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:
A simple solution
Would work in the Southwest with sunshine year around. Here in Southeast the winters do not have enough sunshine.
I’m going to have to try this!
worth a try ,,,
Mc Geiger
would be great for a small hot house
not very efficient- it pulls in cold air from outside so its efficiency is way down..why not have the input come from the room to just add more heat to already warm air…much more efficient way to do it
My son built one. Yes it does work. Don’t draw air from out side. Draw it from your floor, place it in your windowsill. It will suck in cold air from floor go through the cans and discharge from the top. You can buy a solar-powered fan to draw in the air making the air exchange faster. It dose work.
Lots of examples on YouTube and internet.
Cool.