How to Easily Build A Solar Heater For Your Home For Under $50
Easily make your own solar powered heat box which will heat your home, green house, shed, garage, barn, and even a chicken coop for free (zero electricity cost). Here are two of the easiest and cheapest to make solar powered window heaters.
Featured Video: How to Build a Solar Heat Box
This easy to make solar powered heat box when tested reached temperatures of 130 to 140 degrees F while the temperature outside was 78 degrees. On cloudy days the test temperatures still raised a temperature of 40 to 60 degree spread.
"We have been told that if you add bottles of antifreeze, or rocks, in the unit (would take a larger, deeper unit) that the heat will keep on for about 6 hours after the sun goes down. I plan to put a little solar powered fan on mine to get even more volume of air-Ben Boothe Sr."
The video is a bit shaky but you get the idea. (See Instructions on how to build this heater and another solar powered window heater below).
"We have been told that if you add bottles of antifreeze, or rocks, in the unit (would take a larger, deeper unit) that the heat will keep on for about 6 hours after the sun goes down. I plan to put a little solar powered fan on mine to get even more volume of air-Ben Boothe Sr."
The video is a bit shaky but you get the idea. (See Instructions on how to build this heater and another solar powered window heater below).
What You Will Need To Build a Solar Heater From PolyCarbonate Panels
(3) 2' by 4's
Screws to attach the 2' by 4's together
(2) Corrugated Polycarbonate panels
Screen wire
Black spray paint
Aluminum foil
Silicone
Tacks
Duct tape
(See instructions below)
Screws to attach the 2' by 4's together
(2) Corrugated Polycarbonate panels
Screen wire
Black spray paint
Aluminum foil
Silicone
Tacks
Duct tape
(See instructions below)
How to Build Solar Heater Instructions
Directions:
1. Build wood frame with four sides 2 foot X 4 foot
2. Put aluminum foil on the inside of the back of the frame
3. Install wire screen 2" above the foil
4. Cover the entire frame with polycarbonate to allow the sun to come in hit the foil and reflect and concentrate the heat on the "black wire".
5. Cut a hole at the top of the back wall and another at the bottom of the front polycarbonate wall.
6. Cut a vent hole to match each in your wall (be sure you use an AC vent that can be opened or closed seasonally).
7. If you want to control the speed of the air, install a fan to pull or push the air through.
1. Build wood frame with four sides 2 foot X 4 foot
2. Put aluminum foil on the inside of the back of the frame
3. Install wire screen 2" above the foil
4. Cover the entire frame with polycarbonate to allow the sun to come in hit the foil and reflect and concentrate the heat on the "black wire".
5. Cut a hole at the top of the back wall and another at the bottom of the front polycarbonate wall.
6. Cut a vent hole to match each in your wall (be sure you use an AC vent that can be opened or closed seasonally).
7. If you want to control the speed of the air, install a fan to pull or push the air through.
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"We decided to build one, 4.5' by 6.5' to check it out. Using old 2 x 4's, some polycarbonate panels we had in storage, we built a box, spray painted screen wire black, tacked aluminum foil on the back wall of the box. When the sunlight came through the polycarbonate, it hit the "black" screen wire, and some of the light hit the aluminum foil and that reflected back creating more heat. We cut a hole in the bottom of the back wall and a hole in the top, and sealed it all tight with silicone. To our amazement, after only 10 minutes in the sun, the box was throwing out a breeze of hot air ( I have a basement that is hard to keep warm. It is always 30 degrees cooler than any other room in the house, and I'm going to "Passive solar" heat my "man cave". In this case, the EPA, and MOTHER EARTH NEWS had a great idea. We know there are commercial units available out there, but it was fun building something, especially something that worked. If your house or commercial buildings have energy efficiency units they sell for more, have higher occupancy, and higher rents. The also appraise for more. Put one of these on your Green House and you can heat it even more, and grow vegetables all winter. See: http:www.cornucopia-enterprise.com
www.benboothe.com, or www.environment-soultions.com
www.benboothe.com, or www.environment-soultions.com
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DIY Solar Powered Heater FEatured on Mother Earth News
This window box solar powered heater can be built in just one or two hours using basic Thermax TF-610 sheet. One advantage it has over the previous one is that you do not have to cut a hole in your wall to get the heat into your house. Two disadvantages are measuring and cutting the pieces to fit your window and securing it so that nobody can just yank it out and climb in your window. Another disadvantage is that Thermax sheets tear very easily. "This board, trade-named "Thermax TF-610," is impregnated with glass fibers for strength, faced on both sides with heavy aluminum foil, and available in thicknesses ranging from 3/8 inches to 1-7/8 inches. Celotex actually markets the material as a replacement for the pressed fiber sheathing or "blackboard" now used by contractors in the construction of wood framed houses and does not recommend it for any other purpose. MOTHER EARTH NEWS researchers, however, have run heat and other tests on the insulation board and found it near-ideal for use in quick, easy and low-cost solar collectors such as the Heat Grabber" (Mother Earth News. SEE DIAGRAM BELOW
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References:
Ben Boothe Sr. (April 16, 2011). How to build a heat box for $6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xixGrSHxNGU
DIY Solar heating with the heat grabber. (September/October 1977). Mother Earth News.https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/diy-solar-heating-zmaz77sozgoe
Ben Boothe Sr. (April 16, 2011). How to build a heat box for $6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xixGrSHxNGU
DIY Solar heating with the heat grabber. (September/October 1977). Mother Earth News.https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/diy-solar-heating-zmaz77sozgoe
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