SOLAR HEAT HOW WELL DOES IT WORK?

1 Posts
Sep 11, 2003 08:55 am
SOLAR HEAT HOW WELL DOES IT WORK?

I live in North Idaho.  I am interested in adding a solar hot air/heat panel to suppliment my wood heat(perhaps the Solar Max 240).  I have seen very few such products for sale which makes me wounder how well do they work?  Do they produce heat when the outside temps are around zero?

Any info would be most useful.

Also can one use hot water panels in freezing temps?

 
6 Posts
Jul 22, 2008 09:06 pm
Re: SOLAR HEAT HOW WELL DOES IT WORK?

      Passive solar easily produces heat when snowing during the day, if sunlight is present and or snowing outside.  My first "Totally Passive System" in Burlington, Wash. in 1984 produced heat of 67 degree's at 2:30 in the afternoon.  I went out to look at the condition's and it was snowing and three inches of snow had accumulated on the roof!  I have passively heated and cooled 5 projects in washington state.  Projects located from Bellingham, Wa. to Vancouver, Wa.  In my Vancouver project, we have passively "Heated and Cooled" since 1989.  You need an attic and the ability too draw, either the heat or cooling from this space depending on how complicated you desire or need.
     Building my fifth project in Vancouver, I created an automatic "Cooling and Heating" system inside a building of 144' x 74' and two-stories high.  THE average "Natural Gas" cost to supplement my system to heat entire building was $2.00 per day.  Is this "cheap" enough for YOU.  Anachronism
 
184 Posts
Jul 23, 2008 10:06 am
Re: SOLAR HEAT HOW WELL DOES IT WORK?

Solar Gary's website is a good source of information on this topic.  www.builditsolar.com

John
 

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