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  • From: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] solar
  • Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:20:51 -0500

Solar power is expensive. If you want to play with solar, a hot water
collector is easy to build and can return more than you invested. Another
quick return is solar air heating. I have seen several collection boxes
that are little more than black painted plywood with clear polycarbonate
about 6 inches away.

Here is an easy one to try
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/solar_barn_project.htm

here is more on the subject
http://www.builditsolar.com/Experimental/experimental.htm#PEXCol

and here
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SolarHomes/Doug/DougsProjects.htm

Don Bowen KI6DIU
New ruralize pages, follow the link off http://www.ruralize.com
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html






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