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I have something that amounts to that -- a 4x7 lean-to run on the front of my chicken bldg that for winter I plastic-cover and use the popdoor and window to run it as a popcan style passive solar heater.
It works *real* good.
However passive solar will do next to no good if you do not ALSO have serious insulation AND lots and lots of thermal mass to store the warmth into daytime. Otherwise, without insulation you're not achieving much at all, and with insulation but without much thermal mass all you're doing is accentuating day-night temperature differences which is not generally in chickens' best interests.
Pat
I have something that amounts to that -- a 4x7 lean-to run on the front of my chicken bldg that for winter I plastic-cover and use the popdoor and window to run it as a popcan style passive solar heater.
It works *real* good.
However passive solar will do next to no good if you do not ALSO have serious insulation AND lots and lots of thermal mass to store the warmth into daytime. Otherwise, without insulation you're not achieving much at all, and with insulation but without much thermal mass all you're doing is accentuating day-night temperature differences which is not generally in chickens' best interests.
Pat
