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menaus2 · 06-25-12, 10:02 AM

I have both heat exchangers tied into the house plumbing like this. You can see the two ball valves to the HX with the bypass ball valve between the two. On the far right is the check valve to protect the city supply.

Painting the treated 2x4's for the collector frames.

Part of the South facing wall before starting. Looks boring with all sorts of solar radiation being pissed away as heat into the surrounding environment. Stupid! Let's fix that...

After some finagling with the level and some screws here and there, the right collector frame is up.

Both up.

A different angle.

Friend and I put up the insulation and OSB. We used 2 layers of 1/2" poly iso board against the siding, and 1/2" OSB screwed in over that.

The same on the left collector. The reflection of the sun off the foil backing was starting to cook us. We got the OSB on fully, but didn't take pictures of that yet.

Next: insulating the inside "sidewalls" of the frame, and installing the collector plumbing!

06-25-12, 10:02 AM	#48
menaus2 Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Driftless Region, North America, Earth, Solar System, Orion Arm, Milky Way Galaxy,Virgo Supercluster Posts: 116 Thanks: 13 Thanked 35 Times in 25 Posts	I have both heat exchangers tied into the house plumbing like this. You can see the two ball valves to the HX with the bypass ball valve between the two. On the far right is the check valve to protect the city supply. Painting the treated 2x4's for the collector frames. Part of the South facing wall before starting. Looks boring with all sorts of solar radiation being pissed away as heat into the surrounding environment. Stupid! Let's fix that... After some finagling with the level and some screws here and there, the right collector frame is up. Both up. A different angle. Friend and I put up the insulation and OSB. We used 2 layers of 1/2" poly iso board against the siding, and 1/2" OSB screwed in over that. The same on the left collector. The reflection of the sun off the foil backing was starting to cook us. We got the OSB on fully, but didn't take pictures of that yet. Next: insulating the inside "sidewalls" of the frame, and installing the collector plumbing!