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Save Those Beer Cans - Build a Solar Heater!

A Homemade Solar Heater

For several years family members of CapeCodWeather.net have been planning to build an experimental passive solar heater for home use. The project finally got off the ground this past winter, and the first design was tested over the last few months. Now that we've had some time to monitor the project and modify our approach, it's finally time to share some results! Who would have known that with a few beer cans, a trip to the landfill and a few dollars spent at Home Depot we could build our very own solar heater?



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