Friday, July 29, 2011

Large Horizontally Oriented Water Heating Collector with a Unique Heat Storage System

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This is a very nice solar water heating system done by Bob and Dave.   The 24 ft wide collector fits nicely under the deck. Aside from b...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Converting a Clothes Dryer to Use Solar Heated Attic Air

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Randy has done a really interesting new project that reduces the energy used to dry clothes at his house by a factor of five! His scheme c...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

A DIY Solar Water and Space Heating Project

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Eric describes his new solar water heating system that will be used for both domestic water heating and radiant floor heating. The first c...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Our New 2500 Gallon Rain Water Collection System

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We just finished up a rain water collection system a couple weeks ago and now have the full construction details up on the site. The system...
Monday, July 4, 2011

Randy's Invisible Solar Attic Space Heating Collector

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Here is another simple scheme for using solar heat from the attic to provide free space heating. The lower plenum and collector channels ...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

Solar Heat from the Attic

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I think everyone has gone up to the attic and been surprised by how hot it is.  Its just a small step from observing the heat to wondering i...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Efficient Cars Roundup from Solar Today

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The current issue of Solar Today has their 4 th annual Efficient Cars Roundup.  I did not see the first three, but the fourth is a dandy -- ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Mother Earth News Article on Our PV System

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Sorry, I have to crow a little -- our DIY grid-tied PV system is the "Top Story" in the new issue of Mother Earth News, and is on ...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Solar Air Heating Collector Testing -- Which DIY Solar Collectors Perform the Best?

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DIY solar air heating collectors for space heating can offer the best bang for the buck of any solar project I know.  These collectors are ...
Thursday, May 12, 2011

Kevin's Grid-Tied, DIY, Micro-Inverter PV System

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In a five part blog Kevin goes through the whole process of planning, permitting, getting approvals, and installing a 3.84 KW grid-tie PV sy...