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Heating Seattle backyard studio with soda cans as solar panels
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carlo sgroi says:
March 11, 2014 at 5:37 pm (UTC 0)
What are your BTUH per sq. ft.?
BTUH = Differential Temp. Rise X CFM X 1.08 / Your systems total sq. ft.
Alan Kingwell says:
March 11, 2014 at 6:31 pm (UTC 0)
Great little video guys ,,,well done
Dukky Drake says:
March 11, 2014 at 7:21 pm (UTC 0)
Always measure once and cut twice.
DeskTornado says:
March 11, 2014 at 7:33 pm (UTC 0)
nice project
Glenn Hough says:
March 11, 2014 at 7:50 pm (UTC 0)
good idea, very resourceful and green.. saving money and energy is a must!
ClockworkOmen says:
March 11, 2014 at 8:49 pm (UTC 0)
The “bit” is called a hole saw and please use a vice.
MontiR Aruba says:
March 11, 2014 at 9:13 pm (UTC 0)
Cold air is more dense so it tends to be on the floor level. Hot air rises
to the ceiling. So to make it more efficient, have the cold air intake from
the floor level and have the hot air return to the floor level also. The
warmer air coming from the solar will tend to rise from the floor level to
the ceiling.
kd1s says:
March 11, 2014 at 9:16 pm (UTC 0)
Pretty cool idea. I never thought of heating air directly. I do want to do
a liquid based system – use some water with anti-freeze/boil obviously –
lots easier to circulate.
Richard Bugiyne says:
March 11, 2014 at 10:06 pm (UTC 0)
how about no spray paint and rubber cement inside the home made box that
creates the air your breathing in your office
Jonathan Adams says:
March 11, 2014 at 10:39 pm (UTC 0)
It might work better without thermostat if one puts a backflow arrestor
(Simple flap valve) to control the flow directon of the heat and when not
needed, stuff a sock or rag into the valve at the incoming heat hose and
it’ll stop it. The valve also keeps the heat from back flowing when the
house gets to the same tempurature as the source.
SquirrelFromGradLife says:
March 11, 2014 at 11:29 pm (UTC 0)
Would it be more efficient to have the column snake up panel to get some
cross flow going to maximize the heat absorption?
SirVixIsVexed says:
March 11, 2014 at 11:38 pm (UTC 0)
It’s good to know the kid at 3:20 has the moves like Jagger! I’m not being
sarcastic, I thought that was actually pretty funny
kaizer soze says:
March 11, 2014 at 11:58 pm (UTC 0)
great idea. too bad we live in the pacific northwest 🙁
99% of the year cloudy :(
Pete Cino says:
March 12, 2014 at 12:41 am (UTC 0)
So on warm sunny days, it produces a lot of heat, but on cold dreary days
it doesn’t……the more you need heat, the less effective it is. That’s
brilliant.
nyman188891 says:
March 12, 2014 at 1:27 am (UTC 0)
very clever idea, great video.
Billy Innes says:
March 12, 2014 at 1:34 am (UTC 0)
How do you turn it off for the warm weather
mrslideinsideu2 says:
March 12, 2014 at 2:19 am (UTC 0)
Please move the vinyl out the way of the heat.
LOL POWER says:
March 12, 2014 at 2:19 am (UTC 0)
Lolz
whycuds says:
March 12, 2014 at 2:28 am (UTC 0)
Kirsten, you do so many awesome videos.
Solar Companies Gold Coast says:
March 12, 2014 at 2:32 am (UTC 0)
Soda cans as solar panels? Never thought that’s possible. Thanks for
sharing your video +Kirsten Dirksen
wilberto torres jr says:
March 12, 2014 at 2:43 am (UTC 0)
Can you use steel cans?
Alfred says:
March 12, 2014 at 2:45 am (UTC 0)
Great piece of art though
biguceduce says:
March 12, 2014 at 3:25 am (UTC 0)
wow man, safety first! losing an eye would be worse!
Gia Hillenbrand says:
March 12, 2014 at 4:17 am (UTC 0)
if you use reflective color (silver) wouldnt that generate more heat? too
bad you put so many holes in the walls, did you lose heat for that?
lej peterson says:
March 12, 2014 at 5:08 am (UTC 0)
what do you do for a living?