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Solar Home Heating
Filed Under (solar house) by admin on 26-07-2010

Heat your house with solar thermal (hot water) collectors. You can buy them, I made my own. 1 square foot of collector heats 1 1/2 U.S. gallons of water 40 degrees farenheit in Pennsylvania, USA in winter. The more collectors you put up the more water volume you can heat. Most people use one of these collectors for domestic hot water, showers, etc. I used mine to heat my house. Of course insulate well first, then see if you can use this. You’ll need to add radiant floor heat system to get heat out of tank.
It all cost about $2,000 in materials, 3 x 4′ x 10′ collectors, tank, fittings, pipe, differential thermostat, pump, insulation, collector box, etc. tonyfixit.

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MrEnergyCzar on July 26th, 2010 at 12:02 am #

I converted my home …
I converted my home to a net-zero solar powered home….check out the videos about it on my channel….


CTOL1 on July 26th, 2010 at 12:02 am #

Most impressive, I …
Most impressive, I am in the stages of something like this. I will be using a “can heater” panel(s) with a fan to drive the air across 2 new car radiators and a thermal siphon to my water tank for domestic hot water via a coil heat exchanger. Any waste heat will go to heating my home, the rest in summer will be expelled out side. I insulated my entire basement including the floors with extruded polystyrene.
My current winter gas & electric is $150 for winter and 2 people 1200 sq ft home +basemnt


tonyfixit on July 26th, 2010 at 12:02 am #

Instead of the …
Instead of the radiant floor heat idea, I cut a vent thru the floor to let the heat rise passively, I’m trying to use less power. Power down, that’s our new direction. Before doing any of this first insulate, then insulate, then insulate again, then see what your heat bill is.


bret354 on July 26th, 2010 at 12:02 am #

this is exactly …
this is exactly what i was thinking of doing. i was wondering how it’s working for you so far this year. Also how big your house is. very nice job. i also live in PA.


tonyfixit on July 26th, 2010 at 12:02 am #

Thanks for comment. …
Thanks for comment. My monthly gas bill for summer is $25, that’s for hot water and cooking. It’s hard to justify the large cost of the type of domestic hot water heater that can accept heat from my collectors. Maybe if someone with 4 teenagers moves in, they’ll do it!


Kntryhart on July 26th, 2010 at 12:02 am #

Nice job! A shame …
Nice job! A shame not to use unit during summer for domestic hot water.


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Solar and Wind Step by Step
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