A simple solar heater that is cheap and easy to make. When there is direct sun on the unit it produces heat like a hair dryer.
According to the creator it produces a stream of air of around 120 degrees.
Some suggested tips for improvement:
– Make sure your black paint is matte so it doesn’t reflect the sun.
– The air moves by convection, however, you could add a small computer fan on the outlet and wire it to a 12 volt solar cell the unit to control the air rate.
– The intake size could be adjusted to control air rate as well. Making the intake smaller will give the air time to heat up while passing through the dryer ducting but it will slow down the rate of air flow. You can run it hot and slower or with more air and not as warm.
– A flat plate could be added between the intake tube and inside wall up to a little pulley inside the house. You could then adjust the air rate like this as well and have an on/off option.
– Add insulation to help maintain heat running through the system. Could prove vital for very cold areas.
Adam Filkins
I think it would more effective to just burn some of you hippies. Fracking works, bitches!
^What a douche^
The small amount of heat you would get (and only when conditions are right, when not it is draining heat from the house), is more than offset by the ugliness of this on your home.
I have developed a few solar systems myself as well as some thermal setups! Never seen one so simple but it would only be good for heating but what about cooling? How about the verman that can get in there and use it as a nesting ground? im sure it would be a habitrail in the winter for mice and birds and in the summer it would make $#%&!@* un bearable in the house! I see no real advantage to this i could get the same result going back to single pain glass!
The technology is there and it is good.
It’s just that this is as hokey as that stupid air conditioner you were promoting!
be careful what you post, the gov’t might come confiscate it cause they ain’t getting their cut.
So does your fork Paul Geraci and I am sure it’s going to be the death of you. What’s your point?
storing the heat in tanks of water will get you through the night
Andrew Carpenter