HOW TO: build a cheap solar heater

November 26, 2007 by Kiltak |

Here’s a quick and easy way to build a cheap solar heater that will, according to the following video, save you around $35 per month on your electricity bill during winter time.

Required material:

  • A Foam board
  • Enough pennies to cover the board
  • Black Spray paint
  • A piece of plexiglass

When assembled, the heater should be set up next to a window that gets a lot of sunlight. Apparently, the device could bring the temperature of the room where it’s installed up around 10 degrees.

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4 Comments »

Comment by steven wilson
2007-11-26 11:24:58
That is a nice invention of a cheap solar heater one that most could do with a few hours work.Most people have no idea just how much energy is produced by the sun.

If the goverment ever figures out a way to profit from it maybe we will quit being so reliant on fossil fuels.

Steven

 
Comment by jason
2007-11-26 19:41:19
pennys are made of aluminum now not copper. if they were made of copper they would be worth far more than 1 cent.
Comment by Kiltak
2007-11-26 19:43:08
True.. but old pennies are made of copper… and yes, they’re worth more than 1 cent. :)

I’ve got 50 pounds of ‘em laying in a bucket in my basement.

 
 
Trackback by Belia
2008-04-21 02:20:45
Belia…

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