The Solar-Heated-Shower
For A Cool Dip Or Rinse
Refresh yourself in a solar-heated-shower. This eco-friendly-shower
can operate from your backyard and save energy by using water heated
freely from the power of the sun.
An outdoor-solar-shower, can be the next best thing to a dip in
a pool on a hot day.
Using the sun to heat cold water from your garden hose, your solar-heated-
shower can heat water to 50 degrees Celsius. What you need, is a tank
that can hold approximately twenty litres of water, and that is enough to
supply 5 showers before it has to be filled again.
Situated securely on the roof of your shower, this positioning will provide
effective water pressure while bathing.
The tank can also be situated on the ground, and connected to a cold water
feed from the bottom of the tank. The cold water will provide pressure to
push the warm water out of the tank through a top hose.
Tip - Painting a tank black, will help absorb and hold the heat.
Coiled hose only can be used in place of a tank, but would only serve
the purpose of a good rinse, not a very long shower, as the hose would
only hold so much water at a time.
Perfect for some people though, as
the quick rinse is all they are really looking for to either cool off
or get rid of excess sand or dirt from working outside.
If the sun is hot enough, you may be able to enjoy an eco-friendly shower
in the backyard in as little as thirty minutes from the time it is set up.
Be sure your tank, or water hose or both has good exposure to the sun,
and isn't shielded from trees or other types of foliage. This can also
cause debris that will have to be cleaned up, and you don't want to have
to worry about that.
The shower can be installed by anchoring it to the ground and connecting a hose
pipe. A footrinse and drainage grill of some sort would prevent the used water
from stagnating and collecting in one spot. Hopefully by being outside though,
the outdoor air will be able to dry it up significantly.
To stand on, you can put down multishaped patio stones, or cement patio slabs.
Wood partitions surrounding the shower would be the finishing touch to surround
this outdoor solar shower by providing you with privacy.
And if you have a pool? A quick rinse before you go in would work well towards
making you cleaner and keeping your pool water much cleaner too.
A solar-heated-shower can provide a flow of 5 - 6 litres of water per minute.
What a great way to refresh with a backyard eco-friendly-shower with the free power of the sun in the fresh air.
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