Passive solar heating panel plans - Page 2

 On 2/8/2011 10:29 AM, Bob F wrote:


poplars.

It's an interesting area of study. It led me into subjects/topics that I
never dreamed would be applicable, much less hugely significant.

As you point out, not all sites are suitable for home heating - but you
can do a lot of learning in the shade and testing out your ideas in even
just a small patch of sunshine...

--
Morris Dovey
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
PGP Key ID EBB1E70E

 

I might be able to ship you a crate of beavers for a reasonable price.  
Just sneak over and put peanut butter on the base of those trees and turn
em loose!

-Zachary in Oregon (the beaver state!)

 
Don't the leaves fall off at the start of heating season?

 Query was posted to news:alt.solar.thermal, news:alt.energy.homepower,
and http://iedu.com/DeSoto/SC_Madison/SC_Plan.html  on February 8, 2011
and results were tallied on March 8, 2011.

207 visits to web page in February
+51 visits to web page in March
---
258 total visits to web page
  -8 e-mails expressing interest ("yes" votes)
---
250 not interested enough to respond ("no" votes)

Effort required to produce a reasonable quality How-To: 1+ month.
One respondent indicated a willingness to pay up to US$
0 maximum.

Conclusion: There's not enough interest to justify the time and effort
needed to produce a good How-To document.

My thanks to all who visited/responded.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

 wrote:


Morris,

I recall seeing your panels on BIS recently so it seems to me that
your audience is larger than just a.s.t or a.e.h and after reading
Yahoo.SolarHeat every day for a couple of years, it also seems to me
that the passive fans are growing in numbers.

I'm still an active fan due to a use of summer heated water, but it
seems a shame to hold back a viable passive design.

Curbie