How to turn soda cans into solar heating panels
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Here is a natural way to make solar panels. Not so much related to health. But this is way too cool not to share. We hope this inspires a few of you.
Peter Rowan left his job as a "corporate weenie" in 2010 to live a life with less stuff and fewer expenses and with more time to pursue his dreams. Since downsizing his life, he's begun writing fiction from home (in addition to a teaching gig) so for a bit more privacy, this year he decided to single-handedly convert the family's unused garage into his off-grid writing retreat. Crafting it mostly out of repurposed materials, he decided to heat it using a home-made, recycled can solar panel.
After collecting 275 cans (soda, juice, mineral water and beer), he began to drill holes into the ends, glue them together and fit them into a box crafted from plywood and 2 by 4's. Adding a bit of black spray paint and some plexiglass, he created his home-made solar panel. He salvaged a couple of fans from an old computer to create a system for pushing cold air into the solar panel and pushing the hot air out and into his office.
In this video, Mary Rowan used her iphone to film her husband's month-long process building a solar heater with recycled cans. Granted Seattle may not be the ideal spot for solar, but Peter says that it seems to heat up the space by about 5 or 6 degrees even on a "crummy day" and when the sun is out it can provide too much heat.
Instructions for building a solar heater with recycled cans:http://faircompanies.com/blogs/view/b...
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This is amazing!
ReplyDeleteLove it!!!! I bet the local utility companies won't like it. Go Green means free to them and no profits.
ReplyDeleteI need some cheap solar at my house.
ReplyDeleteUm actually they do like it they will buy your electricity...
ReplyDeletethis is a solar heater, not a solar panel for electricity.
DeleteHe is right. This DOES NOT produce electricity it produces heat from the sun hitting the specially prepared soda/beer cans. -
DeleteThey don't like it, but are forced by law to buy any extra you produce. Several utilities have lawsuits in several states to rescind the requirement law, so they are not required to by it back. Check your local laws and lawsuits. Vote against this tactic.
ReplyDeleteyes :-)
DeleteOMG! it is related to health! There is not one thing we do that does not effect the health of our planet hence our own health. We are conditioned to feel disconnected from our spirit, the Earth, and our creator. We can all be healthy and happy once we all realize we are connected to this living breathing planet, organic like the trees we are... a part of it. Spirit, body, planet all connected to one greater being, therefore we are all one. It is all one.
ReplyDelete(: yes. so true.
DeleteHere in California they won't buy it, but if you have your own power system (solar, wind, whatever) that can put power back into the grid they will credit it towards your bill. If you produce more than you use they won't pay you, but at least you are helping others and helping reduce pollution by fossil energy plants.
ReplyDeleteThis produces heat, not electricity.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great project for those with the time to do it.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a great idea but as far as I can tell will only work during the day while the sun is out. So it is not a replacement to electricity but rather at tool that will assist in bringing your monthly electricity bill down during winter when you are warming your house during the day.
ReplyDeleteThis is not a replacement to indoor heating, it will only work in daylight hours. And as Brian says it produces heat not electricity. It is a tool that will help bring down your monthly electricity bill though if you are heating your house or office during the day. How far can the air travel along the pipe before it starts to cool down again?
ReplyDeletewhere can i get these?
ReplyDeletemy mom could use this, she spent the winter in 55 degrees so not to use up her oil
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, now only if he wasn't asking 3k per unit.
ReplyDeleteIf you go to the site at the end of the video he sells them for about 3k.
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer a tutorial.
This is a great old idea, it goes back to 'Mother Earth Mag.' or The Whole Earth Catalogue.
ReplyDeletemaybe you could use the heat to power a nitinol/water generator? like this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmWWZKPDkv4
ReplyDeletemaybe you could use the heat to make a nitinol/water generator? like this one on a larger scale...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmWWZKPDkv4
ReplyDeleteI want to make a lot of this but i need a better explanation :c
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