12 K solar system?

[john the architect]

Why not convert your electric dryer to solar? I did one in HPP. Starting with an electric is best, however. First remove the circular heating element in the back. Now get a coil of copper tubing that fits in the same place. If you want to do this right then do heat calcs for the perfect design. Then you connect this coil to a heat source. You will probably need very high temperatures, something hotter than the boiling point of water, so do not use your domestic solar water system. Use a fluid like a high temp oil and run it through an evacuated tube collector. You can get these cheaply from a source that imports from China, I believe. There you go. Free drying and no dangerous and expensive high voltage. This was Ray Peters idea, the basic part of it anyway, and you can look up where someone has already applied for a patent on this.

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Originally posted by StillHope

My builder has someone who can install a solar system for my house for 12K.
He also mentioned that it,probably,will not allow to use the electric dryer,but I can live with that.
My house is less than 800 sq ft.
It will cost me about 3 K to get connected to the electric power.
So that solar system sounds good.But I am not an expert.

Any thoughts?

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