Today, Saturday is very wet as its been raining for the past 3 days. I had some time to work on the solar collectors. Drilling the holes in the stainless to pass the manifolds from enclosure to enclosure below the windows. The manifolds will pass below and above the windows thru 3" of foam. The walls already have R20 so the areas above and below the windows will have close to R45 and I believe the wall will now have R28 and better sealed. The copper manifold will be insulated around with the foam so as to not lose any heat from proceeding enclosure.
In one of the photos the manifold can be seen with a section of risers and fin to give an idea of the near completed assembly.
The foam will be latter finished with a stucco and I added an outside receptical. When ever the lawnmower needed the battery charged the cable always had to run though the open window. How handy now!!
Some of the copper work has began. Winters coming!!
Randen
