Mother's Heat Grabber Is Back

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November/December 1978
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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Your Heat Grabber is now ready to Install In any south-facing window (that's not shaded from the sun) on any house, apartment, garage, etc. that you want to warm with "free" solar energy this winter. Just hook its top "lip" over the window sill, prop the unit's base up on cinder blocks or a little stand built specially for the purpose, shut the window firmly down on the collector's top . . . and sit back and enjoy the warmth that your Heat Grabber will Instantly start pumping Into the room during sunny weather. a Although an experienced woodworker should be able to construct his or her own Heat Grabber from the information on these three pages, we're quite aware that a great many MOTHER readers will prefer to build their collectors from detailed, step-by-step, fully illustrated plans with some of the more critical parts and cross sections shown full size.

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Such plans are available for just $10 . . . and they include a great deal of extra information: woodworking tips and hints, suggestions on saving money by substituting recycled materials for some of the items called for here, and an explanation of how to make MOTHER's Heat Grabber even more efficient with a few modifications (that cost only pennies).

Plans for a similar heat grabber, the The Window Heat Grabber, item number 754 are available for $10, or by calling 800-234-3368.

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