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| At the end of the day I had 740ml of almost boiling water. | At the end of the day I had 740ml of almost boiling water. | ||
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| + | ** 9 Dec 2019 ** | ||
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| + | I have decided to go with a flat panel design to get more energy. | ||
| + | However my solar collector pipe has sprung a number of leaks. | ||
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| + | ** 8 March 2020** | ||
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| + | After a lot of research I have found that the water only needs to get to 50C and not boiling. The new design is to lay a number of coils of black pipe on the roof to get the heat. And even on a cloudy day the water gets to a reasonable temperature. | ||
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| + | Now I just need to add more coils to get the temperature up higher and build a way to get it back down to ambient. | ||