Soda pop beer can Solar Powered heater furnace panel The Test -- Part 2

This is the 1st test of my Solar heater. It was 45 degrees outside and it was blowing about 175 degrees out the exhaust tube, so a 130 degree increase. I'll have it mounted in a couple days and get some more readings and numbers. Hopefully some colder weather to test in.

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• soda
• pop
• beer
• can
• solar
• heater
• furnace
• cansolair
• panel
• wyatt
• west
• ranch

[thatstheone87]

would it not work better if you intake was from inside, so it was heating air it had warmed previously? sorry, just an observation, i have never made one before. Great job why the way.

[zsnowshredder]

@thatstheone87 See my Part 3 video.

[mosbysmen]

where did you get the lexan ? how big is it ? how much did the lexan run you ?

thanks

[zsnowshredder]

@mosbysmen Got it at a glass shop. 4' x 7'  225 dollars

[denmarcbros]

Are you using a thermostate to control when the system (fan) turns on and off? Is it mounted in the pannel or is it by the house temperature? The fan is driven by the solar pannel? Cool stuff!

[zsnowshredder]

@denmarcbros When the sun hits the heater, it also hits the solar panel, so no thermostate is needed. Watch part 3 for more testing.

[KoalPilot]

Very nice job, I am glad you have my patience and determination, if you collect enough cans, you can do the whole house !

[Robots4Sale]

why have fins????

[Nomad22280]

my cousin(electrical engineer) is making one of these, pretty impressive! gotta love engineers!

[specialks1953]

I stumbled across this because of the relatition to the topic of beer & watched your first video when you were making this. My comments there didn't reflect that I am glad you had fun making this device & are getting good resluts. I would like to add a possible helpful hint if you have not thought of it already. You need some means of closing the inlet & outlet when it's not producing heat to avoid heat loss from the conditioned area. Thermostatically controled would be best but manual would do.