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I now have five different ways to heat water. First the solar water heater on the south side of the house, then from excess electricity when the battery is full, then the water heater tank on the side of the biodiesel heater, Evacuated solar tubes (September 2009) and lastly I can plug it in and really drain my batteries should the diversion controller not work!

Feburary 9,2010

Mat has installed a new set up for the hot water that comes to the tap in his kitchen. This new system will conserve the cold water and only use the hot water. By turning on a pump the cold water in the hot water line gets pumped into the cold water line.

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January 12,2010

When the water tank gets too hot, the radiator turns on to disperse the excess heat.

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November 24 2009

This is the radiator that will be used to disperse

the excess heat from the solar hot water evacuated tube system

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	November 27, 2008 Well another addition to my hybrid water heating system. Will Arlow made me up a small aluminum water tank that fits on the side of my biodiesel heater. The best way I could find of affixing it to the heater was to put some chains on it held with springs. It works just great so far. In order to heat my large tank to about 40 degrees Celsius I need to turn up the heat on the biodiesel heater on a day when there is no sunshine... there is a lot of water to heat! But that water heater tank is in my living area so any heat lost is put to good use.
	Jan 8, 2008 The Temperature of the incoming hot water on the right at 45.2 degrees Celcius from the solar water heater over the cistern. Thats hot enough for my shower! The biodiesel water heater was not working at this time.
	I purchased a used hot water heater then connected a solar water heater panel that I constructed on the outside of the house. The system worked just great so I had the natural gas water heater removed. The solar heated water worked great until the cloudy days of late november 2007.
	The outside of the hot water system... work still in progress! December 5, 2007-The solar water heater outside structure is not completed yet it works just great. Infact it has not frozen there even thought the present temperature is minus 9 degrees.