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["Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

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
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