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| The lower plenum and collector channels formed by the roof trusses. |
While the system is currently prototyped in cardboard to see how well it worked, Randy plans to replace the cardboard with rigid polyiso foam board.
One remaining challange is a good backdraft damper to prevent cold air from thermosyhphoning into the living room at night -- any ideas?
All the details on Randy's solar attic heat project...
Randy is planning to try picking up attic air to run the clothes dryer with.
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| The collector is invisible from the outside. |
For more information on using solar attic heat ...
Note that I'm trying a new comment system that you will see when you go to Randy's project page -- I'd appreciate hearing any feedback on the system or problems using the system.
Gary
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Looks like a good idea. In the summer when the dryer is not in use, the air if stagnated would rise in temperature in the polyiso rafter cavity. I wonder how high that cavity temperature would be. What is the limiting temperature of particle board? Normal wood lumber subject to prolonged temperatures in the 200-300 F range has been known to lower resistance to spontaneous combustion. JimM
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ReplyDeleteThey sometimes insulate between the roof truss bays to include the attic space inside the conditioned space --in this case the insulation goes right up against the bottom of the roof sheathing. My house has some areas done this way with polyu foam insulation. I've heard that the roof shingle makers don't care for this arrangement because it makes the shingles run a bit hotter, but have not heard of any other problems.
I suppose one could open some small vents in the plenum in the summer if this was a concern -- it should still leave good heat for the dryer.
Gary
Randy, I've read your articles on the Attic heating and am going to do some on mine also. I have read about "Breadbag" backdraft dampers in OCT 2010 Yahoo group. Sold as Cape named in the IAQ website. I'm thinking of trying to DIY some of these.
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