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Greg's Pop-Can Solar Space Heating Collector

Greg's solar air heating collector uses recycled aluminum soda pop cans for the absorber. The pop cans have the tops and bottoms drilled out, and are assembled into vertical columns that the air passes through. In operation, the black painted soda pop cans are heated by the sun, warming the air that is flowing up through the cans. A manifold at the bottom evenly distributes room air to all the can columns, and a similar manifold at the top of the collector collects the heated air for distribution back to the room. The combination of uniform air distribution to the whole collector and the large amount of heat transfer area from the cans to the air makes for an efficient collector. Greg's collector also uses Twinwall polycarbonate glazing -- this is a type of double glazing that reduces heat loss and increases the efficiency of the collector.

Download Greg's detailed 22 page description of how to build this collector...
(3 mb pdf)
Thanks very much to Greg for so care fully documenting building the collector, and for making the plans available!

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See our previous post concerning Solar Heating for Coops :  https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9098304746880918776#editor/target=post;postID=474754140712573881;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=45;src=postname

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Building A Solar Thermal Soda/Beer Can Heater for A Coop or Greenhouse

Complete Steps for Building A Solar Thermal Soda/Beer Can Heater for A Greenhouse or Chicken Coop

(Originally from my blog: My First Vegetable Garden)

I am very excited about this video. It took about a week or so to make and it was seven parts I edited together. The entire video is 20 minutes long (longer than my typical videos) but it demonstrates every step needed to build your own 'Solar Thermal Soda/Beer Can Heater for A Greenhouse'. It was a lot of fun to make. Here is what it teaches in a nutshell. And remember you can swap out parts and pieces. This is teaching guide.

Solar Thermal Soda/Beer Can Heater - The Rusted Garden

Solar Can Heater Concept:

1. All the parts and costs
2. How to drill, seal and stack the cans 
3. How to build the box out of Poly Board/Styrofoam
4. Hot to paint and arrange the cans
5. How to seal the glass
6. Another video will show it's use and output

 It will teach everything you need to know to build one yourself. I only use 20 cans in stacks of 4 as it is a small scale design. My goal is to add some heat to a small greenhouse. Some designs use 200-300 cans with stacks of 25. People use solar heaters, of that size, on the sides of their houses to supplement standard heating methods. This is a great solar concept that works and can be adapted to meet your garden needs.

I will be using the individual videos to highlight specific steps on creating a solar heater. Some people don't like 20 minute videos or just need to know how to drill, seal and stack the aluminum cans. This video shows you just that step for creating the aluminum can columns. It is part of the 20 minute larger video.

Originaly posted by:
http://therustedgarden.blogspot.com/2013/11/complete-steps-for-building-solar.html

For a great set of plans also see:
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2007/04/26/almost-free-garage-heat-just-drink-a-lot-of-soda/