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Cans olarheaterGuy's ThemaintypesofDIY/homemadesolarairheaters
Minis olarairheater
ArecentgrowthofactivityintheDIYcom m unityhas leadtotheclas s ifyingofs olarairheaters intoetherbackpas s orm atrixs olarairheaters .
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Win.heater:intoin Backpas s s olarairheater
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Cans olairins tall Abackpas s s olarairheateris onewheretheairtobeheatedflows entirelybehindthe
Manufacturers abs orber.Theairtakes heatfrom theabs orberlargelybyconductionas theairm akes
Windowcoveringheater contactwiththeabs orber.As well,airthatdoes n'tm akecontactwiththeabs orbertakes
Solarpoolheating heatfrom airthatdoes .
Solarpower
Solarcooking Specificvariations ofthes edis cus s edbelowarethe:
Solarhotwater Backpas s withbaffles
Windpower Cans olarairheater
Solarhous es im ulator Downs pouts olarairheater
Solarinwinteris s ues
Matrixs olarairheater
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Shading/obs tacleis s ues Am atrixs olarairheateris onewheretheairpas s es throughholes intheabs orberas the
Liningupwiths un airflows from infrontoftheabs orbertobehindit.Theairtakes heatfrom theabs orber
Heatenergy m os tlyas itpas s es throughtheholes ,thoughitm ayals otakeheatfrom boththefront
Ins ulation andbackoftheabs orberandfrom contactwithalreadyheatedair.
Ins ulationTable
Heattrans fer/los s Specificvariations ofthes edis cus s edbelowarethe:
Squaringarrayfram e Screens olarairheater
Science/Electronics Soffits olarairheater
Efficiency&Cons ervation
IntheDIYcom m unityis was previous lyas s um edthatthebackpas s typewas m oreefficientthanam atrixtypebutrecentexperim ents bytwo
Com pos ting
m em bers oftheSim plySolaryahoogroup,ScottandGary,havetentativelys hownthatthes creens olarairheater,am atrixtype,m aybem oreefficient.
Food
Nonconv.Energy Bewareofs olarairheaters thatcoverm os torallofawindow.Seethis pageaboutwindowcoverings olarairheaters form oreaboutthis .
Nonconv.Propuls ion
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Stories Backpasswithbaffles(backpass)

This is bas icallyaboxwithadarkm etalplatebehindwhichtheairflows .Theplateis paintedblackandacts as theabs orber.Baffles ,orairguides ,

areplacedbehindtheabs orberinordertoincreas ethelengthofthepathfortheairtoflow,increas ingthechancefortheairtom akecontactwiththe
inners urfaceoftheabs orbertotakeheatfrom it.Ontheleftbelowis as im plerectangulars olarairheater.

Search Baffles onthegableofaroof.

Thediagram ontherightaboves hows thatabafflebackpas s lends its elfwelltoodds hapes ,s uchas agable.Thepointhereis thattheairflowis
m os tlyevens incethereis onlyas ingleairpath.Therem aybes om epockets ofs tillairattheends butthat's as m allpartoftheoveralllength.

Cansolarairheater(backpass)

This typewas ins piredbythecom m ercials olarairheater,Cans olair,whichus es recycledalum inium s oda/beercans s tackedendtoendtocreate
longtubes fortheairtoflowthrough.Thecans arepaintedblackandactas theabs orber.AlotofDIYers m akethis type,probablyduetotheabundent
s upplyofcans andthe'coolnes s 'oftheapproach.

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Adsby Google It's thoughtthattheholem adewheretwocans m eetcaus es turbulanceintheairflowandm akes m oreoftheaircontacttheinners urfaceofthecans
andthereforetakem oreheatfrom thecans res ultinginincreas edefficiency.
HomeSolarRoof
Guy's cans olarairheaterGuy,innorthernMichigan,builtthis 7'by42"s olarairheaterwith240s oda/popcans .As naps witch
SolarWindow autom aticallyturns onthefanwhenthere's heatandoffwhenthereis n't.Arunm etertracks howlongitruns foranda
tem peratureloggerlogs thetem peraturedataforanalys is ,s om eofwhichis includedhere.

Downspoutsolarairheater(backpass)

Thedowns poutliterallym akes us eofdowns pouts ,thes am eones norm allyus edtochannelwaterfrom eaves troughingfrom aroof's edgedownto
theground.Thedowns poutacts as theabs orber.Jus tas withthecans olarairheater,theairflows ins idethedowns pouttakingheatfrom theinner
s urfaceas itm akes contactwithit.

Oneofthenicethings aboutthis typeis thatit's eas ytom akealong,lowprofiles olarairheaters uitableforputtingatgroundlevelatthefootofa

hous e.Whencom paringtothecans olarairheater,s im plyus ingdowns pouts is alotles s workthancutting,cleaning,paintingands tackingallthos e
individualcans .

Screensolarairheater(matrix)

Inthis oneafinem es hs creenis us edas theabs orber,thes creentypicallybeingm adeoffibreglas s oralum inium .Theairis heatedm os tlyas it
m akes contactonits waythroughthes m allholes inthes creen,goingfrom thefrontofthes olarairheatertotheback.Twolayers ofs creens works
betterthanjus toneas thebackonewillals obeheatedbythes unandtrans ferits heattotheair.

Tom akealongers creens olarairheaterthefollowinghas beens howntoworkwell.Sim plyhavem ultiples creens whichoverlaps om ewhatas
s hownbelow.Theairis heatedalittlem oreas itpas s es througheachs ucces s ives creen.You'dthinkthattheincreas inglyhotaircontactingthe
glazingwouldadduptogreatlos s es butthis does work.Perhaps theoverlapofthes creens helps withthis ,thoughnonoverlappingones haveals o
beens howntowork.

Soffitsolarairheater(matrix)

Thes offitis literallym adeus ings heets ofthes offitm aterialnorm allyus edunderroofoverhangs .Thes offitis paintedblackandacts as theabs orber.
This is m uchlikethes creens olarairheaterexceptthattheholes arebiggerandthereis m uchm ores urfaceareatotheabs orber,unlikewiththe
s creens olarairheaterwheretheabs orberis practicallyallholes .Inthis cas etheairis heatedm orefrom am ixofits contactwhenpas s ingthrough
theholes andfrom contactwiththefrontandbacks urfaces oftheabs orber.

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