Solar Shower DIY

[TommyTaco]

Today I made a solar shower.
Materials:
5' of 6" SDR 35 pipe
2 x 6" slip caps sch40
1 x 1" female slip by 1" female thread
1 x 1" male thread cap
1 x Shrader wheel valve with nut and rubber seals
1 x 5/8ths valve
1 x semi gloss black
1 x PVC red hot glue
1 x clear / outdoor silicone

That's the parts list. I've got to snap some pictures of what it looks like tomorrow.

 

[TommyTaco]

Testing out the solar shower.
The SDR 35 pipe seems to be taking a bit more time to warm up vs the videos that I've seen online of people using ABS piping. It's still definitely warm water coming out of the spicket though. Should warm up river/lake water out at camp.

Any questions, feel free to ask.

 

[Brett L.]

Very cool! Do you pressurize this with an air compressor or just from the hose?

 

[TommyTaco]

Very cool! Do you pressurize this with an air compressor or just from the hose?

You can close the plug and pressurize with the garden hose. Or you can also pressurize with a compressor or a CO2 tank. The problem is that you need a 2:1 ratio for air vs liquid. So If you pressurize it, it won't stay pressurized very long. The higher the elevation of the solar pipe the better. You can add more elevation by adding a hose.