I am by far no Engineer but I do know that appliances with heating element are huge electricity sucks. I am sure it would take a pretty large solar panel to heat up a tank of water. I think you are better off directly heating the water with the sun.droid_ca wrote:good questions I am in the need for an internal hot water source an the idea I had was to get a small traditional hotwater tank and get a 12volt heating element and use a solar panel
http://cgi.ebay.com/12v-Volt-1-WATER-HE ... 23025cbd7d
here is the kit I was thinking of
now would it work
droid_ca wrote:I was thinking of the all day charging capabilities as well as when it's connected to the tow vehicle it could be running
so arrive setup camp shower remove the city stench and relaxe
StandUpGuy wrote:I meant heavy if filled with water and you had to wrestle the unit from within a cabinet to get it out to turn upside down to empty. Depending on the unit capacity one might be looking at say 70 lbs.
Well end of season in a cold climate where there will be a hard freeze. So it really does not need to be that easy to remove and drain I suppose.2bits wrote:StandUpGuy wrote:I meant heavy if filled with water and you had to wrestle the unit from within a cabinet to get it out to turn upside down to empty. Depending on the unit capacity one might be looking at say 70 lbs.
Sounds like Droid needs a 12v water heater thread, I doubt that will work too well since we are talking about the big 110v power consumption.
To reply standup, that's a good point and could be engineered in to where you just unhook, and swivel it around and tilt over, so it would never be lifted. That brings the obvious point though... why would we be doing this? The only reason I have seen so far is to save weight.
droid_ca wrote:thats why I said the solar would work just need a little sunshine to keep your tank warm
the solar sites I've been on verifys that it'll work just takes a little more time to heat up the water but with a smaller tank that shouldn't be a problem for you
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