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- Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:35 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Results in, from adding a Drop Ceiling under the Cathedral .
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2513
Re: RE: Results in, from adding a Drop Ceiling under the Cat
Thank you for the update. You got great results! Upload a picture if you can. I am sure a lot of members are interested in this type of project. JD Im afraid i dont have a digital camera thats working. But, Lowes/Home DePot/and Menards all carry this very popular drop in ceiling . It really works g...
- Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:46 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Results in, from adding a Drop Ceiling under the Cathedral .
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2513
Results in, from adding a Drop Ceiling under the Cathedral .
I wanted to share this info with you . I installed a lay-in acoustical tile Drop Ceiling which consists of a white metal grid that accepts 2x4' lay-in tiles (1" thick insulated) . I also went wayyy overboard and layed R30 / 9.5" thick Batt insulation above the drop ceiling. This is for my ...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:06 pm
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Using 50' roll of 3/4" Copper ,painted black, in enclos
- Replies: 14
- Views: 37739
So you're going to solder the copper coil to plate copper? You would need a pretty thick plate to have the 'heat sink' mass neccessary to gain efficiency and prevent your flat plate from deforming. Ill see what i can come up with. Otherwise, ill fasten it down some other way to where it makes suffi...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:12 pm
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Using 50' roll of 3/4" Copper ,painted black, in enclos
- Replies: 14
- Views: 37739
That looks easy enough Dave. Most rolls of copper come precoiled in flat boxes, so setting it in a frame should be real easy too. Here's the one I'd like to try. http://www.byexample.com/projects/current/batch_collector/ Yes...i saw that project awhile back. What im going to do with the roll of cop...
- Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:40 am
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Ping : Mark
- Replies: 0
- Views: 20282
Ping : Mark
Hi Mark. I tried to send you a PM but i see PM's arent working on the Forum. I have a quick question regarding your Solar heat installation : In your writeup, you said you used a reflective backdrop for the Collector ... and im wondering why you didnt use something that was flat black in order to ma...
- Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:45 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Discussions
- Topic: Redneck Swimmin' Pool
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2972
Re: Redneck Swimmin' Pool
Just because your ol' truck don't run, don't mean it ain't useful http://bsornot.whipnet.net/images/redneck/redneck.swimming.pool.3.jpg When its 100 f . and huuuumid outside , that Redneck Swimming Pool would definetly work for me ! And so long as you have access to H2O , you can have it anywhere !
- Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:18 pm
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Indoor Solar heat panel
- Replies: 2
- Views: 22163
Re: Indoor Solar heat panel
I just discovered this website and stumbled across Marks solar heat panel project. I never realized how simple a project of this type would be. I am interested in knowing if I can alter one half section of my sliding glass doors to make an indoor panel. Would I just make a panel as for the outside ...
- Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:10 pm
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Using 50' roll of 3/4" Copper ,painted black, in enclos
- Replies: 14
- Views: 37739
Re: Using 50' roll of 3/4" Copper ,painted black, in en
Greetings. Im wondering if anyone has tried this specific approach to a Solar Collector for water ? I cant find any info for such a Collector online. How do u think it would work out by using a 50' roll of copper as a collector, then sending the heated water to a storage tank below utilizing a smal...
- Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:50 pm
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Using 50' roll of 3/4" Copper ,painted black, in enclos
- Replies: 14
- Views: 37739
Here's another link. I thought that site might send you to this one, but I guess I found it through Google. About 3/4 of the way down the page is a setup similar to what you are describing, with the exception being that they used polyethylene tubing. Copper would provide better efficiency, but it i...
- Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:53 am
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Using 50' roll of 3/4" Copper ,painted black, in enclos
- Replies: 14
- Views: 37739
Here you go neighbor, more information than you asked for, but lots to inspire. http://www.builditsolar.com/ Aaron, Thanks for the site. I looked thru the whole thing, but nothing on using a roll of copper IN the actual solar collector that id place on the roof. I think it would work quite well if ...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:38 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Putting in a Drop Ceiling ; how effective for hvac savings?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4349
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:34 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Putting in a Drop Ceiling ; how effective for hvac savings?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4349
Putting in a Drop Ceiling ; how effective for hvac savings?
Just moved into my Florida Mobile home, built in 1984 . Has a cathedral ceiling for the living room and it must be allowing tons of heated air into the space ; am seriously considering having someone put in a drop ceiling grid with 2x4' lay-in tiles with batt insulation laying above it. Has anyone d...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:55 pm
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Using 50' roll of 3/4" Copper ,painted black, in enclos
- Replies: 14
- Views: 37739
Using 50' roll of 3/4" Copper ,painted black, in enclos
Greetings. Im wondering if anyone has tried this specific approach to a Solar Collector for water ? I cant find any info for such a Collector online. How do u think it would work out by using a 50' roll of copper as a collector, then sending the heated water to a storage tank below utilizing a small...
- Fri May 29, 2009 10:16 pm
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Questions:Using my Well Tank AND Storage Tank as a collector
- Replies: 4
- Views: 23705
Re: RE: Questions:Using my Well Tank AND Storage Tank as a c
If your suggesting using the well tank as a solar batch heater don't do it the bladders are not designed for heat and excessive heat will cause stretching and premature failure. If you split hot and cold sides just after the well tank and through a couple of smaller hot water heater tanks or someth...
- Fri May 29, 2009 7:06 pm
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Questions:Using my Well Tank AND Storage Tank as a collector
- Replies: 4
- Views: 23705
Questions:Using my Well Tank AND Storage Tank as a collector
Greetings. Im new here. I live alone in a Mobile and actually use little hot water...just a 5 minute luke-warm shower each night and run the Dishwasher once a week. (I wash clothes using cold water) . I live in the FLorida Panhandle ...and the incoming water during May thru Sept. is nearly warm enou...