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Originally Posted by freebeard
Funny you should mention that.
I'm watching DIY Supermaterial Could Save You From Heatstroke: Salt based PCMs --- NightHawkInLight and at ?t=1344 he shows how to make a blanket to back your solar panels.
From grocery store materials ....to save your panels from heatstroke. |
Would be neat to see someone experiment with that. There was no mention of the heat capacity of such a scheme... and my guess is the panels would quickly melt any ziplock thickness amounts.
I've seen videos of people using DI water to cool panels in a filtered recirculation system. It's cheaper to simply install more solar panels than monkey around with such systems.
That said, I wonder if a a closed water cooling solution on the backside of the panel could be worth the effort. Probably not, but I'd like to see what people come up with.
I'm currently experimenting with a 12,000 BTU (1 ton) window AC unit for whole home cooling. 15 SEER compared with my 10 SEER 5-ton AC system. My strategy is to run it at full cooling the moment I close the windows up, and hopefully it keeps temps below 80 degrees.
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