Talk:Trombe wall

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[edit] Illustration

This article very badly needs illustration. Here is what I mean:

"A major problem with the Trombe wall is that during overcast days or at night the wall acts as a heat loss, completely defeating the intent of the design. This problem is best addressed by adding insulation between the collector space and the thermal mass, and arranging for the thermal mass to be heated by the air circulating through the collector space via the one-way flaps." I can visualize an ordinary ('unimproved') Trombe wall because I've been familiar with the basics of passive solar since about 1975. Many readers will not be very familiar.

Both the standard and the improved wall designs need to be illustrated, or this passage does little good.

Thanks for considering. -J.R.

I offer the following image of a modified Trombe wall that I added to a earth sheltered solar home that I build starting in 1979 and finishing in 1984 outside Union Missouri. We lived there for about 6 years and enjoyed the warmth and low energy bills. F.K.