Actually I have put a bottle of water in my solar funnel cooker and left it out at night when the temperature was in the 50F and had ice form. It will only do it for me on a real clear night, it does not work on a cloudy night.
Bright Blessings, Kim
At 05:12 PM 9/15/2004, you wrote:
Hi, But, to create ice wouldn't that require the night time temperatures to get to freezing? Even if the goal was to cool a heat sink, power is still would be required. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate - solar. : : : : : Greetings to all. : : A new member here. : : If you have clear skies at night most of the time, solar panels can be used in reverse to radiate heat all night long. Circulate anti freeze from them : to your block of ice during the night and use the ice in the usual way. Not shure how much heat you can get rid of in this way. A calculation or : experiment is in order. The panels could be used for heat gain during the day in their usual way. Mount on top of your dirt mound for shade. : : : _______________________________________________ : Biofuel mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel : : Biofuel at Journey to Forever: : http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html : : Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): : http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.754 / Virus Database: 504 - Release Date: 09/06/2004 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
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