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Make Your Own Solar Power Source
from:Solar power can be found in several different places on the earth. You can find solar power in a parked car, in a building with no air circulating, in a home without windows opened or fans circulating the air. When you step into any of these places that have been in the sunlight for a while you soon become overpowered by the amount and the intensity of the heat. This kind of heat can be taken and converted into heat that can heat your home, your water, an outbuilding, or any other building you would like to have heat in.
Heating by solar power is a free way of heating. When you heat using solar power you use a source that will direct the heat from the sunlight during the daytime to your solar source. A solar source is a device that you use to attract and trap the heat from the sun. Just like a car out in the parking lot gets hot when it faces the midday sun and the windows are rolled up. The seats can become very hot, too hot to sit on. These seats are a solar source because they trapped the heat inside and didn't want to let them go. When this happens the seats will still be warm long after the sun quits shining directly on that car.
Creating a solar source can be easy to do with a little thought put into it. With a solar source you need to think about all the things that attract the sun, such as metal, the color black, glass that is tinted or clear, mirrors and more. There is an endless supply of idea to signal the heat your way and trap it for your use. To get the heat to benefit your water system or even your heat, you need to come up with a way that you can circulate a liquid that when it passes by your solar source it will heat the water naturally because of the concentrated amount of heat that was trapped inside your solar source that day.
When the liquid carries through the solar source and travels into the home it can go directly to the water source where it can be kept warm, like a hot water tank, but naturally without using gas and electricity to keep it warm. This solar source can be a great challenge to create but you will enjoy the rewards for years to come. You can also find solar sources in stores as well as online. Shopping for solar power items has never been easier and it is not expensive.
Coming up with a solution that will carry the heat into the home is simple and practical. If your idea is successful you will have heat during the winter and warm water all year around. The main goal is not only to preserve the natural resources and the environment but it is cost effective when you can use something that is natural that you need to use.
Solar Power Water Heater News
Solar-powered Largo homeowner fights neighbor's trees, gains little ground
By Will Hobson, Times Staff Writer Saturday, May 19, 2012 Mike Zwalley, 58, of Largo stands among solar panels and a solar water heater on the roof of his home. He is challenging his neighbor, who planted three trees that Zwalley believes will eventually grow to shade his solar panels. LARGO — Last summer, Mike Zwalley put a $65,000 solar energy system on his roof. The system — a 30-gallon solar ...
Read more...Largo owner of solar-powered home fights neighbor's trees, gains little ground
By Will Hobson, Times Staff Writer Saturday, May 19, 2012 LARGO — Last summer, Mike Zwalley put a $65,000 solar energy system on his roof. The system — a 30-gallon solar water heater and 44 black panels that convert sunlight into electricity — cut Zwalley's electric bill from $300 to $400 per month to $10 to $20. About two months after Zwalley installed the system at his waterfront home off ...
Read more...FPL to offer solar rebates
Florida Power & Light Co. customers interested in installing a solar photovoltaic system or solar water heater can apply for rebates beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 3.
Read more...Mathews couple builds solar-powered home
A Mathews couple chose solar power for their new home in the Garden Creek area, and they’re waiting to see what kind of difference the choice will make in their electric bills.
Read more...Apply for FPL solar rebate next week
Florida Power & Light Co. will offer solar rebates for consumers and business on a first-come, first-served basis on May 3. Get an installer lined up because reservations for the rebates usually are gone in a few hours.
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