Simple PV Solar Heating DIY for Beginners (detailed guide) 12V 24V 48V electric heaters 2023

I made this detailed video for beginners who want to try using DIRECT DC solar panel feeds to heat their home, shop or office. The concept is sound, works well, and I've been using it to heat my home for years. If you are interested in a more advanced PV solar heater design, check out my modified DC space heater series:    • Heating my home with solar panels! DI...  
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The intent here is to show how to extract heat easily from solar panels using common off the shelf DC heaters. Plus there is extra information for those who want to learn more. Topics: PTC elements, resistance elements, DC brushless fans, direct PV operation, install tips, safety recommendations, fire prevention, resistor voltage divider behavior, DC converters, monitoring.

Samples of various off the shelf low voltage DC heaters will be shown operating directly off of solar panels, and lots of safety and technical information. These 12/24/36/48V DC car and truck heaters are easy to get and require little to no modification to run off of solar panel arrays. This is also called PV-to-Load (PV2L).

For years I have been using excess solar power to heat my home with various types of DC heaters. It makes no sense to burn charge controllers, batteries, inverters and heat pumps (which can cost over 80-100x more than a simple resistance heater) when PV can provide heat directly at minimum cost, a minimum level of technology and with few moving parts. Solar PV electric heating is a great way to reduce dependence on gas, wood burning, grid power and other heating sources.

If you are interested in heaters that don't have fan noise, check out my modified AC(DC) space heater video series below.

Hope this video helps you out! Thanks for watching - DD
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Be careful hooking these heaters up to solar panels, they are a fire risk and should be treated with the utmost caution and respect. I am very careful when using them. Don't burn your house down with solar panels!

Example (PTC) 12V 100W Heater
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24V Small PTC heater
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12V 600/800W (non PTC) Car/Truck cab heater
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12V 600W (non PTC) Car/Truck cab heater
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12V 400/600W Car Truck Cab Heater (non PTC)
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12V 800W dual Car Truck Cab Heater (non PTC)
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24V 500W car and truck cab heater
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24V 800W car and truck cab heater
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100w monocrystalline 12v solar panel (Newpowa)
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100w monocrystalline 12v solar panel (Eco-worthy)
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