Cob: Re: Solar Hot Water

[Patrick Newberry]

My roof can handle the weight so a if a batch heater is easier, than 
I'd vote for that. 

I've seen a pretty nice one build with an old hot water tank, painted 
black and put in an insulated box with a glass front. 

There are four of us living in the house. 
Sounds like shower in mid to late afternoon are best. Since I work from 
home, hey showers are a whole lot more optional!

The big problem I have is every so often I get a crowd of folks whom 
come to check out my house and camp etc, and we use a lot of water, but 
normall we don't, thus this is why I thought the on-demand/solar combo 
would work well. That is 90 % of the time, we'd adjust our showers to 
the capabilities of the solar heater but on that wild weekend every so 
often, we could let the tankless water heater. 

Pat