AN OWNER-BUILT SOLAR SWIMMING POOL HEATER AND THE ASSOCIATED DO-IT-YOURSELF MANUAL EDITIONS, AFTER 31 YEARS OF OPERATION AND EXPERIENCE

摘要

A solar swimming pool heater built of copper over 31 years ago is still in operation, and the do-it-yourself heater construction and technology description manual that was written at the time went out to 100,000 people. The heater and the manual had to be based on the research literature, since there were no solar energy texts at the time. The history of the project, of the hardware, and of the technology is discussed, and comments are included on the next manual edition being prepared, and on the educational objectives for the new manual.