Solar furnace in snow.

Small update on how it's going with my solar furnace.

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Science & Technology

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• solar
• furnace
• heating
• green
• energy
• free
• heat

[tycotyrann]

degrees ? Celsius or Fahrenheit?

[wuberman]

Celsius.

[williamkendrick]

wuberman i'm very interested in learning where you went for your tools, and how much the solar cells cost you.

[wuberman]

I went to my garage for tools. The panels cost a fortune at $300.00 each for the thirty watt panels. The middle panel I took off my trailer, it came with it. Total of 97 watts. Im not sure what you mean by "where I went for my tools".

[j4hypno]

Have you considered putting the solar panals up on a pole? The city probably does'nt have an ordance against it, because they would'nt think of it. Face one SE, one S, and one Sw. Hope all works out for you.

[wuberman]

Never thought of that, but I needed my solar panels to be portable as they double as my power source when camping. They are able to be unplugged loaded on my pickup and taken with me to a campground.

[hughheckler]

fuck the by-laws. There only to scare you. put them up if it works better, you bought the fuckin things, and they're on your own property.

[younitehumanity]

Give the City a Notice of Understanding and intent that you will be putting your panels on your roof. Give them 30 Days to respond to your notice, which they won't. After that you put up your panels.

[TheYBCnetwork]

who is going to complain about them being on your roof really?

[idesofmarchUNIAEA]

try mirrors to reflect or transfer sun light, may be some loss due to not direct light, but better than knocking down your neighbor's house that blocks the sun

[Ttwistnturn]

Can you set up a mirror from another spot to shoot thowards the panels ?

[lethologico]

Any further updates on this and whether or not you were able to get around the bylaws? Nenshi might be more receptive and supportive of this sort of thing than previous mayors! There's also a green home in the neighbourhood of Scenic Acres that might have solar panels installed too, for decades now. Happy new year from a fellow Calgarian living in Montreal and trying to see whether making one of these would be worth it!

[Mrinfoone]

You should went to "home depot". if you don't have one around ..,go online. Rated at 185 watt cells cost like 399.00.well worth it and you have it for RV instead off or house.

[chouchoubidouille1]

I would try redirecting the light with mirrors on my panels

[Mrinfoone]

Try putting them each next to your top windows or on a high metal or wood frame. Also put a mirror on the bottom and face them with max deflection for more sunlight facing towards your cells. You will almost double your energy out put as well as already said by another youtuber..

[victorenriquemunoz]

wtf i hope you did put them up! who cares... is your property

[acoustic4037]

why not use a couple of mirrors to direct light on to your collectors? you could use use lighter weight acrylic instead of glass. in this way you could direct as much light as you wanted by adding more mirrors. Just a thought, i can't see the total logistics from the video so its hard to know.

[chickenpoper]

@wuberman You could make the pole collapse able and have a hole in the ground in your yard to put the pole when at use at your house.