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Solar Power Possibilites
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:41 pm
by Robert
Does anyone have information on adding a solor power system to a mobile home. Is this possible? Costs vs. energy savings? Any good solor power websites?
Is this unheard of?
Re: Solar Power Possibilites
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:02 pm
by Mark Bower
During a sunny day, I heat my mobile home using two solar heaters I built myself. This link shows you how I built one of them.
solar heating panel
Mark
Re: Solar Power Possibilites
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:10 am
by Jeff Martin
Mark that is a really neat setup. How much heat does that put out on a sunny day? Is it just enough for the room it's installed in or does it also provide some heat to adjoining rooms
Thanks for the nice article showing how to build the panel.
Re: Solar Power Possibilites
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:34 pm
by Mark Bower
The solar heating panels put out temps of 120-150 degrees on a sunny day. It kind of depends on how big of fan you run too. I run about a 300-400cfm fan. The heat blows into a room by I try to move it around with ceiling fans and such.
Mark
Re: Solar Power Possibilites
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:05 pm
by Gil Davis
We have a number of solar systems here in Northern California. Locally, both the city of Oroville and Butte County have installed massive systems. There are quite a few single family installations around the county.
Re: Solar Power Possibilites
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:50 pm
by Rick
The company that is setting up the solar power system for my mobile home is AZ Solar. Very knowledgable and helpful.
www.azsolar.com
Re: Solar Power Possibilites
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:48 pm
by John M. Konieczny
Please place me on the solar power subscription list.
Natural gas here is $10 per cubic foot.
What about hydronic earth heated coils to recapture heat in the earth?
John M. Konieczny
1535 Fifth Ave.
Huntington, WV 25701-2416