HOW I MADE A SOLAR POP CAN FURNACE / HEATER
THIS IS A 64 CAN , MY FIRST TRY AT MAKING ONE SO I MADE A VIDEO OF IT
THIS IS A 64 CAN , MY FIRST TRY AT MAKING ONE SO I MADE A VIDEO OF IT
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July 3rd, 2011 at 5:47 am
You could have just bought copper tubing.
July 3rd, 2011 at 6:19 am
@candigirl1970
Open a window….lol =)-
July 3rd, 2011 at 6:51 am
HOW DO U CONTROLL THE AMOUNT OF HEAT GOING IN2 THE HOME?WHAT ABOUT COLD AIR?
July 3rd, 2011 at 7:08 am
sorry chap but it’s not the temperature you should be measuring it is the kWh’s generated by the outside collector. In winter in the northern hemisphere you would be lucky to get 100 Watts of heating per square metre of surface area. Your demo is a bit like measuring the temp of a soldering iron, yeah it’s bloody hot but it won’t heat a room.
July 3rd, 2011 at 8:05 am
@boleroinferno Yes. See Sunshine For Dollars
July 3rd, 2011 at 8:55 am
thanks for sharing its great!!
July 3rd, 2011 at 9:25 am
Rich I use 3 cans put 2 in freezer and cut top & bottom out of the thrird can completely leaving just a ring put it in boiling water it will then slide over the frist can from freezer then reheat the ring part and put the other can on it I start with the top of the can frist when putting on the ring then just keep your cans in freezer and rings in boiling water it is tricky I still run then seam of culk to seal it but it less culk less drying time and alot sturdier try it you will like it
July 3rd, 2011 at 10:11 am
@YTSparty I think everyones situation would be different depending on several factors. We are lucky enough to have windows facing directly south and our roof is slanted due west. We have no overhangs that prevent sunlight, and nothing blocking the sun on the south side of our house. We get plenty of heat generated via the window method for most of the daylight. We put one up in an east facing window, with larger overhangs and it still produced heat in the early morning hours.
July 3rd, 2011 at 10:56 am
@sc00b3rt You would be limiting the amount of sunlight depending on the angle of your window with the sun. I have a slanted roof due south, laying a collector on the roof would like be 10x more effective than simply collecting the heat from inside.
July 3rd, 2011 at 11:14 am
@dotcombatgames hi if i got sun in the winter im sure it would but the sun is behind the hills untill about the 1st of feb thats when mine starts to work it was 24 degrees out the other the heater cut on at 110 dergees and ran about 2 hours at temp of 95
July 3rd, 2011 at 11:27 am
great answer,
July 3rd, 2011 at 11:43 am
God forbid you explain the physics how it works, let alone exactly what it is that your making. No wait it should be able to deduce that from your fragment sentence title.
July 3rd, 2011 at 12:23 pm
@burtonlegand snaking would cause a lot of restriction of air flow. You could just lengthen the time air is heated by possibly using a second unit.
July 3rd, 2011 at 1:11 pm
@boleroinferno The cans give a greater surface area to collect heat versus a flat sheet.
July 3rd, 2011 at 2:06 pm
@sc00b3rt i was thinking, do you think if we had the cans snake around it would work better? what i mean is, instead of having air go from bottom to top in all the rows of cans..have the air start in one row, when it gets to the top, push the air back down the next row over, and then back up through the following for ever row of cans. that way the air would remain inside of the cans longer. what do you think?
July 3rd, 2011 at 2:47 pm
i have an idea. im not sure if it would work well but its and idea. so obviously the sun heats the cans and brings warmer air in. now i was thinking for cooling if i made another set of cans in a case and buried it in the ground. then when it was summer, move the fan to push air through the buried cans to bring cooler air in. sorta like a geothermal for air. might not work well but its an idea, and very cheap. any thoughts?
July 3rd, 2011 at 3:29 pm
How can I use this to heat up my cold water?
July 3rd, 2011 at 3:30 pm
truly amazing!
July 3rd, 2011 at 4:08 pm
@odenkiller hi the duct tape might start to melt and make fumes watch my other vid on cheap easy heater i just put cans in the box it worked great good luck
July 3rd, 2011 at 4:17 pm
cool! nice design!
July 3rd, 2011 at 4:46 pm
does this increase your savings during the heating seasons?
July 3rd, 2011 at 4:50 pm
@boleroinferno try it and see
July 3rd, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Would it work reasonably well to just put a sheet of black-painted aluminum against the window from the inside?
July 3rd, 2011 at 6:19 pm
This is GREAT. I love the design. My favorite part was using the beer coosy for safer drilling. Have you tried using MONSTER energy drink cans? They are already black so that would cut out a step for you!
I might try something similar this summer. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Thanks again for posting this!
July 3rd, 2011 at 6:21 pm
@apunkfromatl i ‘ve seen a vid on someone trying to do that but they are just getting started