Pop soda beer can Solar Powered heater furnace panel -- Part 1

This is my solar heater just before it was completed. Thanks to shoestring, my simple thoughts, my2cents and others for their thoughts and information, it was a fun project. I so pumped I'm getting 175 degrees out of this thing.

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[OldSkaterGuy]

Wouldn't smaller holes in intervals provide the same effect as the fins? Plus it would give the air some momentum as it was pushed back into the house.?.?

[zsnowshredder]

@OldSkaterGuy You are trying to swirl the air to collect the heat off the inside of black cans, this way the air moves through quickly and grabs the most amount of heat. Google "Hungarian solar heater" for more info.

[charlie1957able]

hi, how many cans tall are they and how big is the box your using? ty

[zsnowshredder]

@charlie1957able It is 12 cans high, box is 4' x 7'

[geochoros]

@zsnowshredder hello sr. could you tell me what kind of fan normally you used?? tks from chile

[zsnowshredder]

@geochoros CD Technology solar attic fan....google it

[zsnowshredder]

@rahdzhillaxxx You can only use beer cans (Soda cans do not work as well) So I HAD to drink all that beer. We must make sacrafices to go green!

[paulpellicci]

...wow,,,cool, I meat HOT

[muh1h1]

did you drink a few of the cans while building this?

[TheBerserker50]

Cansolair in Canada?

[OldSkaterGuy]

@CROSSiDARKAT that makes perfect sense. thanks

[CROSSiDARKAT]

@OldSkaterGuy To have a better heat transfer you need a turbulent flow.

[TheDuzda]

This is for water or just air? For house heating, with warmer air?

[onebigkahuna69]

that had to be alot of work to do each can with the swirl and cut out on it.

[newwoman1124]

Do they all have to be regular size or can small (like Sprite minis)ones be used.

[alueshen]

@007westleysadler The problem with that idea is that the bricks would soak up heat when the unit is first exposed to light for about the same time as it would give heat back after the sun went down. The net result would be zero sum.

[alueshen]

@zsnowshredder First you have done a fantastic job building your heater. Excellent craftsmanship.

Constructive criticism alert;

The goal when building is not simply to measure a high temp out the exhaust port, but to measure a high temp when moving 300-900cfm of air through the box. If you can run 800-900cfm and the air is warmer then 85 degrees, IMO your design is fantastically successful.

To compare your design with others there are other factors, but raw CFM is a good start.