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Old 02-19-14, 08:25 AM   #9
Ryland
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Originally Posted by Exeric View Post
As for getting enough heat out of any solar system in the far north climates in the dead of winter - it seems to me I remember hearing Randen, someone who I very much respect, saying that in the month of December there was hardly any heat generated from his system to heat his shop. And from what I recall it was a very well engineered system that worked on most of the same principles as the system we are talking about here.
What I am saying is that it's working for many people who live in this area, so while I don't know Randen or why their system failed to perform.

Here is one project that I worked on about 10 years ago and every time I see the home owner he's still thrilled with his house and that it's heated with the sun, http://strawbalefarms.com/active.html I worked on 4 other houses in Wisconsin and 1 in central Minnesota that have near identical solar hot water systems as their main source of heat and they all work in December.

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