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ART
TEC
Guy
Marsden
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION LOG
PROGRESS
REPORT:
October
6: Installing solar collectors
The big day!
My neighbor John helped me to install the SunEarth
solar collectors
on the roof of
the shed that he helped me to design. These are
Empire
Series
collectors that
measure about 4 X 8 feet, and they are HEAVY!
The weather was
very windy and the panels and ladders were catching
the wind at times.
Then it rained heavily a few minutes after we got them secured.
John's experience
as a house building contractor proved very valuable
as we struggled
to get these heavy units into place and secured.
I also was able
to get the solar electric panel up before the rain.
This is a 10
watt Solarex MSX 10 polycrystalline
solar panel that will
power the DC
circulating pump for the collectors. Now the job shifts to plumbing...
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June 2005 |