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Beer and sunshine land farmer in hot water

While I was searching for ideas to blog about, I ran across this little tid bit of information!

A Chinese farmer has made his own solar-powered water heater out of beer bottles and hosepipes.

“I invented this for my mother. I wanted her to shower comfortably,” says Ma Yanjun, of Qiqiao village, Shaanxi province.

Ma’s invention features 66 beer bottles attached to a board. The bottles are connected to each other so that water flows through them.

Sunlight heats the water as is passes slowly through the bottles before flowing into the bathroom as hot water, reports China Economy Network.

Ma says it provides enough hot water for all three members of his family to have a shower every day.

And more than 10 families in the village have already followed suit and installed their own versions of Ma’s invention.

Just goes to show, just how easy building home solar power systems for your home is NOT all that difficult! If this farmer can build his solar hot water unit with beer bottles, then, really….

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1. Willy Rolin Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 4:22 pm

   Your article is a breath of fresh air when compared to the usual rubbish I read on solar energy. So many frauds around. Thank you for helping me out.