solar window heater

This is a small solar window heater that I built for apartments or condos or even houses that have a strict hoa. It is made just to sit in a window for fall and winter. During the warm months you can take it out and sit it in a closet.

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Science & Technology

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• solar window heater
• make your own heat
• diy heater
• supergokue1
• off the grid

[h2obizza]

I would love to recreate this myself. I get it for the most part. So, you took downspouts, and placed cans inside of them? and you cut both top and bottoms of them off? how much space is between the ends of spouts and the box? is the one solar panel powering both fans? thanks!

[supergokue1]

@h2obizza Yes, I took aluminun cans and cut off the top with a can opener and used a step drill bit and made holes in the bottom. I placed as many cans as I could in the downspout without the cans sticking out of either end. I am using 1 small solar panel for each motor that I have. I used a high heat spray paint made for grills and bbqs. Thank you for the questions, Lonny

[FCBHC]

This is a great idea and I want to use it in my workshop - I have double doors which have glass top and bottom and do not need the light, so these would work perfect. I take it one fan draws the air from the room and the other outputs the heat from the panel? do you think computer fans would work? and one last thing how is it on cloudy days.

cheers

[supergokue1]

@FCBHC You are correct that 1 fan draws air in from the room and the other fan puts it into the room, I have been using 1 old computer fan and it works great so far. It does not much of anything on real cloudy days. Thanks for the question, Lonny

[stodd32]

how would the screen off a projection tv work for the glass part.

[supergokue1]

@stodd32 I am not sure on that question, I have never been able to get a old screen to try it out. Thanks for the question, Lonny

[foggymedia]

awesome!

[WELLBRAN]

really good video and a great interior window alternative i am going to try this

[losttreasurehunt]

Great ideal man

[galegregory97comcast]

good job

[h2obizza]

what kind of paint did you use?

[wildwindsca]

great concept for areas with strict bylaws, that is if you dont want light coming into a window, Putting a well designed box on the south facing part of your house that is sided acts in effect as another window in your house. Even better at night , with airflow shut off to the box, no lost heat unlike a window in your house. Also the faster you run air through a box, the less time it has to heat up, the faster the flow the cooler the air that comes out , dwell time in the box is a factor