This $15 Sand Battery Heats Any Cabin All Winter on 2 Hours of Sunlight
231K views · May 9, 2026 · People & Blogs
Comments · 149
@AmericanHistory10 · 1 month ago
I’d love to see a detailed build plan for this. Having the exact dimensions and materials would make a project like this much easier to try.
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@mlang3066 · 1 month ago
You could earn an additional income if you would create a” how to Manuel “ for us to purchase so we could have this knowledge in our hands. We could then either build it ourselves or hire someone to build it for us. as I’m a 73 yr old Widow and cannot do this. Wish my husband knew of this process when he was alive, he was a carpenter/ electrician, plumber, Jack of all trades. He would have loved to build this concept.
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@EdMaki-t9r · 4 months ago
If there is a set of plans And there was a way to acquire them, that would be fantastic.
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@TonyL-gw4qx · 3 months ago
In Nebraska and making one in the next week for myself and each adult child ! <br>Thanks !!
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@glassblastcollision · 4 months ago
If you don't want to waste the heat in the summer and you still like to give it a job you can bury a 4 inch pipe in the sand at the top of the heat sink box and allow it to circulate through your electric or gas clothes dryer set on no heat / tumble mode. This is for those who still like to use a dryer in the summer if they don't use a clothes line.
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@rosemarie9656 · 1 month ago
This looks amazing. We built a 11x13 greenhouse last summer from a kit last summer. I wintered over my dwarf citrus trees in it. Despite caulking every leaking spot I could find, it cost nearly $500 to heat it for each of the coldest months of winter. That makes for very expensive oranges and lemons! I would love to have more guidance on the sand battery. I live in PA outside of Pittsburgh, close to Amish communities.
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@cjmann3033 · 2 weeks ago
I am in NE Ohio, 76 yrs old, still working full time. I am extremely impressed. Will see who can help me build one!
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@PeanutsWoods · 6 days ago
I am so happy to find this video. I need a back up source of heat in winter in Maine. I've almost been killed by propane 2x so that's not an option for me. Wood stove is too much work and dangerous in my tiny cabin built off pine. I've seen lots of ideas but this seems to be the best yet that truly seems attainable with some help from a friend who can build etc. Thank you!❤
@RobertPerry-k5m · 2 weeks ago
I have been looking for ways to decrease my carbon footprint for a long time. THANK YOU!!!
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@carmenmarialinne702 · 2 months ago
Great information. I live in Cincinnati and we visit Holmes county Ohio many times a year. I am 75 and hope to build a Sand Battery . Thank you for instructing me us.
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@debragrubbs1038 · 4 months ago
This amazing… I’m 68 years old and not able to build this but I love this knowledge to know how to build… maybe one day I will have to use this information
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@danielkirk564 · 1 month ago
The Amish having these, surprised me mostly... I have Amish neighbors in Chester County<br>We gotta get this
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