Sorry, but this is plain BS. One glow plug is about 120W. So you have 240W. Water has a thermal capacity of 4200J/(kg x K). So to heat up 10 Liters of water from 10 to 65°C, so 55K, you need 640Wh, no losses considered. With only 240W of power, it would take 2.67 hours... you seem to have at least 50 or more liters, so it would take 10 hours, but in that time, it would loose most of the heat to the environment => Total BS! Sure, you can use glow plugs, Diesel cars use them also to help heat up the coolant... BUT they are more than 10$ each.
no matter how long go heat 50 liter or 100 liter water solar panel can use alltime ON non need OFF only upper temperature need relay OFF power. because if has heat water can keep this warm easy and no matter how long time go heat all barrel, and if use water come new could wate3r automatic werty little amount at time in barrel heat fast this. same than solar heater no matter how long go but if have hot can keep all hot and new come in barrel only little ewerrytime and fast can heat. because in barrel have hot water what mix and then not need heat full all.
This is 12v (infact 9 to 10 volt) DIESEL ENGINE heater glow plug. Maximum 20 amp. Good idea and video. In my opinion glow plugs are not designed to glow for such a long time, plugs are ignited for few seconds to start diesel cold engine. You may also use 12 volts water heater on battery and solar to warm the water as mentioned in earlier comments. These heater plugs are available on all auto parts stores which deal in 12 volt diesel car, van, mini trucks like shahzor in Pakistan etc.
This is a scam! The solar panel (100-300W) is not able to give enough electricity to heat the water in a 60-120l drum within 1 hour! Cheat of the creator of the YT movie. Don't be fooled! It's simple physics! (example: the law of water density on a tone allows). Not to mention all the rest .... For example. A 100W solar panel throughout the day (super sunny day) would heat water in a 100l barrel (drum) probably by: 1 * C (Celsius). How does this relate to this movie ... ???
Okay, first of all, the solar panel, tub, glow plugs, wires, silicon sealant, etc would cost WAY more than $10. Second of all, there is no way those glowplugs heated that much water up in an hour. Totally fake.
To heat 100 l of water from 10 to 60 degree you need 5.8 kWh. There is no Isolation. So you need more than 5.8 kWh. This with one solar panel. Dream on.
Pfff, It's a very big solar panel, according to its size ~450W one. A barrel filled less than for half ~35l. Plastic is a great isolator itself. No losses at any things except wires and contacts. Easily reachable within a few sunny hours. I saw similar things, not an invention.
It's a glow plug (12V), is like spark plug but for a diesel engine, you can get them on an auto part store, about 15 US dollars a piece, they work good, Thanks.
If you buy American yes your being scammed. Only go with longi panels. Bifocal ones. Don't get suckered into that other crap. China is leading in solar. Longi is the best.
@@jregamey Looking at prices one panel seems to go for HUNDREDS of dollars more than traditional panels, seeming to be $2000+ upfront cost. For 10x the price they better be 1,000% more efficient
In theory it might work, but I think if you paint the barrel black and place it in direct sunlight it could be more efficient. No need for solar panel.
Can you please share the link to where you purchased the solar panel that fit into the 10 budget? This would be super helpful for those of us wanting to re-create for under $10 but can't find the cheap solar parts.
Awesome job Naveed, This is great, you other fools with negative comments why don't you try it I guarantee it will heat water with a glow plug & solar recharge batteries or direct also!
Yes / No, Maybe So... Photovoltaic / Solar Thermal technician here. Yes, not bad idea using diesel automotive glow plugs sort of genius. No, not exactly the right battery I'd use a 100Ah flood leaded acid, etc. Maybe So, concept is interesting. Poor Man's Method. To the Haters: "Remember Necessity is the mother of Invention. I am it's Father! OK, We." i Like, OLE!
Yes, a necessity is the mother of inventions but not LIES !!! Show the truth, not cheat viewers. And this movie is one big lie, that's all. Solar panels are great! It's something that must become everyday and common but you should know how to apply and how it works. And showing films that are misleading is unfair. I do not hate and dispel doubts. I am asking you for objective assessment and thinking. Knowledge is the key to success. A lie only leads to failure. greetings
@@konica-minolta-serwis what part of the video bothers you. clearly the glow plugs are running off the battery. it took him one hour to heat the water to HIS purpose. no lie there. hooking the solar panel to charge the battery is correct. You don't like the fact that he's missing components. Video serves me because I can build one the right way. $$$ I happen to have a 64 diesel mercedes, will try this since i do have some glow plugs laying around. don't need a solar panel to hook glow plugs to a battery.
About the least efficient way to heat water, but whatever....it seems to do the job for you. Couple suggestions: Insulate the container! And, install a cheap digital thermostat that can handle the Amps your solar panel puts out, so as to shut off the power to the glow plugs once the water is up to something usable, like maybe 60C
Very good application of repurposed items. This is excellent. Perfect for my off grid plans. Subscribed without hesitation because infant to see what you do in the future as well. Thanks for this great idea
I’m currently building 1 of these. Costs so far. All prices in Canadian dollars -Solar panel 100W $159 Canadian tire -Water drum $20 kijiji -Glow plugs $7.29 each amazon -copper wire had it laying around -car battery $10 purchased from car scrap yard. Total coast so far $203.58
A lot cheaper and efficient to buy a roll of black poly pipe and conect one end to the bottom of the tank and the other three quarters of the way up but still under water. Roll out the poly pipe in the sun and WALLA stinking hot water. This works on the principal of hot water rising. The glow plug went red hot with a battery but how hot will it get with a solar panel. They draw a LOT of current. Stick with black poly pipe and insulate the tank. Bury it under a pile of dirt and grass works great. Lived like that for years.
I could and I may do one day but if you don't believe me now you never will. Also my instructions are easy to follow. I even used this method to heat a swimming pool.
@@wheatharvest OK if you really want to do this yourself I will do a clip on my channel. I will upload it in the next week or so on my channel. Regards Rik
A diesel glow plug is not designed for anything but just a momentary red to start a diesel engine that's it no more no less it's not designed to be on an infinite amount of time it will burn out
Actually they ARE used by vw factory to heat coolant in winter faster. there are three of them in my diesel car.computer controlled.working 5sec or so one after another.I guess this solar panel doesn't give enough ampers to damage glow plugs.
This is a hocus-pocus videoclip., with fake and impossible results according to the material shown in this videoclip. It shows only the measured temperature but nothing else. And this makes me very skeptic. Here are the facts: to calculate the kilowatt-hours (kWh) required to heat water, the following formula can be used: Pt = (4.2 × L × T ) ÷ 3600. Where: L is the number of liters of water that is being heated. T is the difference in temperature from what you started with, listed in degrees Celsius. Pt is the power used to heat the water, in kWh. Estimating the values according to the videoclip images the following: - The electrodes were placed about 15 cm high. The water covering the electrodes looks to be higher the 15 cm above the electrodes. Lets consider 15 + 10 = 25 high. - The diameter of the tank looks something between 40 and 50cm. Assuming 44.5 cm diameter, so 22.25 cm radius. The volume of water can be calculated then to be approximately = 25 cm high x (radius 22.25 cm)^2 x 3.14 = 39740 cm3 = 40 liters. Temperature goes from 10.6 to 65.5 degrees Celsius. so a difference of 54.9 Celsius degrees. Therefore, Pt = (4.2 × L × T ) ÷ 3600 = (4.2 x 40 liters x 54.9 degrees Celsius) / 3600 = at least 2.56 kWh needed Only one solar panel was shown, and tipically these solar panels provide with a maximum peak of 250W/h, or 0.25 kWh. This means that the solar panel needs to run at least 10.24 hours non-stop at full capacity to be able produce these 2.56 kWh, and not just 1 hour as claimed. And this cannot be produced with only 1 solar panel in just one day! By the way, to produce 2.56 kWh in just 1 hour at least 10 solar panels will be needed! Note: I didn't want to discuss other matters like thickness of the cables (resistance and losses due to DC current), losses on the solar panels (by running non-stop at full sunlight), temperature dissipation on plastic, etc. which all lead to more energy losses so longer exposure time (or more solar panels) needed.
I'm guessing the bucket will eventually melt around the plugs and cause a leak. A metal bucket would heat the water faster, but it would also get hotter. Overall good presentation.
If i do a rough calculation, with your installation it will take arround 12 hours to heat it up and not 1 hour. Is it correct ? Solar panel = 150 W Watet mass = 30 kg Water Cp = 4200 J/kg°C Temperature increase = 55°C Time to heat = m x Cp x delta T/ Power = 30 x 4200 x 55 / 150 = 46200 second = 12.8 hours
It's the most inefficient way to heat water. Solar panels efficiency are between 15% and 20% (sun energy/square meter). Just use a black garden hose, it's more than 50% efficient (sun energy/square meter) and cheaper. The barrel should be thermal isolated (EPS) Black garden hose heat collector: th-cam.com/video/MvEzmgJ5nDM/w-d-xo.html Sun energy per square meter: th-cam.com/video/9K8owiMQQsI/w-d-xo.html
I am tying this now, but not in a barrel but just a smaller old paint tin and a single glow plug. What I have learned so far: May 100WP Solar penal does not provide enough Ampere (5.5 A) to make the glow plug glow. I will try again with a car battery, which I don't have available right now - it should have 40A. (I connected the glow plug to a battery charger at first and that made the glow plug glow. Just the battery charger switches of after a 2 minutes for some reason )
YEAH... BUT.. BUT.. BUT.. if you just make a black tank it gets from 120° to 140° i know cause thats what i made in my back yard.. its a 30 gallon slanted tank for southern sun exposure. no electricity needed 👍
this is a good idea. we have solar PV hot water system - Solar PV DC Water Heater all-in-one products, pools/industry with high efficiency, cost saving. thanks.
Great Idea but I would utilize the Glow Plug threads. Find nuts to fit the threads and large flat washers. Drill the holes with close tolerance for threads and clamp the Plugs rigidly to the barrel, That way you can use Silastic to seal from leaks. Also it will release easier if the Plugs burn out and need replacing. If the plugs burn out too often you could wire them in series. The plugs still should get hot enough but take a bit longer to heat up.
Those glow plugs require alot of amperage... The you need 2-3 car batteries in order for this to work well.. Also.. the glow plugs are not designed to be on all the time..
Photovoltaic panels are usually less than 20% efficient. If you use a thermal solar panel (ie. a black garden hose rolled in spiral ) it will be at least 50% efficient and much more cheaper. In great sunny countries you can get 1000W per m2. Multiply it by efficiency value and there it is.
Better than running black hose and pumps because you can install the two on different levels and position. If using black hose to heat water you're looking at a large pump and difficult install.
Good morning. I live in Brazil and I really enjoyed your video. I would like to know if you have the purchase link for the resistor that you used on alliexpress? and what is the power of the solar panel you used. A tip you could make one. video using a temperature controller. Because when the temperature reaches a certain temperature, the system automatically turns off.
Not bad. Could use an old school bi metal signal flasher to cycle glow plugs to extend life. Not bad idea. Currently I use heat pads from truck mirrors to keep chicken water open
All I need is about 20 gallons of water so I Burrowed my fish tanks heater and pop it in the 20 gallon bucket there just wait a bit it will get warm enought lol
bhai kam krta hy lakin masla yeh hy itney barey galoon main us ky hisaab sey utney ziyada plug install kroo gy tu work kry ga plus yeh plug diesal car ka hy
Not a good system at all. Glow plugs are not designed to be in water or stay powered on for long periods of time. Also the battery will not last long keep fully discharging at this amperage.
i don´t believe, that with one solar panel can be such volume of water (the barrel about 50-80L) be heated up from 10.5 to 65.5°C in one hour! how much power can give one panel? according to the equation Q = m·c·ΔT you need for 50L about 3,2 kWh, such fv panel i´d like to have :-)
Could be possible, thought it was fake at first too. But the drum looks rather small judging by his hand on the lid and at 1:39 you can barely make out "39.9 kg", so lets estimate with 40 liter instead. ΔT of 55c then gives 2.55 kWh, which a 450W(you can freely buy up to 520W or so) solarpanel can manage in ~6 hours if we're counting optimal solar input. 6 hours is reasonable time frame for "leaving for some time" BUT you also need to account for all the sun the barrel itself is catching. I cannot be bothered to try to calculate that but I would imagine it'd have a noticeable effect on the heat of the water, at least initially. Yet another consideration, if the enviroment is 30c hot, then you're yet again not needing that much power from the solarpanel. So obviously needs more facts, but it's not entirely implausible. Edit: Nevermind, I missed the "after an hour" headline, but I also missed that the barrel only seems half-full which would then be 1.3kWh. Even at that fill level, it makes it highly unlikely in that short time span.
This is okay. I guess. But I think you can get hotter water by using a black pex tube that preheats and a recirculation loop that re heats inside the tank.
Hotter?! It's already hot enough to burn your skin. You'd have to add cold water to shower with it. 65C = 149F. About 105F is a nice hot shower for me.
In my grandmas house in Mexico, they got one long straight black pipe from the bottom of a tank on the roof. You can shower with the heat produced by just the fact that the tube is kinda rusty and oily dark. Eventually the whole tank warms up to a pleasent temperature. So no need for an actual pump. A simple tube from the bottom of the tank that ends at the top of the tank will do the trick. The problem with your setup is that you are double converting from light to electric, then to current then to heat. We're most loss will end as heat, you are loosing mostly half of the heat at the solar panel. That heat never makes it to the water. The pump can be something small like a windshield wiper pump from a car. You can get those for a few bucks from electronicsgoldmine.com or similar.
Just Some thoughts. We are offgrid and live in a Hot sunny part of the USA down in the south. When we first came here to live off grid we had to come up with solutions for heating water. I used 2 Red colored 5 Gallon Food grade Buckets and filled them with either rain or well water. Both of those buckets sat In the sun for 6 or more hours. They heated up to 110F/118F ( 43.3C/47.7C) hot enough for a shower. This would not work in the winter because there are too many cloudy days and the outside temperature is too cold and can freeze the water in the morning. So we Invested in DC to DC Heating elements and brought the water inside to run off the solar panels. Mind you have have access to a Solar PV array around 4,500 watts running at 118v DC. Technically we could use 120 volt AC Water heating elements for this purpose. I need safety in my setup so we need to do Math using ohm's law. Idea is to use a 20 amp DC break between the water heater and Solar. I cannot exceed a certain wattage so I must stay under 20 amps on the breaker. The math ( 20A x 120 = 2,400 watts ) So now we are dealing with 2,400 watts as a heating element I have to source. I do not want to pull this much power off the system. So I must use a much less resistive DC Heating element. I also need to charge my batteries up to power the off grid cabin. After one year of recording wattage we find December through February produces between 1,500w and 2,400 watts max when the sun is out and between 390 to 900 watts on partly cloudy days. We settled on a 350 watt DC heating element that could slowly heat our 5 gallon system up over a few hours ( 4 hours to get to temperature) and stay under the lowest power production. Math to size the system is as follows... 118v x 3 amps = 354 watts So it looks like a 5 amp fuse will service this set up with an On/Off switch and breaker box. The breaker box has a copper wire grounding the system in case of a short. We can choose when to start heating the water during the cold months by flipping a switch. I use a small floating Thermometer to read temperature and know the water is ready once we get over 110F ( 43.3C ) It's a very basic system that uses low wattage and time and runs directly off the solar panel array making the system very basic. Adding in a breaker and on/off switch adds some protection along with the break box grounding. We added double sided reflective Bubble wrap around the Bucket for extra Insulation and wrapped it twice. This is 3.5R x2 provides 7R of thermal resistance around the bucket.
Additional Notes. You can use any dark colored water tank Black, dark blue, Red, Brown and sit your bucket in the sun and then use natural thermal radiation from the direct sun to heat the water for a warm to hot shower if you live in a constant sunny country that has mostly sunny days to heat water without power. Remember the darker bucket, barrel or tank the quicker it absorbs thermal heat. Building a 3 sided metal or wooden box behind it painted black with boost the heat production. Adding a clear Plastic cover like a greenhouse over the unit will also with boost the heating and retain the heat longer at night. This will help you shower warmer if you work all day and get home late.
ewery normal home have epoxy in home, not need buy, this project, ewery normal home have many empty barrel can use, only need buy heating elements or looking car diesel repair shop waste parts if found some heater. wire have in home ewery normal men sure. not newer buy, i not has buy last 30 year because ewerywere can take old wires and cables FREE and newer not need buy anythink.same barrels no need newer buy have around world lot empty barrel metal and plastic what can pick up free. solar panel cost 1W/1$ or less normal, 100W panel cost less than 100$ today normal. better economy have buy 300W panel under 250$ normal cost.
U can make radiator with so much stack 333 mls alluminnium bottles(pepsi) and black paint and not need electrik or solsar energy, Just use water and the sun!
Why not just use black pex in a box with a small pump to circulate it? It'd probably be cheaper and more efficient than paying for a solar panel, converting light to electrical energy, and then converting electrical energy to heat.
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There is so much loss in this process . and I don't believe the time to raise the temperature was 1 hour on the solar panel. He must have used the battery as well :D not sure how strong the sun is in India on the other hand :)
August 2019 in the summer time. Outside temperature was 80 through 90 degrees pretty hot that day and sunny. with the sun shining quantity 3 water jugs 5-gallon of water each. I just did a finger test put my finger in the water and felt the temperature I chose the jug of water I liked and used it. One jug painted black in the sun it got up to 112 degrees. One clear jug in the Sun I can't remember the temperature. But still too hot to shower with. And one clear jug in the shade covered up it was the one I use to shower with. I went on a weekend trip and I had about 40 gallons of water with me total. It's better to have more than enough water I get for free out of the side of a mountain then not have enough and have to find it and pay for it.
If you just want hot water, and you already have sunlight, it is MUCH more efficient to put black pipes in a frame with a transparent top (greenhouse effect) and just let the water run through those pipes. Solar panel cells are less effective in absorbing the energy and emits a lot back as reflected light and heat. The water weather is much better at capturing the energy. And you same big $$ not buying that damn expensive panel.
if not have wintertime sunlight lot need use elektric heater and solar panel and many battery if not have sunlight daytime, panel need lto less sunlight make elektric than sun heat water to tube and barrel only.
@@mattivirta Wrong. Solar panels that generates electricity has a net efficiency on 20-25% if they are in optimal condition and position. When converting the electricity that into heat again there is another source of loss. Solar heaters can easily harvest 35% of the solar rays and turn it directly into heat - no loss in conversion. Turning electricity into heat from solar panels is stupid, unless you have no other option. It's that same as cranking an electric generator with your arm power, to make electricity to power a drill - you might as well cut out the middle man to save conversion losses.
اس ویڈیو پر لوگوں نے مختلف قسم کے کمنٹس کئے ہیں۔ مگر ایک بات بہت واضح ہے کہ ایک درمیانہ پینل 150 واٹ کا ہے جبکہ بڑا پینل 300 واٹ کا ہوتا ہے۔ بالٹی گرم کرنے والا راڈ 1000 واٹ کا ہوتا ہے۔ اب آپ دوست خود ہی حساب لگا لیجیئے۔ حساب زادہ مشکل نہیں ہے۔ میرے خیال سے تو اس بندے نے اس ڈرم کو بیٹری سے گرم کیا ہو گا۔ باقی آپ لوگ خود بہتر سمجھتے ہیں۔ واسلام۔
I don't think it costs less that $10. A solar panel costs approximately $169 cuttingedgepower.com/products/100-watt-12-volt-monocrystalline-solar-panel?_pos=2&_sid=61bd22a80&_ss=r A water drum $20 or so, Glow plugs $7.29 each or so, car battery $10 or more... So that's not less than $10 bucks
Sorry, but this is plain BS.
One glow plug is about 120W. So you have 240W.
Water has a thermal capacity of 4200J/(kg x K).
So to heat up 10 Liters of water from 10 to 65°C, so 55K, you need 640Wh, no losses considered.
With only 240W of power, it would take 2.67 hours... you seem to have at least 50 or more liters, so it would take 10 hours, but in that time, it would loose most of the heat to the environment
=> Total BS!
Sure, you can use glow plugs, Diesel cars use them also to help heat up the coolant...
BUT they are more than 10$ each.
Exactly 🤣
somehow, ths video is worth just because of your comment. one can learn something. thank you :-) cooperation rules!
You Obviously didn't vote for creepy Joe Biden. All you need is the dream, everything can come true.
no matter how long go heat 50 liter or 100 liter water solar panel can use alltime ON non need OFF only upper temperature need relay OFF power. because if has heat water can keep this warm easy and no matter how long time go heat all barrel, and if use water come new could wate3r automatic werty little amount at time in barrel heat fast this. same than solar heater no matter how long go but if have hot can keep all hot and new come in barrel only little ewerrytime and fast can heat. because in barrel have hot water what mix and then not need heat full all.
This is 12v (infact 9 to 10 volt) DIESEL ENGINE heater glow plug. Maximum 20 amp. Good idea and video. In my opinion glow plugs are not designed to glow for such a long time, plugs are ignited for few seconds to start diesel cold engine. You may also use 12 volts water heater on battery and solar to warm the water as mentioned in earlier comments.
These heater plugs are available on all auto parts stores which deal in 12 volt diesel car, van, mini trucks like shahzor in Pakistan etc.
This is a scam! The solar panel (100-300W) is not able to give enough electricity to heat the water in a 60-120l drum within 1 hour! Cheat of the creator of the YT movie. Don't be fooled! It's simple physics! (example: the law of water density on a tone allows). Not to mention all the rest ....
For example. A 100W solar panel throughout the day (super sunny day) would heat water in a 100l barrel (drum) probably by: 1 * C (Celsius). How does this relate to this movie ... ???
the drum is 10-15litres max
Sheikh Hasaan Sb, As mentioned you about your earlier comments. Bohut dhoondhay, per na milay. aap dobara copy kar dain gay yahan..??
@@saeedptcl Muhtram, meray likhnay mai ghalati hai, I should mention, as someone mentioned earlier. Not me.
Excellent👍 idea to share👌
Looks interesting I got to try this I just bought a set of 4 glow plugs for $16 on amazon. I can't wait to get it. Thank you for the video 👍👍
So did it work?
The battery from my factory in Taiwan, good job👍👍👍
Are they selling for $10?
This is perfect low cost heater for poor households or even those who are living in mountains of tibet... with sun but extream cold... amazing
Thank you very much about this video,,,,,,South Africa
Okay, first of all, the solar panel, tub, glow plugs, wires, silicon sealant, etc would cost WAY more than $10. Second of all, there is no way those glowplugs heated that much water up in an hour. Totally fake.
To heat 100 l of water from 10 to 60 degree you need 5.8 kWh. There is no Isolation. So you need more than 5.8 kWh. This with one solar panel. Dream on.
Pfff, It's a very big solar panel, according to its size ~450W one. A barrel filled less than for half ~35l. Plastic is a great isolator itself. No losses at any things except wires and contacts. Easily reachable within a few sunny hours. I saw similar things, not an invention.
It's a glow plug (12V), is like spark plug but for a diesel engine, you can get them on an auto part store, about 15 US dollars a piece, they work good, Thanks.
I don't know how much solar panels cost in your country, but if that pannel is under 10$ we Americans are getting scammed out of a lot of money.
XD
Depends.. I got a couple of old 190w panel $30 each. Sometimes u might get free one if that’s house demolitions.
If you buy American yes your being scammed. Only go with longi panels. Bifocal ones. Don't get suckered into that other crap. China is leading in solar. Longi is the best.
Glow plugs are 10
@@jregamey Looking at prices one panel seems to go for HUNDREDS of dollars more than traditional panels, seeming to be $2000+ upfront cost. For 10x the price they better be 1,000% more efficient
U R a genius. Was wondering how to 12vt heat. U nailed it. Thank u.
Quite simple and looks like great! Thanks for share.
In theory it might work, but I think if you paint the barrel black and place it in direct sunlight it could be more efficient. No need for solar panel.
That's exactly what I thought. This video is a scam, just to make people waste their time & effort. Welcome to the AI nwo
Can you please share the link to where you purchased the solar panel that fit into the 10 budget? This would be super helpful for those of us wanting to re-create for under $10 but can't find the cheap solar parts.
Search for black hose solar water heater
Kuch nae Malta is jasa
Wait for a storm then hit the block of a neighborhood. Guaranteed panel obtained
Awesome job Naveed, This is great, you other fools with negative comments why don't you try it I guarantee it will heat water with a glow plug & solar recharge batteries or direct also!
I am going to try it with heater elements for a hot water heater that will last longer..
amazing video loved it... pakistan proud of you
Yes / No, Maybe So... Photovoltaic / Solar Thermal technician here.
Yes, not bad idea using diesel automotive glow plugs sort of genius.
No, not exactly the right battery I'd use a 100Ah flood leaded acid, etc.
Maybe So, concept is interesting. Poor Man's Method.
To the Haters:
"Remember Necessity is the mother of Invention. I am it's Father! OK, We."
i Like, OLE!
I think a black painted barrel would work almost as well. I have a few 305w 60 cells laying around. I might try to do this if I get bored this winter.
@@SolarJim2 Agreed, or a used water heater with a 24V DC element. I've used the 24V DC element on a 5 gallon bucket.
Yes, a necessity is the mother of inventions but not LIES !!! Show the truth, not cheat viewers. And this movie is one big lie, that's all. Solar panels are great! It's something that must become everyday and common but you should know how to apply and how it works. And showing films that are misleading is unfair. I do not hate and dispel doubts. I am asking you for objective assessment and thinking. Knowledge is the key to success. A lie only leads to failure. greetings
If a child lies, it is difficult. If it's an adult, it's scary!
@@konica-minolta-serwis what part of the video bothers you. clearly the glow plugs are running off the battery. it took him one hour to heat the water to HIS purpose. no lie there. hooking the solar panel to charge the battery is correct. You don't like the fact that he's missing components. Video serves me because I can build one the right way. $$$ I happen to have a 64 diesel mercedes, will try this since i do have some glow plugs laying around. don't need a solar panel to hook glow plugs to a battery.
super great video info and analysis from absolutely the best channel on utube you hit this one out of the park. thank you and keep up the good work
Wow... so fake. That did not happen in 1 hour. For a 200W panel, 30L water, from 10°-65°, it would take >9 hours.
About the least efficient way to heat water, but whatever....it seems to do the job for you. Couple suggestions: Insulate the container! And, install a cheap digital thermostat that can handle the Amps your solar panel puts out, so as to shut off the power to the glow plugs once the water is up to something usable, like maybe 60C
Finally a fellow Man that didn't criticize but offered constructive criticism. i Like, OLE!
You will have a much better efficiency by just using a solar collector, without the roundabout way with the electricity.
@Stephen Ferree I was wondering about the thermostat as well. Always-on glow plugs sound like a bad idea 😂
Very good application of repurposed items. This is excellent. Perfect for my off grid plans. Subscribed without hesitation because infant to see what you do in the future as well. Thanks for this great idea
Good to see a pakistani guy doing amazing stuff like this 👍
I’m currently building 1 of these. Costs so far. All prices in Canadian dollars
-Solar panel 100W $159 Canadian tire
-Water drum $20 kijiji
-Glow plugs $7.29 each amazon
-copper wire had it laying around
-car battery $10 purchased from car scrap yard.
Total coast so far $203.58
Wow man i got slighty used 150w solar panel (10 years warranty) for like 50 canadian $ and i am in Pakistan
Knowurself lucky anything solar or wind here in Canada your paying top $ for.
And how did it work out? Heats up ok?
Paint the barrel black.
Place it in the sunlight.
Now you have 10 bugs for booze ... :D
Lmao place alcohol inside the barrel and watch them get boozebustered....
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A lot cheaper and efficient to buy a roll of black poly pipe and conect one end to the bottom of the tank and the other three quarters of the way up but still under water. Roll out the poly pipe in the sun and WALLA stinking hot water. This works on the principal of hot water rising. The glow plug went red hot with a battery but how hot will it get with a solar panel. They draw a LOT of current. Stick with black poly pipe and insulate the tank. Bury it under a pile of dirt and grass works great. Lived like that for years.
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Show us please.
I could and I may do one day but if you don't believe me now you never will. Also my instructions are easy to follow. I even used this method to heat a swimming pool.
If you have a picture of it please post. Your directions are not clear
@@wheatharvest OK if you really want to do this yourself I will do a clip on my channel. I will upload it in the next week or so on my channel. Regards Rik
Ok brought a 10 dollar roll of poly pipe and some fittings today so will soon set it up.
A diesel glow plug is not designed for anything but just a momentary red to start a diesel engine that's it no more no less it's not designed to be on an infinite amount of time it will burn out
and will kill the photopanel
Actually they ARE used by vw factory to heat coolant in winter faster. there are three of them in my diesel car.computer controlled.working 5sec or so one after another.I guess this solar panel doesn't give enough ampers to damage glow plugs.
This is a hocus-pocus videoclip., with fake and impossible results according to the material shown in this videoclip.
It shows only the measured temperature but nothing else. And this makes me very skeptic.
Here are the facts: to calculate the kilowatt-hours (kWh) required to heat water, the following formula can be used: Pt = (4.2 × L × T ) ÷ 3600.
Where: L is the number of liters of water that is being heated.
T is the difference in temperature from what you started with, listed in degrees Celsius.
Pt is the power used to heat the water, in kWh.
Estimating the values according to the videoclip images the following:
- The electrodes were placed about 15 cm high. The water covering the electrodes looks to be higher the 15 cm above the electrodes. Lets consider 15 + 10 = 25 high.
- The diameter of the tank looks something between 40 and 50cm. Assuming 44.5 cm diameter, so 22.25 cm radius.
The volume of water can be calculated then to be approximately = 25 cm high x (radius 22.25 cm)^2 x 3.14 = 39740 cm3 = 40 liters.
Temperature goes from 10.6 to 65.5 degrees Celsius. so a difference of 54.9 Celsius degrees.
Therefore, Pt = (4.2 × L × T ) ÷ 3600 = (4.2 x 40 liters x 54.9 degrees Celsius) / 3600 = at least 2.56 kWh needed
Only one solar panel was shown, and tipically these solar panels provide with a maximum peak of 250W/h, or 0.25 kWh. This means that the solar panel needs to run at least 10.24 hours non-stop at full capacity to be able produce these 2.56 kWh, and not just 1 hour as claimed. And this cannot be produced with only 1 solar panel in just one day!
By the way, to produce 2.56 kWh in just 1 hour at least 10 solar panels will be needed!
Note: I didn't want to discuss other matters like thickness of the cables (resistance and losses due to DC current), losses on the solar panels (by running non-stop at full sunlight), temperature dissipation on plastic, etc. which all lead to more energy losses so longer exposure time (or more solar panels) needed.
I'm guessing the bucket will eventually melt around the plugs and cause a leak. A metal bucket would heat the water faster, but it would also get hotter. Overall good presentation.
If i do a rough calculation, with your installation it will take arround 12 hours to heat it up and not 1 hour. Is it correct ?
Solar panel = 150 W
Watet mass = 30 kg
Water Cp = 4200 J/kg°C
Temperature increase = 55°C
Time to heat = m x Cp x delta T/ Power = 30 x 4200 x 55 / 150 = 46200 second = 12.8 hours
It's the most inefficient way to heat water. Solar panels efficiency are between 15% and 20% (sun energy/square meter). Just use a black garden hose, it's more than 50% efficient (sun energy/square meter) and cheaper. The barrel should be thermal isolated (EPS)
Black garden hose heat collector: th-cam.com/video/MvEzmgJ5nDM/w-d-xo.html
Sun energy per square meter: th-cam.com/video/9K8owiMQQsI/w-d-xo.html
I am tying this now,
but not in a barrel but just a smaller old paint tin and a single glow plug.
What I have learned so far: May 100WP Solar penal does not provide enough Ampere (5.5 A) to make the glow plug glow.
I will try again with a car battery, which I don't have available right now - it should have 40A. (I connected the glow plug to a battery charger at first and that made the glow plug glow. Just the battery charger switches of after a 2 minutes for some reason )
Have you tried this? How well is this working for you?
12v water heater elements are available and a lot less pricey than glow plugs...
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Where is this glow plug for sale and how much it's cost
Really cool, thank you for sharing this nice video with us :)
Thank you, imagine if you put 20 to 50 of glow plugs in the metal tank you might be able to generate the electricity
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YEAH... BUT.. BUT.. BUT.. if you just make a black tank it gets from 120° to 140° i know cause thats what i made in my back yard.. its a 30 gallon slanted tank for southern sun exposure. no electricity needed 👍
this is a good idea. we have solar PV hot water system - Solar PV DC Water Heater all-in-one products, pools/industry with high efficiency, cost saving. thanks.
Also you better put some kind of vent on it.
If you leave the lid on it could blow it off or the barrel apart
Great Idea but I would utilize the Glow Plug threads. Find nuts to fit the threads and large flat washers. Drill the holes with close tolerance for threads and clamp the Plugs rigidly to the barrel, That way you can use Silastic to seal from leaks. Also it will release easier if the Plugs burn out and need replacing.
If the plugs burn out too often you could wire them in series. The plugs still should get hot enough but take a bit longer to heat up.
The water temperature has risen at least by 20-30 degrees due to direct sunlight in plastic container out under the direct sunlight.
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You saw the water bubbling near the glowplugs?
Brilliant!!!!!!!! Solar supply electricity!!!!! I would use a heating coil with thermostat.
Those glow plugs require alot of amperage...
The you need 2-3 car batteries in order for this to work well..
Also.. the glow plugs are not designed to be on all the time..
Photovoltaic panels are usually less than 20% efficient. If you use a thermal solar panel (ie. a black garden hose rolled in spiral ) it will be at least 50% efficient and much more cheaper. In great sunny countries you can get 1000W per m2. Multiply it by efficiency value and there it is.
I'm going to try this on my 30,000 gallon pool. 900 solar panels should do it.
Hehe are you joking 😉
It's not possible like this video
Better than running black hose and pumps because you can install the two on different levels and position. If using black hose to heat water you're looking at a large pump and difficult install.
it would be better to paint the barrel black
Good morning. I live in Brazil and I really enjoyed your video. I would like to know if you have the purchase link for the resistor that you used on alliexpress? and what is the power of the solar panel you used. A tip you could make one. video using a temperature controller. Because when the temperature reaches a certain temperature, the system automatically turns off.
First, imagine how hot the water would have become, if the sun had shined on the solar panel.
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Good job, this is a great idea, keep up the good work and keep Sharing excellent ideas.
If you would have drilled the correct size hole you could have treaded it in and not used that glue
Good workable project
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Not bad. Could use an old school bi metal signal flasher to cycle glow plugs to extend life. Not bad idea. Currently I use heat pads from truck mirrors to keep chicken water open
All I need is about 20 gallons of water so I Burrowed my fish tanks heater and pop it in the 20 gallon bucket there just wait a bit it will get warm enought lol
good idea
Good idea. What kind of elements you have used pls?
Very good job
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What is rating of power required?
Crude way...when the sunshine you have unplug..then there is no cut off when temperature reach so water will be boiling and spoil your pipeline
Not a good system at all. Glow plugs are not designed to be in water or stay powered on for long periods of time. Also the battery will not last long keep fully discharging at this amperage.
Probably work IF you wait long enough (and the glow plugs don't burn out) AND you don't actually draw much water off the tank.
Polypropylen can not be glued. Only sealing or welding.
Very nice....
i don´t believe, that with one solar panel can be such volume of water (the barrel about 50-80L) be heated up from 10.5 to 65.5°C in one hour! how much power can give one panel? according to the equation Q = m·c·ΔT you need for 50L about 3,2 kWh, such fv panel i´d like to have :-)
Could be possible, thought it was fake at first too.
But the drum looks rather small judging by his hand on the lid and at 1:39 you can barely make out "39.9 kg", so lets estimate with 40 liter instead.
ΔT of 55c then gives 2.55 kWh, which a 450W(you can freely buy up to 520W or so) solarpanel can manage in ~6 hours if we're counting optimal solar input.
6 hours is reasonable time frame for "leaving for some time" BUT you also need to account for all the sun the barrel itself is catching.
I cannot be bothered to try to calculate that but I would imagine it'd have a noticeable effect on the heat of the water, at least initially.
Yet another consideration, if the enviroment is 30c hot, then you're yet again not needing that much power from the solarpanel.
So obviously needs more facts, but it's not entirely implausible.
Edit: Nevermind, I missed the "after an hour" headline, but I also missed that the barrel only seems half-full which would then be 1.3kWh.
Even at that fill level, it makes it highly unlikely in that short time span.
Great! Very great! Tks for ur sharing
Where the hell does the under 10$ come in? Maybe under $10 in water.......
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Wehre you get such a powerful solar panel for only 10 $?
In my country is 1€ per watt. A 100 Watts panel costs 100€.
China is still in market
Please tell what is the wattage of the Solar Panel and the voltage of the battery? thank you. A charitable nature video.
i tried it with 2 glow plugs but it do not work . don't spend your money on these type of experiments
I was gonna say people are really mis calculating that solar panels abilities and he probably has a secondary power source you don't see
Any way nice idea
This is okay. I guess. But I think you can get hotter water by using a black pex tube that preheats and a recirculation loop that re heats inside the tank.
Hotter?! It's already hot enough to burn your skin. You'd have to add cold water to shower with it. 65C = 149F. About 105F is a nice hot shower for me.
Have you done the calculations/comparisons for time, cost, heat loss, ease of setup... or is this comment just hypothetical opinion?
In my grandmas house in Mexico, they got one long straight black pipe from the bottom of a tank on the roof. You can shower with the heat produced by just the fact that the tube is kinda rusty and oily dark. Eventually the whole tank warms up to a pleasent temperature. So no need for an actual pump. A simple tube from the bottom of the tank that ends at the top of the tank will do the trick. The problem with your setup is that you are double converting from light to electric, then to current then to heat. We're most loss will end as heat, you are loosing mostly half of the heat at the solar panel. That heat never makes it to the water. The pump can be something small like a windshield wiper pump from a car. You can get those for a few bucks from electronicsgoldmine.com or similar.
Good video sir
Solar panel power? Hom much time took to get hot water? thanks!!! I want to do the same
Wow , I'm going to run a power shower with this great idea , any more good ideas ? James Stewart X soldier UK
Just Some thoughts. We are offgrid and live in a Hot sunny part of the USA down in the south. When we first came here to live off grid we had to come up with solutions for heating water. I used 2 Red colored 5 Gallon Food grade Buckets and filled them with either rain or well water. Both of those buckets sat In the sun for 6 or more hours. They heated up to 110F/118F ( 43.3C/47.7C) hot enough for a shower. This would not work in the winter because there are too many cloudy days and the outside temperature is too cold and can freeze the water in the morning.
So we Invested in DC to DC Heating elements and brought the water inside to run off the solar panels. Mind you have have access to a Solar PV array around 4,500 watts running at 118v DC.
Technically we could use 120 volt AC Water heating elements for this purpose. I need safety in my setup so we need to do Math using ohm's law.
Idea is to use a 20 amp DC break between the water heater and Solar. I cannot exceed a certain wattage so I must stay under 20 amps on the breaker.
The math ( 20A x 120 = 2,400 watts )
So now we are dealing with 2,400 watts as a heating element I have to source.
I do not want to pull this much power off the system. So I must use a much less resistive DC Heating element. I also need to charge my batteries up to power the off grid cabin.
After one year of recording wattage we find December through February produces between 1,500w and 2,400 watts max when the sun is out and between 390 to 900 watts on partly cloudy days.
We settled on a 350 watt DC heating element that could slowly heat our 5 gallon system up over a few hours ( 4 hours to get to temperature) and stay under the lowest power production.
Math to size the system is as follows... 118v x 3 amps = 354 watts
So it looks like a 5 amp fuse will service this set up with an On/Off switch and breaker box. The breaker box has a copper wire grounding the system in case of a short. We can choose when to start heating the water during the cold months by flipping a switch. I use a small floating Thermometer to read temperature and know the water is ready once we get over 110F ( 43.3C )
It's a very basic system that uses low wattage and time and runs directly off the solar panel array making the system very basic. Adding in a breaker and on/off switch adds some protection along with the break box grounding.
We added double sided reflective Bubble wrap around the Bucket for extra Insulation and wrapped it twice. This is 3.5R x2 provides 7R of thermal resistance around the bucket.
Additional Notes. You can use any dark colored water tank Black, dark blue, Red, Brown and sit your bucket in the sun and then use natural thermal radiation from the direct sun to heat the water for a warm to hot shower if you live in a constant sunny country that has mostly sunny days to heat water without power. Remember the darker bucket, barrel or tank the quicker it absorbs thermal heat. Building a 3 sided metal or wooden box behind it painted black with boost the heat production. Adding a clear Plastic cover like a greenhouse over the unit will also with boost the heating and retain the heat longer at night. This will help you shower warmer if you work all day and get home late.
After 1 hour?
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very good! what kind of resistance is good?
Glow plugs must be reallllly cheap there and there is no way this can heat anything up to a usable temp
Good work bro
Nice setup, however, I don't see how you can do it under $10. The solar panel, 2 heating elements, wire, epoxy or whatever, and the barrel.
ewery normal home have epoxy in home, not need buy, this project, ewery normal home have many empty barrel can use, only need buy heating elements or looking car diesel repair shop waste parts if found some heater. wire have in home ewery normal men sure. not newer buy, i not has buy last 30 year because ewerywere can take old wires and cables FREE and newer not need buy anythink.same barrels no need newer buy have around world lot empty barrel metal and plastic what can pick up free. solar panel cost 1W/1$ or less normal, 100W panel cost less than 100$ today normal. better economy have buy 300W panel under 250$ normal cost.
U can make radiator with so much stack 333 mls alluminnium bottles(pepsi) and black paint and not need electrik or solsar energy, Just use water and the sun!
Why not just use black pex in a box with a small pump to circulate it? It'd probably be cheaper and more efficient than paying for a solar panel, converting light to electrical energy, and then converting electrical energy to heat.
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It's a need of the time especially in pk. You didn't mention where to buy. And what is the cost. Thanks
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That panel will output maximum 20% of the total solar energy absorbed so why not just paint black the tank ???
There is so much loss in this process . and I don't believe the time to raise the temperature was 1 hour on the solar panel. He must have used the battery as well :D not sure how strong the sun is in India on the other hand :)
August 2019 in the summer time. Outside temperature was 80 through 90 degrees pretty hot that day and sunny. with the sun shining quantity 3 water jugs 5-gallon of water each. I just did a finger test put my finger in the water and felt the temperature I chose the jug of water I liked and used it. One jug painted black in the sun it got up to 112 degrees. One clear jug in the Sun I can't remember the temperature. But still too hot to shower with. And one clear jug in the shade covered up it was the one I use to shower with. I went on a weekend trip and I had about 40 gallons of water with me total. It's better to have more than enough water I get for free out of the side of a mountain then not have enough and have to find it and pay for it.
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If you just want hot water, and you already have sunlight, it is MUCH more efficient to put black pipes in a frame with a transparent top (greenhouse effect) and just let the water run through those pipes. Solar panel cells are less effective in absorbing the energy and emits a lot back as reflected light and heat. The water weather is much better at capturing the energy. And you same big $$ not buying that damn expensive panel.
if not have wintertime sunlight lot need use elektric heater and solar panel and many battery if not have sunlight daytime, panel need lto less sunlight make elektric than sun heat water to tube and barrel only.
@@mattivirta Wrong. Solar panels that generates electricity has a net efficiency on 20-25% if they are in optimal condition and position. When converting the electricity that into heat again there is another source of loss. Solar heaters can easily harvest 35% of the solar rays and turn it directly into heat - no loss in conversion. Turning electricity into heat from solar panels is stupid, unless you have no other option. It's that same as cranking an electric generator with your arm power, to make electricity to power a drill - you might as well cut out the middle man to save conversion losses.
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But this glow plug is only 75 watt
Can someone tell me where I can get all this for under $10?
Looking now too. We'll be lucky to find one glow plug for less than $10.
@@HiltonBenchley first of all lets find those solar panels under 10 $ lol
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I don't think it costs less that $10.
A solar panel costs approximately $169 cuttingedgepower.com/products/100-watt-12-volt-monocrystalline-solar-panel?_pos=2&_sid=61bd22a80&_ss=r
A water drum $20 or so, Glow plugs $7.29 each or so, car battery $10 or more... So that's not less than $10 bucks