The house with solar heat and air

[Leo]

This is the house that I lived in in the early 1980s. Some panels provide solar heat and solar water heating. We also had a large granite water heater in the basement. It carried the new hot tub and the heat for the house. The heat came from the solar heat, but a small blower in the attic provided enough warmth for the windows to remain open after a blizzard. We also had a wind generator to help with energy.

PS: It was great fun to answer solar sales calls back in the day and let them know what we had on the home.

 

[eDJ_]

I'd enjoy hearing more about this house. The four water heating panels look like the ones Grumman made. The interior of those panels were a light turquoise or aqua marine color. I would have thought they would have been flat black. The glass cover were of a convex nature, like the ones shown, and I think they were made in the 80's. Supposed to be very efficient.

 

[Leo]

We had a granite-lined 40-gallon water "heater" to go with it. I'm not sure what brand they were. I was not part of the actual purchase of them, but they worked. I'd love to have another set and put it on a small home. That house had 6 bedrooms: 3 on the level you see there and 3 in the walkout basement.