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Re: Ordered The Lad's Christmas present tonight..
By: AJ Date: January 3, 2018, 4:28 pm
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And it's done!
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Re: Ordered The Lad's Christmas present tonight..
By: The Dudley Lama Date: January 3, 2018, 7:50 pm
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now that you have experience...
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Re: Ordered The Lad's Christmas present tonight..
By: AJ Date: January 3, 2018, 8:48 pm
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[quote author=The Dudley Lama link=topic=158.msg1866#msg1866
date=1515030632]
now that you have experience...
[/quote]
..We've already discussed adding onto it. The beauty if this
thing is, is that's a Stratocaster. That is to say, it's modular
in design construction. Adding on to it would simply be a
matter of ordering more frame rails and lenses.
Another dimension of improvement that's started rolling around
in my head....
Since the frame that supports it is sitting on stones, we could
build a lattice of copper pipes in the bottom. I've wanted an
alternative source of hot water for the kitchen for a long
time...Takes forever to get hot water to the sink and
dishwasher. So we could build a small cabinet for an extra hot
water heater. Plumb it into the kitchen with an auxiliary line
going to the Greenhouse. Have a source of gentle, windless,
hydronic heat in the winter for the greenhouse, and with a
system of valving, run cool water through the pipes in the
greenhouse floor before it feeds the auxiliary water
heater...Thus helping to pull some heat from the greenhouse and
pre-heat the supply water to the auxiliary water heater.
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Re: Ordered The Lad's Christmas present tonight..
By: The Dudley Lama Date: January 4, 2018, 9:29 am
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thats a pretty involved loop... take a look at efficiency of
that idea... heat loss through distance runs ,,, cost of
operating electrical/gas heat as opposed to something like a
unattached outdoor wood heating unit... and wind is necessary
in the greenhouse climate... must move air layers off plant
surfaces to replenish c02 and 02 depending upon light cycle...
and moderate/equalize temps... passive solar can be a viable
option... in a small scale, heat storage/mass is the issue for
passive but there are ways... gravel filled raised beds with
copper loops for heat exchange... rectangular honey cans filled
with water/antifreeze depending upon climes, stacked and painted
dark red or blue for absorption of solar energy and reflecting
usable plant light... all lined up on the north wall...
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Re: Ordered The Lad's Christmas present tonight..
By: AJ Date: January 4, 2018, 12:49 pm
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[quote author=The Dudley Lama link=topic=158.msg1868#msg1868
date=1515079782]
thats a pretty involved loop... take a look at efficiency of
that idea... heat loss through distance runs ,,, cost of
operating electrical/gas heat as opposed to something like a
unattached outdoor wood heating unit... and wind is necessary
in the greenhouse climate... must move air layers off plant
surfaces to replenish c02 and 02 depending upon light cycle...
and moderate/equalize temps... passive solar can be a viable
option... in a small scale, heat storage/mass is the issue for
passive but there are ways... gravel filled raised beds with
copper loops for heat exchange... rectangular honey cans filled
with water/antifreeze depending upon climes, stacked and painted
dark red or blue for absorption of solar energy and reflecting
usable plant light... all lined up on the north wall...
[/quote]
That's a pretty involved post.. ;D With a informed and executed
insulation scheme, heat loss/pickup could be minimized. I am
going to get some solar powered fans for spring/summer/ fall
operation on the interior. The greenhouse has an adjustable vent
window on the south side which I ordered the temp triggered auto
arm for. That's a great idea with the cans, painted dark to
absorb heat during the day to slowly disperse it at night. I'm
stumped at "Honey Cans" though...A quick Google produced nothing
but Honey vendors...
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Re: Ordered The Lad's Christmas present tonight..
By: The Dudley Lama Date: January 4, 2018, 6:06 pm
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my dad is a bee keeper... commercially, honey is available in
rectangular cans... three or four gallons, they stack securely
fit together compactly... it would be easy to set up a heat
transfer type wall with small gaps/air passages to channel air
between cans
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Re: Ordered The Lad's Christmas present tonight..
By: AJ Date: January 4, 2018, 6:11 pm
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[quote author=The Dudley Lama link=topic=158.msg1871#msg1871
date=1515110807]
my dad is a bee keeper... commercially, honey is available in
rectangular cans... three or four gallons, they stack securely
fit together compactly... it would be easy to set up a heat
transfer type wall with small gaps/air passages to channel air
between cans
[/quote]
hope your Dad's bee's are faring well these days...The art has
always fascinated me frankly. It's a rare thing when both sides
benefit from a relationship when it comes to human/ other
species partnerships. Beekeeping is one of those rare
relationships.
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