Solar Sponge
The DIY Solar Air heater

The Solar Sponge is a low cost Do-It-Yourself active Solar Air Heater designed to heat your home using energy from the sun. The design was featured in Issue 94 of Renew magazine.

Commercial Solar Air Heaters cost many thousands of dollars, we'll show you how you can build one with similar or better performance for less than $500 using parts from your local hardware store!

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• Read the Solar Sponge Article

• View Photos of the prototype

• View the Mechanical Drawing

• View the Power Output Graph of the prototype showing a 500W output for 25W input!

• View the Room Temperature Graph showing the increase in room temperature.

• View the Collector Temperature Graph showing the collector and outlet temperatures.

• Get the latest UPDATE

• Check out Chris Lange's excellent version of the Solar Sponge

For further information contact David Jones on the email address below.

David & Nicole are based in North West Sydney, Australia.

 

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