The warm summer months never last forever. Soon it’s time to look for a way to bring a little extra warmth into the home and this simple solar heater is a great project to do just that. It’s made of metal cans, steel or aluminum, and can produce a surprisingly strong and consistent airflow upwards of 140F.
Even on a heavy snow day you’re looking at somewhere around 75-85F.
Best of all, this simple project requires just a few common parts and many of them can simply be re-purposed from your regular recycling. Watch the project come together in the fully-detailed video on the NEXT PAGE:
Joe a project for you.
I would have thought mounting, solar orientation, and how he gets the dryer hose into the living space would have been informative.
Mini-Panel the fan?
HoboHospitality.
I seen this a while back and think it is cool. I would love to live off the grid in a tiny home, not to tiny!!!
I’m pretty sure on a heavy snow day, you’re not going to produce ANY heat, since there will be no sun to heat the cans up.
Rick says:
“They are 12 volt DC. You hook it up to an ac/dc converter. Some of them are two speed, also.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/diy-metal-can-solar-heater/comment-page-7/#comment-845047
Hope it’ll replace gas soon with it’s prices… (rolls eyes)
Sadly it will turn into a little “Heat Sucker” in the dark of night when you need it the most. No check valve or insulation. 🙁
wood is a poor thermal insulator and the inside of the frame needs to be a vacuum, maybe it will do a ten or twenty degree increase in ambient temp but that means if it is fifteen degrees you might barely get above freezing inside.
Great idea!!!