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:
I feel like there should be more instructions. Are you supposed to run the dryer vent tube into the house somehow? If so, how? What about the heat loss from the metal tube as it sits outside in the cold? Hmmm
I LOVE SOLAR
How much air does it move per minute?
dumb. Thin walled black pipe is easy to come by and miuch easier to work with.
looks good..
tom Tom Kirk
Gonna try it!
here is a good one for Pete to do Aggie
This can be done WITHOUT using a fan at all. The heated air will rise on it’s own and exit the vent pipe. The rising heated air will draw cool air in through the bottom.
Aluminum cans will conduct the heat much quicker, especially if you paint the cans black.
The larger your frame and number of cans, the more air you will heat and move.
Good idea, maybe some bricks underneath would hold in the heat, for nighttime heat.