DIY Solar Projects How to Put the Sun to Work in Your Home

DIY Solar Projects - How to Put the Sun to Work in Your Home by Eric Smith
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1589236033 | 160 pages |50 MB

Advances
in solar technology have made many DIY-friendly products available to
consumers, several of which will be hitting the market for the first
time in 2011. These include solar water heaters, solar battery charging
stations, solar powered lights, photovoltaic shingles that provide
supplementary electricity, solar heat pumps, and solar panel kits that
generate primary home electrical service. Among the step-by-step
projects is a solar water heating system you can build and install
yourself for under $1000; simple thermosyphon solar heat collectors for
barns and outbuildings; or "heat grabbers” that you can fabricate for
$50 in materials and position below a south-facing window to provide
auxiliary winter heat.