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Build a Passive Solar Water Heater

Jasmin Malik Chua, Jersey City, USA

Jasmin Malik Chua

By Jasmin Malik Chua
Jersey City, NJ, USA | Sun Mar 23, 2008 01:21 PM ET

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Learn more about the various types of solar water heaters-and how to build your own affordable water warmer-with guidelines from David A. Brainbridge, who received the American Solar Energy Society's Passive Solar Pioneer Award in 2004.

All you need is a discarded electric water-heater tank, a homemade insulated plywood box for housing the tank, a sheet or two of used window glass (or clear plastic), a few common plumbing fittings, some pipe, and a bit of insulation. Before you know it, you'll be ratcheting up savings on your utility bills with your continuous supply of virtually free hot water. ::Mother Earth News and ::Build It Solar

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