[RE-wrenches] SDHW collector covers

[William Dorsett]

Jeremy, we used use a screen fabric called Phifer Glass shade screen
(http://www.phifer.com/ExtSunControl.aspx#) which comes in 4' rolls and in
different levels of shading. For vertical collectors we anchored it along
the top of the collector and used awning type pulleys to roll it up on a
bottom rail of 2" PVC pipe filled with sand to give it weight and glued pipe
caps on the ends. We drilled holes in the caps for eye-bolts to tie them
down so they wouldn't flap in the wind. They worked very well for many
years.

Bill Dorsett
Sunwrights
Manhattan, KS

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Rodriguez- All Solar Inc.
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 9:21 PM
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] SDHW collector covers

Anyone have a good product besides plywood for a collector cover?  4x8 ft.  
Thx!
 
Jeremy Rodriguez
All Solar
Colorado, USA
Sent via BlackBerry. Sorry for typos and shorthand!
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