Gravity type solar heaters

**DrAndy** · 23-11-2011, 07:01 AM

^ yes, well, I am not trying to make a profit just pass them onto someone who needs them

they do work well, the water can be scalding

and Persil washes whiter

**erich23** · 23-11-2011, 05:37 PM

Hi Dr.Andy i'm interested in the remaining one but it would have to wait till middle of december since i'm not in CM right now. So if you still have it by then I could swing by and take it if your shoulders.

**DrAndy** · 24-11-2011, 07:35 AM

Ok Erich, send me a message and we can keep in contact

PM sent to you

Kermit also expressed an interest, so...

**DrAndy** · 25-12-2011, 12:10 PM

The large one is still available; a couple of people have expressed interest but no confirmation so.....

B15K is a bargain for these systems, snap it up!!

**DrAndy** · 08-01-2012, 09:02 AM

the show goes on

anyone interested in the large 300L one?

Erich chickened out when he saw it, not sure why

**benlovesnuk** · 08-01-2012, 09:08 PM

Was it because you denied him head priest of the solar secrets association of chiangmai?

**DrAndy** · 09-01-2012, 07:14 AM

no, more likely his truck wasn't big enough

**benlovesnuk** · 09-01-2012, 07:50 AM

How big is it? if it wont fit in a truck?

**DrAndy** · 09-01-2012, 07:57 AM

bloody hell Ben, if you can't spot a metaphor at ten paces, you are doomed

he took a look at all the bits and chickened out, it is not assembled although I have diagrams to help

**benlovesnuk** · 09-01-2012, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by DrAndy

bloody hell Ben, if you can't spot a metaphor at ten paces, you are doomed

he took a look at all the bits and chickened out, it is not assembled although I have diagrams to help

If there was a metaphor there, i could spot it, if you had said he thought he was going to have to build the space station equivalent, i could see your metaphor at play. When you said his truck wasnt big enough, it has more in common with a simile then a metaphor, but semantics are not important here Doctor, i jokingly replied to mean he must have a very small truck(like this it was a dry unfunny attempt at a joke). I could have linked his truck being small to mean he was to wimpy to take it, or he was nervous of the size of the task, but this implied metaphor is far fetched and hard to construct.

Sorry what were we talking about..........

Does it come as a plate, separate copper pipe etc or is some of it actaully already fitted together?

Im still looking for something for the guesthouse, but 300li might be too big, no metaphor.

**DrAndy** · 10-01-2012, 07:40 AM

I think you haven't read the thread properly

it comes as the tank, about 2+metres long, the glass tubes, about 2m long, and the stainless steel support (in pieces but with a diagram for easy installation

oh, and a small header tank and enough silicon seals to get it all up and working

**benlovesnuk** · 10-01-2012, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by DrAndy

I think you haven't read the thread properly

it comes as the tank, about 2+metres long, the glass tubes, about 2m long, and the stainless steel support (in pieces but with a diagram for easy installation

oh, and a small header tank and enough silicon seals to get it all up and working

I think i was getting confused with what you had somewhere else the plates with pipe inside, the old style. If its the tube kind, i indeed might give it a whirl. Do you know who its from, made by? can i get replacement tubes from them(i have no idea if they are generic across brand).

Do you know or can roughly estimate weight?

Thanks

**DrAndy** · 10-01-2012, 04:32 PM

I have the contact where they came from, he can supply tubes and any fittings as well as the anode rods, if required

No label of maker, sorry

weight...easy lift of the tank for two people so maybe 25kg

the base of stainless steel is light, around 15kg

the tubes are all about 2kg each approx

as it is in bits, it is easy to lift and put in a truck

**DrAndy** · 16-01-2012, 01:54 PM

still available

roll up, roll up, get yourself a bargain

**DrAndy** · 24-01-2012, 07:43 AM

you know you want it

**DrAndy** · 06-02-2012, 09:22 AM

the wonderful water heater is still for sale

lots of false promises but no firm buyer

**DrAndy** · 01-03-2012, 02:19 PM

come on, you know you want it!

**DrAndy** · 15-11-2012, 07:50 AM

thought I would bump this thread as the big 300L tank is still in storage and I thought it was about time to get rid of it

The support frame is stainless steel, as is the tank

the glass tubes just fit in; there are a couple spare just in case

**stevefarang** · 15-11-2012, 02:59 PM

I could be tempted, but am currently in the USA. And, if I recall, you are up by Chiang Mai, so am not sure how to get it down to our house build in Nakhom Pathom.

**DrAndy** · 15-11-2012, 03:24 PM

back of a pickup, same way as I brought them from Bkk!

**Makmak456** · 16-12-2012, 05:51 PM

Sold yet ?
Mark
PS I am in Jomtien, but building near Renu Nakon, anw will be back in Issan before X-mas.

**DrAndy** · 16-12-2012, 08:38 PM

sorry, sold it a couple of weeks ago

bargain

**GuttaPercha** · 05-04-2013, 04:14 PM

For what its worth, you can buy those solar hot water glass tubes on ebay, direct from China.

Search on "solar hot water tube"

or
solar hot water tube | eBay

Regards .......

**BKKBILL** · 10-04-2013, 04:59 PM

Good to hear you sold it. This type of solar heating really is great as there are no pumps and full water pressure can be used.

**DrAndy** · 10-04-2013, 05:15 PM

^ as long as you can situate the thing well above where the water is needed

i.e. on the roof

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