Is there an update on your demo house solar air heater?
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Is there an update on your demo house solar air heater?
Have you collected enough data since completing the latest demo home with the pre fab house on a Legalett air heated slab foundation to do an analysis of its effectiveness? I'm wondering what the numbers are on using the solar air heated collector to provide supplemental heat for the in floor heating system Legalett is known for. My question is does the extra cost of adding the solar air collector and additional cost for added piping and installation of the adapted Legalett heating system cost effective? Would the added cost of this add on system be more cost effective if same amount of money was put towards PV solar? Wouldn't the collected power from PV be more beneficial if it can cover the equivalent heat units collected by the Air Solar Panel, possibly power the Legalett in floor heating system, and also provide power to heat domestic hot water?
不幸的是,我们新演示室内的太阳能空气加热板还没有到!我们被告知大约一个月,所以希望我们能在圣诞节看到他们,那将是一个很好的礼物。When done, we hope that ourSolar Air Heated Floor (see video here)will provide in the area of 70% of the heat load, but until they are installed it’s still hard to know.
We will for sure send out a celebratory email when everything is up and running, so if you aren’t already anEcohome member you can sign up hereif you like, or check back on the latest posts, an update will for sure be posted there.
To address your other questions, while we don't have data to support it, there is really no way that the same amount of money invested in PV panels could possibly compete with the low cost of solar air heating panels and deliver the same amount of BTUs for the same price.Thermal solar air heating panels像这样的都是低技术;你说的是通过一个黑盒吹气,而不是发电。这是真正让我们兴奋的地方,我们非常确信,它提供的热量将是非常值得的成本的系统。我们只是不认为光伏板是这种情况。但是,我们很快就会知道……
Thanks for checking in Dean, we’re pretty jazzed up about getting that going, nice to know others are interested too!
It's been over a year; any updates on the solar air panels for the air heated floors?