Hot Air Solar Panel Design

Passive direct gain or active direct gain.

Hot air solar panel design. 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. Our solar heating designs have been pre engineered for optimal performance and safety. The thermosiphon collector consists of clear corrugated polycarbonate panels fastened to 2 by 6 inch studs. See below for layouts of solar heating designs.

The design accommodates 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 construction. It is as easy as 1 2 3. The sunmate solar panels are installed vertically and mounted on the south facing side of your home or building. 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.

The same principles apply to this as the pop can solar collector and although you will spend more on materials you ll save a lot on labour and it looks neater. Possible to fit directly into existing central air systems. We are building and installing 14 of these hot air collectors on our south wall of our 140 year old house in ontario canada. 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.

Parallel installation allows you to integrate multiple panels for heating large areas. Solar hot air collector plates come in two types.