Can you give me homemade ways to use solar power without solar cells please?

Question

Can you give me homemade ways to use solar power without solar cells please?

Answer 1

hot water.

many years ago i was travelling the backroads in hawaii.

one day we found an old, seemingly abondoned camp ground.

but it still had a working shower.

the water tank was on the roof, and the water temp was really nice.

and free.

now, i'd not be putting a 500 gallon tank on the top of you, or my, house.

that is, not unless i was intent on creating an elevator shaft for future construction.

on the other hand, there are many systems for providing solar hot water.

and you can take a long shower, and not watch money flowing down the drain.

Answer 2

in my house we turn on the light at night for the little ones this wastes alot of energy you could conect the solar energy to a wire run and run it into your house or save the energy for a black out

Answer 3

I am not sure what sort of thing you want to do with solar power. Are you wanting to collect sunlight and convert it to electricity to run a house? If you want to gather solar power for use I think you do need solar panels.

(Of course, you can also always use solar power to burn holes in paper using a magnifying glass.)

Answer 4

You can always heat your household water with a solar heater.

Maybe a solar cooker for the backyard BBQ.

And since wind is solar powered, you can set up a small turbine for power.

Answer 5

Yep.  Hang your wash out on a clothesline on warm, breezy days.

Answer 6

Plant some bamboo- that stuff grows real fast, up to 4ft in a 24hr period!  Tie some string around the stalks. Work out a system of pulleys and gadgets (you'll have to invent this part) that spin a turbine as the bamboo grows.  Once you work out the details, plant thousands of acres of bamboo and become rich.

Obviously, the solar power part is photosynthesis.

Answer 7

"Passive solar" is the most cost-effective way to use solar energy at home because many of the techniques cost nothing.  The easiest is to keep the windows clean and the blinds open during the winter; doing so can dramatically reduce your heating bills.