| Everyone knows that standing the in the sun on a | | | | your own solar air furnace. Whether you use |
| cold day is the best place to be to stay warm. If | | | | plastic sewer pipe, aluminum cans or other |
| you are wearing black, you'll feel the sun actually | | | | material, make sure you paint the material and |
| make you warmer in faster time period. So, how | | | | exposed areas black to accomplish the most |
| does black work best to generate heat for your | | | | absorption of light during this process. |
| home or other enclosed space? | | | | The color black is naturally efficient in collecting |
| Window air heaters are conceptually one approach | | | | light waves instead of reflecting them. Once these |
| to getting free heat from the sun. They are easy | | | | waves are absorbed, they are transferred into |
| to make, can be made of recycled materials and | | | | heat. Taking advantage of this process is the |
| can help supplement your heating needs during | | | | basis of your window air heat system. Air passing |
| the winter. | | | | through the through the chamber becomes a |
| The basic concept for a solar air heater captures | | | | heat engine that generates hot air that can then |
| energy from the sun and uses it to warm air as it | | | | be piped to help heat a room during the day. |
| moves through an enclosed heat chamber. When | | | | Using the basic principles and a bit of carpentry, |
| air begins to heat up, it rises upward through the | | | | you can generate heat from thin air and sunlight |
| heated space and out of the air heater and into | | | | and by using the correct color for your heat |
| your home. | | | | engine, it will make it much more efficient. This is |
| The color black makes this process more efficient | | | | how the color black works best when you design |
| and should be part of your design when building | | | | and build a solar furnace. |