MY SOLAR FURNACE self standing solar AIR HEATER
by admin on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 | 25 Comments
I made this solar air heater last year, thought some of you might be interested in seeing it, took three months, but works great, if any questions email me at carverswoodshop@yahoo.com
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I did not understand you, what was the problem with the high temp paint you used the first time?
Thanks
I use mirrors because I can manipulate mirrors to any level of concentration.. I like about 6X concentrated sunlight hiiting at me because it feels like fire!! without any need to chop and clean up the fireplace or stove everyday.. Easy does it!! Yours is just circulated heated air that is similar to central air systems through ductworks.. which is nice but not as warm and toasty as mirrors that you can concentrate in one room. I hit 150F in one room, sweating bullets!!!!! check it out
@kricotas i did over 20 videos when i was building it and lost all of it when my laptop died , i was so disappointed , nothing i could to to recover it,, so the answer is no, that was also all the photos of the process
@junkyardnut yes there is a lot you can do to improve,, there is always room for improvement
@goose79335 the box is insulated and the pipe to the house are also ,,
my question is if you have a picture from the begining to the end of the construction of this beautiful solar heater…:)
i wanna make something like that…
thanks
This is exactly what I always had in mind. That trasnparent corruglated plastic film is very economical to scale up. I want to suggest that you can add some reflecting materials at the base to bounce up more sunlight into it. You can glue aluminium foil on plywood or OSB boards . I dont understand why some people use beer cans inside it.. I dont see the logic in it.. make no difference with cans !
Im just curious about the total heat loss in your duct work.. forgive me but from this video it looks completely uninsulated. I would also have to agree with your previous statement about using metal over wood. Also talk to someone about getting more curves into your design. Your CFM will rise a bit if you round your corners. I am a HVAC tech and this is interesting to me.
update, 11-20-11 today it was 37 degrees in the morning ,, in the house it was 61 with some heating from gas furance overnight,, today it went up the 74 degrees, and at 7 pm it was 67 degrees,, so the heavier fan is a big plus,, the heat coming out of the solar today was near 125 all day,, so its working great with the heavier fan without cooling it down,, i only wish i put this heavier fan on earlier,,
Quite and interesting presentation Thank you! Yes water tubing in the unit could also add to the ambient temp in the house as it could be ducted in the flooring.
A materials list would be appreciated! A fellow artist.,
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Ha! you definitely mad woman …. we need more like you
@lurmot relax.. no need to worry about storage… just let the sun do the work until it sets .. If the weather is foul, so what?? Use the traditonal way . If enough of us do that, then traditional energy prices will plummet enough to make storage unnecesary. I just dont understand why some people are fretting about storing solar energy.. I think that we should be focused on generating as much solar energy as possible first then worry about storing it much later after additional research
hi everyone,, thanks for all the kind words, just wanted you to know i did an update on my solar heater, working much better with a heavier fan,, its super,, ck out the video click on the link above,, take care, arleen
hi everyone,, thanks for all the kind words, just wanted you to know i did an update on my solar heater, working much better with a heavier fan,, its super,, ck out the video click on the link above,, take care, arleen
if you wanted to store some of the generated heat you could run black pool heater pipe (lots of it in a closed sealed system) to capture the heat in water then pipe it to a thermal mass…say concrete or stone or more water (55gl drums)…something like that…the thermal mass will radiate out heat after the forced air is too cold and gets turned off…just a thought….
outstanding
Excellent work! I admire your effort, strength and persistence. One tough lady!
I’ve been thinking about making something very much like this, but instead of propping it up on a frame, I was thinking about building it directly into an adobe or cob half wall. I’m thinking it would be aesthetically pleasing, solid & durable, the wall would also absorb heat, & the pipes leading to and from the house could be concealed within (further insulating them as well as the wall heating them) Now all I need is to build the unit and wall …. and property … and a house ಠ_ಠ
@lurmot i did look into it,, storing the heat,, but mold issues were a problem, its works just fine for those nice sunny days,,
Very cool, but surely this doesn’t work when you need it the most i.e at night or in poor weather? Now a way of storing the heat to be released later on – that would be interesting.
Great piece of work. One thought I had ….it may be of value to double glaze the upper sections, ie the area that gets hottest, but also the area that will be radiating heat back into the atmosphere, reducing that will maximise temperature. It may also be of value to build a passive solar store….ie a lump of mass, be it dense brick, or a lump of water, a ton which would aid longevity, ie after sunset, but some control gear would be required, be it hand operated flaps or somthing more hi tech.
nice…how does it work in winter? Nice video and thanks for showing how it works
Awesome system, did you ever imagine replacing your whole roof with a system such as this? I wonder what the energy savings would be if every house had their south facing roofs turned into air and water heaters?
Great work.
You did an amazing job, good for you.
very impressive