Yes, You Can: Heating a Home With 240 Recycled Cans
by
Mike Meisner
Think you're looking at a pile of cans ready to be recycled? Well, you are, but they may not be going to the recycling plant. Instead they're being used to generate solar power, and a fairly good amount of it!
The folks at Cansolair created this unit, known as the Solar Max 240, capable of generating almost 10,000 BTU or 2600+ watts of energy.
Here you can see a better image, showing the complete unit. The manufacturer claims it can heat a 1,000 sq. ft. home, changing the air completely in 1.5 hours. It works by drawing colder air in from near the floor and pushing warm air through a vent somewhere near the ceiling.
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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It's a wonderful idea but I also live in the Great Lakes area and to run this thing you need SUN....we have as many or more cloudy days than Seattle etc. Just would not work here.
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There is no link to follow. Does anyone has it ?
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