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:
Can you use a solar fan ? (Off grid heat)
it works
Amazing…
Alexandra Guillen show dad
The larger you make it , the higher the temperature is coming from it !
But from my experience, and I had a solar panel on my roof, you have to have sunny days which we in Illinois don’t have in winter. ut keep it coming.
all fine and dandy when its sunny……
After you drink all those beers who cares about the temp?
It’s a great concept and I plan to try it. A few challenges I forsee though: This simply isn’t going to work on a windy day. Even with glass if winds are over 25 mph it’s going to offset any heat and possibly be colder air than what is in the house. The other challenge is the duct is going to need a hole cut in the house and need some kind of flap for windy or non sunny days and the duct is going to have to be installed in such a way that it isn’t on the ground or it’s going to get cold. Very good concept though and I plan to test it.
George Cronk