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Beer bottles make solar heated water....

Quasar
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Here's to an ingenuos Chinese man! :beer:

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2360667.html
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  • ben500
    ben500 Posts: 23,192 Forumite
    Now that's improvisation. Hat's off to him.
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  • Eyesparky
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    Fantastic. Looks pretty good too ... persuading the planners here may be fun though :).
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  • Quasar
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    Eyesparky wrote: »
    Fantastic. Looks pretty good too ... persuading the planners here may be fun though :).

    Yeah that's the trouble isn't it? Something so green, moneysaving and really useful, and they'll probably wouldn't allow it. :rolleyes:
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  • cazrobinson
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    it looks wicked...

    do you think it would work with wine bottles?

    got a few of those from the weekened!
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  • Quasar
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    cazrobinson wrote: »
    it looks wicked...

    do you think it would work with wine bottles?

    got a few of those from the weekened!


    It would work with any glass bottles, but perhaps light coloured or clear glass is best as it lets in more sunlight which is what does the heating. :)
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  • Cardew
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    Perhaps someone could devise a way of using such an ingenious contraption to pre-warm mooncups and/or clean toilet brushes.
  • tr3mor
    tr3mor Posts: 2,325 Forumite
    Cardew wrote: »
    Perhaps someone could devise a way of using such an ingenious contraption to pre-warm mooncups and/or clean toilet brushes.

    That's a bit harsh on the Chinese fella. Looks like he found an ingenious solution to his problem of having no heating. And he got hammered in the process. :beer:

    Anyway, mooncups and cleaning are women's work, and it's not like women drink beer! ;)
  • tr3mor
    tr3mor Posts: 2,325 Forumite
    Quasar wrote: »
    It would work with any glass bottles, but perhaps light coloured or clear glass is best as it lets in more sunlight which is what does the heating. :)

    Ah, but dark stuff absorbs more light and hence more heat. So you'd be better off with black bottles.
  • savvy
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    ben500 wrote: »
    Now that's improvisation. Hat's off to him.
    LOL shouldn't that be [STRIKE]bottle[/STRIKE] caps off to him?? ;)

    Brilliant idea, I'd love one myself! :T :T
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  • penrhyn
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    Don't want to be a wet blanket, but when winter arrives and the water in the bottles freezes there will be no green bottles hanging on the wall.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
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