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 LOVE this idea! I’m building a greenhouse right now, and I think this might be IDEAL for that.
Is this going to become a new science of a invention
science fair !
You can use PVC and paint it black
I have 3 larger units like this ive made and mounted on my south wall of the house ,I used aluminum pop cans and they work great .
So how do you get power to the fan?
Christin, he was using a solar panel, min. 5 watts as he said, to power fan
already collecting the stuff to make me two of these 4×8 i have solar panel Glass that lets the sun rays in and wont let them out .
Could you mix one of these heaters with a thermal mas to make the heat last into night time alittle when the sun goes down
Use some clay between the cans or something to hold the heat longer