The email below from Ed describing
how he converted a porch into a sunspace using some leftover poly film and a
couple hours.
Gary,
Here is a picture of my latest experiment inspired by your site.
Man I love what you have put together there.
I call it my Sunrise Porch Solar Collector. It cost me absolutely
nothing except time.
I had everything around the house... I bought a 100' roll of 6 mil
plastic
years ago to do some work.. I used 25 feet of it here... just tacked it
up with some
thin scrap wood and bingo... a solar collector in minutes. Ha!!! I love
it.
So does it work? Yeah it does...
Here's the data for today.. outside temp was 42 degrees F at 10:00 AM
These temps are on the porch inside the collector.
Time Temp
on porch
7:00 AM 20
degrees
8:00 40
9:00 70
10:00 82
I opened the door to my kitchen at 10:00 and watched the temp go up 3
degrees from 62-65.
My furnace stayed off all morning. My kitchen which is normally cold was
toasty. I had may coffee
on the 70 degree porch. Oh yeah!!!
Here is the rest of the day
11:00 70
12:00 70
1:00
2:00 60
3:00 48
Someday I'm going to insulate the porch, close it in, put a water wall
window seat
with plants on top. The future... isn't it grand?
Man I love the sun.
Thanks to all the solar experimenters that contribute to your site.
And thanks again to you.... for the inspiration.
Ed
If you have questions, Ed's email address is:
lexarded AT cox DOT net (replace AT with @ and DOT with a period)
