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Photovoltaic solar for heating a room?
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Re: Photovoltaic solar for heating a room?
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by richhagen (
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My dump load for my solar panels on my 48V system is resistance heating via old toaster elements. About 500 Watts or so. It is probably not optimal, but as a dump load for energy I cannot currently store and am not currently using, it works for now. In the dead of winter, 500W contributes relatively little to the 5000+ watts of gas heating in use, but at least it does something and probably reduces my consumption by a couple percent. Not as effective as adding additional insulation or weather stripping, or as Damon points out, powering a heat pump, but it beats open circuiting the panels. Rich
'A Joule saved is a Joule made'
Photovoltaic solar for heating a room?
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