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: One of the alternatives to reduce the consumption of electricity for heating water is by popularizing the use of solar energy and work contributes with studies on low cost solar heater. The solar collector, which absorb solar energy and transfer it to water in the form of heat. The aim of this project is to improve the thermal performance of natural convective. The project work focuses on the process of energy conversion from the collector to the working fluid (water). This is accomplished by employing six channels of GI pipes inside the collector to induce a gradient of heat capacitance. It helps to analyse the effect of baffled pipe in solar water heater. The efficiency of solar water heater is less when using smooth pipe in comparison of baffled pipe. Water is stagnant at the inner circumference of the smooth pipe when water heat take place due to this reason baffled pipe used , it produce turbulent in the flow of water and help to increase the efficiency of solar water heater.