Hot Air Solar Panel Design

The sunmate solar panels are installed vertically and mounted on the south facing side of your home or building.

Hot air solar panel design.

We take the guess work out of solar heating installations by including pre configured solar heating design packages that have been proven to work. It is as easy as 1 2 3. The design accommodates 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 construction. The clear panels admit sunlight and an absorber suspended inside the collector captures.

Possible to fit directly into existing central air systems. Passive direct gain or active direct gain. We are building and installing 14 of these hot air collectors on our south wall of our 140 year old house in ontario canada. Just as it sounds this design replaces the stack of pop cans in the solar air heating panel with standard eaves trough downspouts painted matt black to absorb the sun s rays.

Here the term direct gain is used to describe the solar collector itself which receives it s heat by the sunlight which shines directly onto it. Parallel installation allows you to integrate multiple panels for heating large areas. Solar hot air collector plates come in two types. Making a solar hot air collector out of free used 2 x 4 metal light fixtures free old glass and free black paint to reduce our carbon body tape outline reduce our untility bills and save money.

Polyisocyanurate insulation results in extremely low heat loss and an energy fan operates for just pennies per day. The thermosiphon collector consists of clear corrugated polycarbonate panels fastened to 2 by 6 inch studs.