Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
Hey folks,
Thinking about next winter..... 2 stalls outside town (no running water or electric) have 400 gal water tanks for drinking but they freeze uf . If it just freezes overnight, I thaw the drinker with a torch each morning and they are good all day. Been staying well below freezing a few weeks the last couple of years though. Was talking with the wife today and she asked about a solar panel. What if I picked up a used solar water heater panel (usually 2'x4' )and set it up on the tank with a hose looped in the tank? what would I need for a circulation pump or would it circulate itself?
Would you just fill the panel and the hose with antifreeze and have a sealed unit that you just drop the hose loop in the water tank?
Thanks for any ideas.....
Dave
Thinking about next winter..... 2 stalls outside town (no running water or electric) have 400 gal water tanks for drinking but they freeze uf . If it just freezes overnight, I thaw the drinker with a torch each morning and they are good all day. Been staying well below freezing a few weeks the last couple of years though. Was talking with the wife today and she asked about a solar panel. What if I picked up a used solar water heater panel (usually 2'x4' )and set it up on the tank with a hose looped in the tank? what would I need for a circulation pump or would it circulate itself?
Would you just fill the panel and the hose with antifreeze and have a sealed unit that you just drop the hose loop in the water tank?
Thanks for any ideas.....
Dave