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Solar energy is our birthright like the air we breathe or the water we drink. Solar Home Plans and cost effective Solar Hot Water Projects are the gateway into a "Solar Age" of energy independence. Whether you have a home in Madagascar or real estate in Missouri fossil fuels are no longer necessary to keep the wheels of civilization turning. Build your own solar heating system. Explore the Strawberry Fields Book Store for more information. Alternative energies like solar energy will increase in value as fossil fuel prices escalate making energy efficient, solar houses more valuable. Solar collectors, solar hot water systems, heat storage vaults, photovoltaic electricity, solar panels, and solar greenhouses will soon become the standard rather than the exception to the standard in the near future According to Buckminster Fuller "We have wondered too far from the roots." An energy crisis can only be avoided only if we learn to rely on a diffuse, sustainable resource like the sun. .A home equity line of credit may be just what you need to become part of this green economy and travel on the Green Train and learn about Solar Rebate Incentives.
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Do-it-yourself solar thermal projects can make us more energy independent. The greenhouse effect is a miracle of nature that makes trapping heat possible. Without this method of trapping heat our tiny planet would be a frozen waste land like the Moon. A conscious effort to make better use of this miracle of nature can free us from dependence on non renewable resources and allow us to at last live in a sustainable economy unfettered by the restraints of big business and big government. The greenhouse effect is something that all domestic solar thermal systems have in common....
Solar collectors
also use the greenhouse effect
to capture
the sun's energy. Both solar collectors and solar greenhouses are able to harvest
the suns energy in the form of heat. Greenhouses and Trombe Walls use air to
transfer heat and Collectors use water or a combination of water and antifreeze.
Two of these serpentine collectors cover a surface area 60 square feet.
The glazing is more durable than glass and much lighter.
See what people are saying about "How to Build a Solar Hot Water
System" and this do-it-yourself collector design on my Testimonial
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Solar Panels are very much different than solar collectors. They use selective wavelengths of light to produce electricity and they work best in direct sunlight at a low temperature. Large PV systems are still quite costly. They use inverters to convert DC panel power to compatible AC power. This AC power is often interfaced with the grid so that solar energy may be shared with others.
Solar Charge
Controllers are used maintain
an adequate charge on batteries.
Solar
Heat Controllers are used to
collect, store and distribute solar heat.
The
initial cost of a photovoltaic application will never be as low as the cost of
DIY solar heating projects that harvest the equivalent quantities of energy...The cost of PV systems has come way down in the last 5 years. With the advent of thin film technology it appears the price of PV will continue to plummet in the coming years, but the question is can we afford to wait much. Every day that we wait is a day that we miss out on a direct connection with the sun.
Heat and power are different animals and we need them both..
The AC/DC Differential
Controller responds to the difference in temperature between collector
and storage and turns an AC or DC pump on and off to maximize the heat harvest
from a solar hot water or solar heating system. Temperature monitors are
used to display the actual temperatures inside the collector and inside the heat
storage tank, but the controller will function without them.
This AC/DC controller consumes less than 1 watt of power per hour yet it is capable of regulating 300 Watt pumps. It's a rugged, dependable, analog controller that may be mounted on a wall. The temperature probes and power connections are attached to the terminals on the bottom of the controller to facilitate wiring.
The
PV Controller has been designed to work in
harmony with a photovoltaic power supply and a closed loop solar hot water
system without the need of a battery back up. The differential on adjustment has
been integrated with the differential off adjustment to simplify the optimum
setting between heat gain and energy conservation.
A counterclockwise adjustment maximizes heat gain and a counterclockwise adjustment maximizes power conservation.
The green LED comes on when the pump is activated and the red LED brightness is directly proportional to the amount of heat available.
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This house is based on a Harry E Thompson's Trickle Down solar thermal roof system but
it's been modified to for easy installation on top of an existing roof.
I call this new concept Modified
Trickle Down solar
heating or MTD
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