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- From: spears@bobcat.lmc.edu (Gene Spears)
- Subject: Re: passive solar: fact or fiction
- Message-ID: <spears.69@bobcat.lmc.edu>
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- Organization: Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, NC
- References: <1gmp3mINNhpi@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Dec16.094517.11125@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <1go6ntINN8j7@ollie.solbourne.com> <1992Dec17.161305.7468@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:52:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.161305.7468@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> constant@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tino) writes:
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- >In article <1go6ntINN8j7@ollie.solbourne.com> dans@solbourne.com (Dan Scott) writes:
- >>>Also, I would have to add that if the existing solar technology in that
- >>>house happens to be phased out, you've got a several hundred thousand
- >>>dollar "experiment" on your hands. People buy houses for security, and
- >>>don't want to have to rebuild it 10-15 years down the line.
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- >>Maybe you could explain how passive solar technology is "phased out"
- >>making your home less valuable?
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- >I'll stick to my gas bill (albeit a bit high) than have a roof full of
- >panels fail with no one around to fix them or replace them.
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- >Tino
- >--
- > "Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders..." - J.D.
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Purdue University School of Nuclear Engineering
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- There seems to be a lot of confusion in this thread as to what constitutes
- PASSIVE and ACTIVE solar heating. Passive solar heating is accomplished by
- using certain heat-storing materials, putting glass in appropriate places,
- and orienting your house to optimize (maximize or minmize depending on your
- climate) the amount of solar energy warming the homestead.
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- There are no panels, pipes, coolant, etc. involved in PASSIVE solar design.
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- Gene Spears
- spears@bobcat.lmc.edu
-