It's All About Going Green.

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Hoping Kickstarter will allow me to take the Solar Rhyno to the next level.

• 1. The solar cells run the pump, no battery.
• 2. There are no moving parts.
• 3. The pump only runs when the sun is charging the solar cells.
• 4. The solar pump pushes water through the heat exchanger attached to your hot water tank on your house.
• 5. The sun goes down at night and the pump turns off, because the pump runs off the solar cells.
• 6. When it is sunny outside, the solar cells are charging the pump to push the water through the heat exchanger.
• 7. When it is dark outside, the pump is not working because the pump is not being charged by the solar cells.
• 8. When the sun is on, the pump is on.
• 9. When the sun goes down, the hot water that was made all day will be stored in your hot water tank for tomorrow.

I just need a little refinement and some major marketing. I would be willing to make the Solar Rhyno available as an award, but I don't think it is quite ready. I am still refining the heat exchanger and the pump. It took me about thirty hours to build. I have seen the Solar Rhyno heat a five gallon bucket of water to 140 degrees in one hour on a hot sunny day at about 90 degrees outside.

I drew the first Solar Rhyno  in pen and ink.

I built a the first Solar Rhyno in my basement with styrofoam core board and 3m Mylar. I had a photovoltaic array system housed inside the Solar Rhyno.

The next project was built in my garage with 3/4 Inch plywood and wood glue. Housed in the wooden geodesic dome were mirrors and photovoltaics. I used high temperature adhesive liquid nails to secure the mirrors. 

The Next project was made of 1/16 galvanized steel and welded with a wire feed welder. Pieces of steel were cut with a brake press and welded in my garage. Mirrors were positioned to fit with welded fasteners.

The most recent project has been built out if 1/4 Inch Aluminum.
I have a local machine shop with a Water Jet.

I built my most recent Solar Rhyno with 1/4 Inch Aluminum in my garage.

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I designed the Solar Rhyno in the North Carolina Mountains for heat when we lost electricity in a Snow Storm.

In The End, It's All About Going Green

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