May 2015

: Wadan painting the copper collector panel black

: Black collector panel in front of two flat-plate collector metal boxes

: Cleaning the glass

: Removing the old fibreglass insulation from the panel box

: Wadan cleaning the glass faces

: Ben wiring the solar panel and fan

: Wadan repairing the corroded panel boxes

: Repairs to corroded parts of the panel box

: Installing the air outlet adaptor (actually a downpipe adaptor)

: Cutting the outlet hole and installing the outlet adaptor

: Glueing styrofoam insulation to back of panel

: Drilling the air intake holes in the bottom of the panel

: Glueing the old aluminium foil back onto the face of the styrofoam insulation

: Reinstalling the copper collector panel

: Copper collector panel painted black and back in the panel box

: Copper collector plate back in the panel box

: Reinstalling the glass

: Installing the mounting rail using the existing screws in the corrugated cladding

: George installing the collector panel on the wall of the Greeny Flat

: George installing the collector panel

: George installing the plywood spacer in the sliding window

: Nearly there, just the ducting to hook up.

: George giving it the manual test

: Testing the output temperature

: Black foam used to try to damped the noise of the noisy fan

: Plywood spacer placed in the sliding window with switch and air intake.

: Plywood block to ‘lock’ window

: Air intake and switch

: Indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity

: Incoming air temperature and humidity

: Finished prototype

: Finished ducting and fan

: Finished prototype

: May 2015

: Finished prototype

: Finished prototype