Newfoundlander`s solar heating panel.
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Newfoundlander`s solar heating panel.
This fellow converts pop cans into a powerful solar heating panel.
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I checked into those heaters a few years back. It is relativly cheap. At that time they were asking about $2500 for those things and they heat about 1500 sq ft. I was thinking of putting two on my quonset. The reasonable price tag I also think when I build a shop for my wifes ceramics. Have one put on. They also do the reverse in the summer to help cool your house also.
He has a supplier here in Saskatoon, but I found etting ahold of the supplier hard to contact and they seemed to work from their garage. They were located on 8th st.E between Wiggins and Cumberland ave.
I look at hopefully putting it on my house just to lessen the heating costs right now.
Check their web site they have pics of these things and they do not look ungly. They look like a tinted window on your house. They have a few way up north also.
He has a supplier here in Saskatoon, but I found etting ahold of the supplier hard to contact and they seemed to work from their garage. They were located on 8th st.E between Wiggins and Cumberland ave.
I look at hopefully putting it on my house just to lessen the heating costs right now.
Check their web site they have pics of these things and they do not look ungly. They look like a tinted window on your house. They have a few way up north also.
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The thing that stopped me was that you cannot connect this to your ductlines. SO it is generating heat at the one end of the house, but the other end is not getting equl heating.
It just draws the cold air from the floor area and blows the heat in at the roof line. Heat rises? so it would take a while for that heat to work its way to the floor level. Even a basement.
I still think it would be a cheap great way to cut down on your gas bill on the furnace. Your furnace will not need to run as long.
Where for my shop I was thinking it would keep the chill off everything.
With my wifes shop it would heat and with her kiln that would also help.
Check their site Cansolair.com read what they have and look at the homes they have done. They also provide suppliers in your area.
It just draws the cold air from the floor area and blows the heat in at the roof line. Heat rises? so it would take a while for that heat to work its way to the floor level. Even a basement.
I still think it would be a cheap great way to cut down on your gas bill on the furnace. Your furnace will not need to run as long.
Where for my shop I was thinking it would keep the chill off everything.
With my wifes shop it would heat and with her kiln that would also help.
Check their site Cansolair.com read what they have and look at the homes they have done. They also provide suppliers in your area.
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Still pretty neat although it would never work for us out here.
Our geothermal is in floor on both levels of the house, and is planned for floor heat in the shop.
Will take like 15-18 years to "pay for itself" (or so they say) which is a hell of alot longer then this style!
Our geothermal is in floor on both levels of the house, and is planned for floor heat in the shop.
Will take like 15-18 years to "pay for itself" (or so they say) which is a hell of alot longer then this style!
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The place in Saskatoon that installs then and distributes them is called Nexus Solar. They are on 8th st. My sister and husband are interested. The cost of getting a gas line put in for their new home is going to cost a fortune. They paln on a slab home, so this would work for them.
These panels only need 15 minutes of sunshine to heat up the house.
I wonder about places with basements. They may heat the upstairs, but The basement robbally gets neglected.
Still these things pay for themselve in 3 years instead of 15 20 years.
I still need to meet with this Nexus and see if they installed one aorund here and talk to whom has one and see how it does for them.
These panels only need 15 minutes of sunshine to heat up the house.
I wonder about places with basements. They may heat the upstairs, but The basement robbally gets neglected.
Still these things pay for themselve in 3 years instead of 15 20 years.
I still need to meet with this Nexus and see if they installed one aorund here and talk to whom has one and see how it does for them.
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I know I would never pay for a gas line to get run into my place, with all the "green" solutions now a days, thats just the way to go.
I would be interested in hearing what the solar dealer had to say about it though. Only bad thing about geothermal is the cost (but since I can dig my own I save about 65 percent of the total cost, making it very reasonable to pay for, takes alot less time to pay itself off!)
I would be interested in hearing what the solar dealer had to say about it though. Only bad thing about geothermal is the cost (but since I can dig my own I save about 65 percent of the total cost, making it very reasonable to pay for, takes alot less time to pay itself off!)
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