I once thought that I should build a personal nuclear reactor. Then I though: "Hey, wait a second, I already have one." This project is a photonic energy converter. It will convert photonic radiation from a nuclear fusion reactor, mainly in the 380 to 750 nanometer band, to molecular kinetic energy, and store it in high temperature molten di-hydro mono-oxide. Or, if you don't speek "geek", that translates into "solar hot water system"

Left is a shot of the inside collectors, mylar over felt and sheet metal. My variation of this collector design. I have enchanged a lot of emails with the inventor of this technique. He is one sharp guy, and very helpful. On the right is a 190F automotive thermostat to help reduce the stagnation temp. Hightest temp durring stagnation so far is about 200F.

Some shots of the assembled collectors. They are surprisingly light weight.

Some shots of the tank going together. Used recycled wood and a pond liner. Next time I will add more insulation.

A shot of the control setup on the tank and a shot of the heat exchangers. I'm using MRTG to graph the temps. A shot of the installation on the "house".