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Yeah I know. The bender did a pretty good job andtthose kinks were already there. The pipe gets plenty of heat about 70°+ from the in pipe I think I need to introduce gravity to the situation

You could at least buy me dinner first

Got some copper, thanks Jacknz123! Had a few kinks from a previous coil attempt Worked a few of them out and coiled it with the pipe bender for making truck mirror arms at work. Now the fun part of trying to get it into the drum Eventually got it in and fired it up tonight. Was still very slow but definitely hotter. Had it on for about 2-3 hours, the first 5-6 inches of water got to about 35° but the rest stayed at 20°. I mixed it up and it evened out at 25° A little more research on solar thermosyphon has has turned up the system works best if the bottom of the tank is about the level of the top of the heater. So, this may be relocated onto the deck. I wonder if I built the deck strong enough to hold a ton in one spot....

Man you picked the right weekend

Sorry won't make it Neice will be at her dad's And apparently I'm having dinner at my mums, woo hoo I know you're all so disappointed

Unfortunately the steel pipe/cylinder made the water rusty in two days, had to dump the whole 1000L. Haven't got around to getting copper yet

If you're ever in chch I have an ibc with your name on it

Fuck yeah new post. .. So epic Much jealous!

Mayte Around, you do not fuck

Ha, you basically just described a steam boiler.

Thanks for the info I was going to go for 20mm copper Filling it with sand helps keep its shape when coiling I believe. Have you actually done any experiments with length, and any thoughts on what is best?

Oooh the suspense

https://www.hella.co.nz/en/products/marker-signal/led-83mm-marker-and-signal-lamps/ What about these? They kinda look land Rover ish

I'm not quite following The cold water falls to the bottom of the tub, then it goes into the bottom of the gas bottle, it heats and rises, then goes into the top of the tub. Thermal convection/syphon something or other It's just the setup I made with shit I had lying around isn't very good and I'm thinking copper pipe coil would flow more, faster

Made a cover

Hey Nick do you mean to get hot air up through the bottle? It does seem to get plenty hot, just very slow throughput Also some insulation around the tub might help, so I'm on the lookout for some thin polystyrene sheet

You could comfortably get two in sitting down at either end. Standard sitting would put the water level about shoulder/neck height. I am going to build a couple of seats encasing cinder blocks or something, to make them sink. Current thought is i might have to fork out for some copper pipe. 15mm 5m long thin wall kinda thing. Standard for gas/plumbing suppliers? And make it into a coil and replace the bottle with it At least it won't introduce rust into the tub

Credit to Rumrum for the idea So I was considering getting a spa, but they're so damn expensive And I'm so damn cheap So I made this Then started on the heating Scored a flue from the Father-in-law and made a choke for it And welded the flue to the drum...uh firebox Old gas bottle for the water, spacers welded to the sides to keep it in the middle And mounted Rebar fire grate Hooked up So it turns out gas bottles have a coating on the inside, which flakes off and fills my tub with crap. The top pipe had some holes in it so I welded them shut. But the weld in the inside caught some of the crap and blocked the pipe OH CRAP! I noticed the lower pipe was getting a bit warm, the top pipe was fucking hot, and the hot water had stopped going into the tub. so woops put the fire out quick. Cleared the block and god damn the water was hot! Also it's not so good at heating. So, I'm going to scrap the bottle and back to the drawing board. So far the cost, about $30ish ha

So... If lets say, I built one of these, and I wanted to post it, would one start a new thread? Or would the OP mind if I hijack?

To be fair, it did take me a while of studying. Did the seasickness while driving not give it away?

Anti-anti-sway bar?

Flemings in sockburn does a good job

Registering interest, do neices count? Depends if she's still keen as we are camping in the middle of nowhere 10th to 16th. Last minute decision type thing for the 22nd

Nice van! On my tiny little phone screen the rims looked like gold turbos/wouldn't it look awesome on gold turbos

Spanner in the works Okains bay? Possibly too far if you're looking for somewhere close