by the socialist brothers there. You will find little else of any use on Wiki regarding Solar Hot water. The pages on Wikipedia regarding solar hot water are skillfully and stealthily edited to reflect the views of the solar thermal trade ( the green thieves ). Take a look and click on the " view history tab " on the top right of the page. You will see the ongoing edit war that is Wikipedia. The Wiki admins don't allow links to this site because they say its a comercial site, although they do allow links to thousands of porn sites. At the time of writing this 10/03/08. I would estimate that I am spending about £300 a year on hot water. We use this amount for washing and bathing and about another £100 that we use to run our washing machine and dishwasher. A total of about £400 for our family of four living in a three bedroom semi. With the solar hot water system described here I am hoping to save about a half of this. About £200. This I consider a worthwhile saving that will increase year after year as gas and electricity prices continue to rise. Have had a few questions on these figures. Some people think that £400 is an exaggerated figure for heating water in a year. While a few others say they spend more than this. I think that before you embark on this sort of project it would be a good idea to try to work out how much you actually spend on hot water. You will need to look back over a years electricity and gas/oil bills and add them up. If you do not keep old bills you will have to study your old bank statements. So I have been told about 30% of this total will be your hot water costs. So for example if your total energy costs for a year come to £1500 then for hot water your costs will be £500. You will probably be able to save about 40% to 50% of this amount £200 to £250. Important disclaimer It is possible to hurt your self. You can cut, burn, choke, poison, or scald yourself messing about with this. You could also fall from the roof or fall down the ladder with a cable around your neck on to a wooden stake. You could electrocute your self ( with power tools ). Blow lamps can explode and solder flux can give you dermatitis. You could get tetanus or blood poisoning from a splinter or paper cut. You could have an accident on the way to B&Q in the car. So if you follow these instructions its at your own risk. Wear goggles, steel toe cap boots, thick leather gloves, a face mask and hard hat at all times. Use an RCD and proper scaffolding . Never work outside in a thunder storm. Anything you do is your own fault, it's not my fault. I am not your mum. Good Luck see you in the next life. It's a great idea to have a solar hot water system , but at what cost. Solar hot water has become very big business these days, with gas and electricity prices just going up and up. Many people who are "just enquiring" end up being sold ( often on credit ) systems that are very unlikely to ever recover their capital costs. I believe I can save about £200 a year with this system. If I were to purchase a professionally made,installed and maintained system for say £6000 it would take me about 30 years to recover this cost. This is without taking into account the on going costs of servicing and repairs to over complicated evacuated tube systems. Buying a system on credit will also have to include the cost of credit ( interest ) that is often overlooked. If I would pay £6000 cash up front for a system there is also the cost of lost interest to be factored in. £6000 in a decent savings account will probably earn more money in interest than you can save by using solar to heat your hot water. As we know from past experiences with d