Frank,
How about just using black hose running in a back and forth direction
from the bottom of your roof to its apex, with a temperature
sensitive valve at the apex point, and a black hose, from the
apex, running down the sunny side of your house into the hot water
container in your basement. When the water at the apex of your roof
attains a pre-selected temperature the valve opens and lets water
enter the system from the low point of your roof pushing the water
into the container in the basement, until the temperature at the apex
lowers to a predetermined temperature and shuts off. Repeat.
Bob
At 08:49 PM 9/18/2012, you wrote:
What about this? I run a black and white hose up the sunny side of
the house from the basement. The bottom of the circulating loop is
lower than the tank. I splice the bottom of the loop in with a T
that connects to the tank drain.
Frank
