Review: Build Your Own Solar Hot Water System                       

2nd Highest Rating 9.0 out of 10

Build Your Own Solar Hot Water System  eBook Review

Build Your Own Solar Hot Water System is a 70 page eBook that promises to teach you how to eliminate up to 1/3 of your home energy bill. This is accomplished by building a device that is will share the work of heating water with your current gas or electrically fueled water heater. Less work for your regular water heater means it runs less, costs less and leaves a smaller carbon footprint.

The total cost of the easy-to-find parts for this 3 - 5 day project is less than $100. Similar factory built devices often sell for $1000 or more. Depending on the size of your house, the climate and current fuel costs, the solar water heater could pay for itself in about a month.

Solar Water Heaters Are Environmentally Friendly

Solar water heaters are an incredibly smart concept. They grab the abundance of free energy that the sun sends us day after day and efficiently convert it to heated water. Not only can these simple devices save potentially thousands of dollars per year but they produce absolutely no carbon emissions.

The Topics Covered In These Plans

1. Introduction
2. About solar heating systems
3. How to build the solar collector
4. How to build the heat reservoir
5. Mounting the collector
6. How to install the collector panel
7. Installing the rest of the plumbing
8. Other connections
9. Final Words

A partial List Of Tools Required

The list of tools, like everything else in this eBook, is clearly listed and includes many common items that might be found in the average garage workshop such as: a circular saw, table saw, power drill, miter box, hole saw, screw driver set, etc.

The less common tools required include: a copper pipe cutter and a propane torch.

Time Required

If you are an experienced home project builder, have all of the tools on hand with easy access to the required parts and materials you should be able to build this project in a long weekend.

If you have less experience the project is still requires only basic home maintenance skills but just might take a few days longer.

The Negatives

By far the biggest negative of the Build Your Own Solar Hot Water System eBook is that there are absolutely no photos or illustrations. This was quite surprising because the sell page on the company website contains beautiful graphics and might lead you to assume otherwise.

While the writing is clear and well organized you must have the ability to visualize this project and trouble shoot those issues that are better explained by diagrams and drawings.

The Positives:

- The Build Your Own Solar Hot Water System plans is well organized and clearly written.

- It does a nice job of teaching the background concepts of solar heating as well as providing instructions for building the solar hot water system.

- The main book is solid material with absolutely no fluff.

- This project is simple enough to be well within the reach of the average homeowner with basic tools and building skills.

- It is good for the environment because it produces no carbon emissions.

- Building and using a solar water heater reduces the wear and tear on the regular water heater because it will not need to run as much.

- This book truly puts the control of escalating energy costs in your hands. There is no need to wait for the power companies or our government to help us.

- The price at $37 is definitely under priced considering the special nature of the information and the potential to save thousands of dollars per year.

- No waiting for delivery. It is available as an instant download. After paying by credit card you are sent to a private web page with a simple download link

Support: an email support address is offered for any problems or questions.

Guarantee: 60 day cash back guarantee.

The Bottom Line:

One of the many strengths of this eBook is that it is obvious that the author has actually built the device. He does an excellent job offering v ery specific tips for avoiding any construction problems. I can’t tell you how many books and plans I have reviewed where the subject is covered by someone that has basically just copied the work of other authors. Not here. This is the real deal.

This ebook, despite its lack of illustrations, is relatively easy to understand. It definitely does cover all the critical information that you need to build this low cost, low risk, major energy cost saving device. For these reasons I recommend the “Build Your Own Solar Hot Water System” eBook.

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