Re: Solar-Heated Workshop (more)

On Apr 13, 7:52 am, "Morris Dovey" <mrdo...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've added a couple of photos (taken Monday) to my web page showing
construction and installation of passive solar heating panels in a
workshop, and added a link to the page at the top of my "Projects and
Pictures" page (below).

The shop now boasts wall-to-wall floors - and it looks pretty good (I
wish it were mine!)



Hiya Morris!

Ohhh...if I had a work-space like that! I did, but
retired...but,..yeah...the non-competition agreement ran out..and now
I have hired 2 people, one from my previous company. My conscience is
clear on this as the new owners haven't done a thing to keep the solid
surface profit centre going in their business model. So I have started
the ball rolling on expansion. I have the opportunity to move into two
portable class-rooms, which I can put on the property in any
orientation I like. The building code enforcers won't let me join the
two portables together, they must remain 'portable'. So, one will be
The Dirty Room and spray centre as I will again start on custom
laminate tops as well as solid surface. NO post-formed
installations!!!!

Now, one concern I have, is dust. I think the passive aspect of your
product is the cat's meow (pyjamas), but would it be possible to
gently force-feed the panels with, say, some muffin fans, and then
push the air through some filtration? Or do you think that there's
enough convection to pull through some basic filtration?
In my line of work, dust is a bitch. The stuff is like talcum powder
in consistency, but heavier so it does fall down to floor level pretty
quickly.
What if one made a box to hold a furnace filter, and then reduced to
the inlet of your panel? Kinda like a funnel shape?

I'm sure all that has crossed your mind already...would you like to
share?

r


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