A solar shower is a fun and highly efficient device for summer. It operates by attaching a standard garden hose to the shower — water is heated inside an integrated solar-thermal tank. After 1-2 hours the water will be hot enough for a shower. Solar heated shower are also handy for camping — you can find portable solar showers here.
Make sure you use a lead-free garden hose with a solar shower.
There’s an “Outdoor Solar Shower” available for $249 from Brookstone at Amazon
The solar shower shown in the photo at the top of the page is only available in Europe from Solar Fizz
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1 dave // Jun 12, 2008 at 2:44 pm
man nice backyard i would use the inside
bathroom
2 Roger Vanderlely // Jun 12, 2008 at 6:08 pm
This is pretty much the same as other low cost water heaters that use black poly-pipe for heating the water. That stuff’s so cheap it’s almost free and I reckon for the same cost you could buy enough pipe, a pump and connectors to make a much larger heater.
This one looks nice and compact, though perhaps some wheels on the legs would be good for easy storage.
Roger from http://www.green-planet-solar-energy.com
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