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An active solar heating system, adapted for retrofit installation in a building, consists of a solar collector module and a plenum box assembly, the latter including flexible conduits which are connected to the module for actively circulating room air therethrough. The system enables the utilization

An active solar heating system, adapted for retrofit installation in a building, consists of a solar collector module and a plenum box assembly, the latter including flexible conduits which are connected to the module for actively circulating room air therethrough. The system enables the utilization of solar collector modules that are constructed in standard four by eight dimensions, while accommodating the necessity for misalignment of the room register and the air flow apertures of the module.

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An active solar heating system adapted for retrofit installation in a building, with minimal structural modification thereto, comprising: (1) a solar collector module adapted for mounting upon an outside building wall, including a frame having disposed therein a transparent front panel and a spaced

An active solar heating system adapted for retrofit installation in a building, with minimal structural modification thereto, comprising: (1) a solar collector module adapted for mounting upon an outside building wall, including a frame having disposed therein a transparent front panel and a spaced generally parallel rear panel defining an air flow space therebetween, and at least one member dividing said space, in a plane perpendicular to the planes of said front and rear panels, into two chambers, said rear panel having a pair of adjacent apertures formed therethrough near one end of said module, one of said apertures communicating with each of said chambers and said apertures being substantially isolated from one another by said dividing member, said chambers being in air flow communication with one another adjacent the opposite end of said module, thereby establishing a double-pass air flow path between said apertures through said module; and (2) a plenum box assembly for actively circulating room air through said module, said assembly including: (a) a box defining a plenum with an open front side, and adapted for installation in an opening formed through the building wall, with said open side disposed to the interior of the building and lying substantially in the plane of the interior wall surface, said box having an internal barrier member dividing said plenum into two adjacent compartments, and a rear wall with a pair of passages formed therethrough, each communicating with one of said plenum compartments, (b) a pair of flexible conduits connected to said box and said module with one of said conduits providing air flow communication between one of said compartments of said plenum box and one of said chambers of said module through said passages and apertures thereof, respectively, and (c) blower means mounted substantially within one of said conduits for inducing such air flow circulation, whereby said system is readily installed by forming an opening through an outside wall of the building, mounting said module exteriorly thereon and mounting said plenum box within said opening, and establishing air flow communication between said module and said box by connecting said conduits therebetween.