Our laundry has never had a hot water supply since we moved it from a tiny spot in the house, to the garage.

Rather than try to get hot water plumbed in from the house (expensive and messy), I came up withg the idea of a solar hot water system.

I brought 60 mtrs (65 yards) of garden hose which I mounted onto a frame in a really neat circular pattern (artistic? meh) which sits on the roof.

By my calculations, that hose holds about 8 Ltrs ( 1.75 gallons) of water, which I think should be enough to do the job.
To pump it around the place, I’ve used a 12V waterpump borrowed from an RV.

It all works surprisingly well, the only problem that arose was cheap leaky joiners that got replaced by more expensive non leaky joiners.

Naturally of course, it means waiting until late morning for the sun to heat the water up, which is fine, because we aren’t morning people around here..

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Once upon a time I brought a brand new shiny chainsaw which went swimmingly.
I cleaned and checked it over everytime I used it and made sure it was in tip top shape (or so I thought).

Over time it slowly lost it’s edge, so I would sharpen the chain and re tension it three or four times before I was satisfied with it.
But no matter what I did, or how much attention I gave to that chain, I couldn’t get to back to it’s original sharpness.

Even a new chain didn’t help much.

Then a light bulb came in my head and I thought -what if the chainbar is stuffed?

A quick google search confirmed my suspicions, whereupon I reinstalled the chainbar upside down (it’s typically less worn on the top). -it ran a lot better and cut thru wood like butter just as it had in the old days.

The key problem with the chainbar was the groove that the chain sits in

That 0.26 mm ( 0.01023622 inch ) was the difference between cutting wood like a hot knife through butter or burning your way thru like I was inadvertantly doing.