I don't normally forward messages to BEE-L, but here is one where the author
apparently had trouble getting the message to go top the right place:

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Hi to all!
 My name is Harvey
        The solar melter is a no cost alternative to melting wax which doesn't
produce fumes or use of energy to produce a product in approximately Three
days and does not need constant monitoring. It is a useful tool  and should
be attempted as the investment should prove to be very little and out come
is justifiable if set up correct. If the first operational melter meets your
need at the present amount then no additional solar melter would be needed.
However if the time that it takes is too long over the summer honey flow is
short for the volume then other such solar melter should be constructed. One
source for plans would be www. Beesource.com  and look under plans as this
is a simple one and it recommends a 15° angle toward the sun.
        The solar melter should be in such a place that it would receive the
afternoon sunlight and continue until dusk to fully take advantage of the
heat source. Open areas that receive that time of day for full exposure is
recommended as they best serve its purpose. If such an area at ground level
in not possible use the roof  of any building that receives the full
sunlight if available. Consider this first before construction will aide you
in any decision in making such a device. The turn table effect would also
aide in receiving earlier effects for pre heating such a device when
considering the solar melter in climates that are longer on sun during the
summer as apposed to latitudes that receive a more uniform exposure through
out the year. The closer you are to the equator the more uniform time occurs
as to the exposure to the sun.
        It has been researched  to death in the last twenty years as to the
placement to solar cells for the purpose of generating electrical power.
However the solar wax melter is much older than that solar cell Technology
but has to be understood that construction of the interior of the melter
should be painted black as well as the outside as well. Internal heat must
be retained as a precursor for success in the mission of such a device.
Other solar heating equipment like that as a solar water heater has been
researched to provide additional means were heating such product would be an
undue hardship or misuse of precious fuel.
        The hot water heaters had come to Arizona at the same time that I did and I
have outlasted them. The basic idea was to place the array on the roof and
capture the heat inside a heat exchanger inside the building to keep
existing hot water heaters from operating until the supply of heat was
depleted. This was the American version but Israeli design placed the
exchanger was on the roof and faced the general area of the afternoon sun as
the heat exchanger was at the top of the panel and provided a better method
to heating up water with and without the solar array exposure. Design was
simple and to the point as the hot water heater was designed in the Kibitzes
all over the occupied lands of the Palestine protectorate of the British
between the world wars and came to American people as an economical
alternative to more sophisticated designs. Consider this solar hot water
heater when you build or have built a separate Honey house for sanitary
clean up inside such structure. At the present I know of no design that is
available at this time but a good search might show up such a design. The
array of exchange is below the heat exchanger that is above the array to
provide fast transfer to the canister and pluming into a building would be
easily executed via plastic or metal pipe. I even do believe that a common
water hose could be used. Adaptive use of old water heaters to the more
mechanically inclined would produce that heat exchanger with very little
capital outlay.
Respectfully submitted
Harvey a.k.a. KA7TYN