Ryland,
Yes it's very fashionable to lump all Californian's together, and easy too. Go for it and see where it gets you. 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.
But I won't bring up the exact quote so as not to embarrass your weak ego. If you've figured out a way to store November's heat to replace all of the dearth of heat in December for Randen, and do it cheaply and without a lot of work... well then please tell us all.
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