New Book : Solar Work in Your Home

DIY Solar Projects: How to Put the Sun to Work in Your HomeBy Eric Smith List Price: $21.99 Price: $14.95 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 43 new or used available from $14.60

Product Description

Advances in solar technology have made many DIY-friendly products available to consumers, several of which will be hitting the market for the first time in 2011. These include solar water heaters, solar battery charging stations, solar powered lights, photovoltaic shingles that provide supplementary electricity, solar heat pumps, and solar panel kits that generate primary home electrical service. Among the step-by-step projects is a solar water heating system you can build and install yourself for under $1000; simple thermosyphon solar heat collectors for barns and outbuildings; or "heat grabbers" that you can fabricate for $50 in materials and position below a south-facing window to provide auxiliary winter heat.

在太陽能技術的進步作出了許多 DIY的環保產品提供給消費者，其中一些將在2011年首次打市場。這些措施包括太陽能熱水器，太陽能電池充電站，太陽能燈，提供輔助電力的太陽能光伏瓦，太陽能熱泵，太陽能電池板的工具包，生成主要的家庭電器服務。漸次項目中太陽能熱水系統，您可以構建和安裝為1000美元自己;簡單的熱虹吸穀倉和外屋太陽能熱收藏家;或“熱採集卡”，你可以編造材料和位置為 50美元以下一個朝南的窗口，提供輔助寒冬酷暑。 

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Product Details

• Books
• Published on: 2011-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

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About the Author

Eric Smith has worked for many years as a carpenter, DIY coach, and Home Improvement editor. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.