But this year I have started a winter garden to put spring in my living room
I added 3 shelves 1 to each side and 1 across the window. More will come and this garden will grow
Look at the roots on the Yacon. I have it in a juice jug, turned upside down. I cut off the top and used the base for water. Adding polyester batting to wick up the water worked out fantastically!
Add a touch of spring to your window. It will make you smile.
Most home made solar heaters use computer fans to blow air. The panels I have are commercial made. So they are larger than most home made ones I have seen. They are about 3foot by 8 foot. I found the bigger the fan the more heat is pushed thew the panel into the house.I only have 1 panel installed, and vented thew the kitchen window. I need to find a fan that will blow harder to get more heat to circulate thew the house. The fans I choose also need to be cost effective, As in the energy they use needs to be free or low cost. I hope to run the fans on solar electric panels. Either direct wired `12v dc. If I use normal 120v the could be plugged into an inverter and ran on a larger solar panel. So I have some researching to do. I have been looking at Inline Duct Fans, solar attic vent fans. etc. Do not know what to try first.
Record of free heat #2
Date
temp inside / out side
sun
Nov 14, 2014
67-70/22-33
!:22pm- 3:00 pm 1.5 hours
Nov 15, 2014
/
No sun hours
To be continued
Nov 16, 2014
/
No sun hours
Nov 17, 2014
68-70/ 9-23f
1:30-2:30 1 hours
Nov 18 , 2014
/
12-3 3 hours
Nov 19, 2014
/
9-3 6 hours
Nov 20, 2014
68-74/24-44f
9-3pm 6 hours
Nov 21, 2014
no sun
No Sun 1hours
Nov 22-28 , 2014
No sun
No Sun hours
Nov 29, 2014
54-70/64-75
6.5 hours
Nov 30- Dec2, 2014
No Sun
0 hours
Dec 3, 2014
32-48/67
3 hours
Total sun hours 24 hours this post
last post total + 29.5= 58.5 hours of free heat
Running total since Nov 8, 2014
Have a wonderful day and remember to laugh and play.
I finally have 1 of the solar heating panels installed temporarily. I am testing to see if it is worth putting a permanent hole in my house. The panels were installed onto of a roof. My past neighbor in St. Louis did not want to pay to have them removed and re installed. It seems they add a great deal of added cost to replacing your roof. So I will not put them on my roof. I will build a box like structure on the ground or place them more up right to the house. But for now I will see what they will do like this for this winter.
Each month I will keep a log of temperature inside the house and out. and hours of sun hitting the panel.
Date
temp inside / out side
sun
Nov 8, 2014
70-75f/28-52f
9:30am-3:50pm 6 hours
Nov 9, 2014
70-75f/44-67f
10:00am-4:30 pm 6.5 hours
To be continued
Nov 10, 2014
70-84/39-77f
9:00am- 4:00 pm 7 hours
Nov 11, 2014
39-33f
no sun
Nov 12, 2014
70-83/ 21-32f
12:30 - 4:00pm 4 hours
Nov 13, 2014
temp
12:30 -3:30 hours 3 hours
Total sun hours 26.5 hours
Have a wonderful day and remember to laugh and play.
