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Counting The Benefits Of DIY Solar Energy Projects

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:39:56 +0000

Counting The Benefits Of DIY Solar Energy Projects

Counting The Benefits Of DIY Solar Energy Projects Why is there a need to take a good look at what solar panels, and many DIY solar energy projects? Well there are a number of reasons why, and all these things can help make your life easy and convenient. If you take a look at some [...] Related posts:

Bring Down Energy Costs; Heighten The Looks Of Homes With A Solar Panel

World Solar Challenge

admin — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

World Solar Challenge

World Solar Challenge Back in ’94ish, I participated in the World Solar Challenge as part of a TAFE team. It was a very low cost, low tech entry, basically it was a fiberglass canoe shape body with two wheels at the front and one at the back. A big flat solar panel array above our [...] Related posts:

Building On The Ridge or V Trough Solar Concentrator Array

Building On The Ridge or V Trough Solar Concentrator Array

admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:16:42 +0000

Building On The Ridge or V Trough Solar Concentrator Array

Building On The Ridge or V Trough Solar Concentrator Array A V trough solar concentrator array would look like the below, not shown is the solar tracker. This particular array has a 60 degree concentrator, with the reflector surface the same length as half the width of a solar panel. The yellow lines represent the [...] Related posts:

Ridge or V Trough Solar Concentrator

admin — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:23:48 +0000

Ridge or V Trough Solar Concentrator

Ridge or V Trough Solar Concentrator A solar concentrator is a shiny surface that reflects sunlight on to a collector. One type of concentrator is a ridge or V trough In this diagram, the solar panel is 50mm wide, the angle of the reflector trough is 60 degrees and the reflector trough in 50mm. You [...] Related posts:

Homemade Solar Oven Solar Funnel Calculator

admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:05:24 +0000

Homemade Solar Oven Solar Funnel Calculator

Homemade Solar Oven Solar Funnel Calculator There’s a complicated math formula for calculating the angle of a solar funnel for solar ovens, and the like. But fear not, the solar funnel math calculator is here. Enter the width and height of the funnel, and we’ll tell you the angle. Width: (x) Height: (y) It’s better [...] Related posts:

Solar Box Oven – Solar Funnel Maths

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:57:55 +0000

Solar Box Oven – Solar Funnel Maths

Solar Box Oven – Solar Funnel Maths The angle and size of solar funnel is interdependent. The idea is you want to reflect the suns energy into your solar box oven, that would have otherwise fallen outside the box. This is a cross section of the funnel and part of the oven. The solid vertical [...] Related posts:

Homemade Solar Oven Solar Funnel

admin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:25:26 +0000

Homemade Solar Oven Solar Funnel

Homemade Solar Oven Solar Funnel Adding a solar funnel to your solar oven will help it on marginal days. Square solar cookers work best, but if yours isn’t square, you’ll need 2 sides of different sizes. Square solar cookers just need the one size. The funnel fits on the inner box. Homemade Solar Concentrator Solar [...] Related posts:

Solar Box Cooker Improvements

admin — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:09:55 +0000

Solar Box Cooker Improvements

Solar Box Cooker Improvements The Homemade Solar Cooker works well on most days, although there are a number of ways to improve it for more marginal days. The easiest way is to make the reflector as big as the outer box. More reflectors could be made separate to the Homemade Solar Oven. You’ll need a [...] Related posts:

Solar Box Cooker

admin — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:45:45 +0000

Solar Box Cooker

Solar Box Cooker Solar box cookers or solar box ovens are one of the easiest cookers to make, and they are very effective. You’ll need a few cardboard boxes, some foil, non toxic black paint, white glue, and an oven cooking bag. It’s a great way to start experimenting in Homemade Solar Concentrators. The two [...] Related posts: