Obligatory, 7.29.18

Updated,

7.31.18:

7:23 pm:

Not sure what I accomplished with this.  The sun still hits the trailer because it isn't fully enclosed.  Does that mean I should fully enclose it? 

Times like these you need to consider cost v. benefit.  I know that to keep the sun off the trailer for several hours during peak heating should help.  It is not yet clear how much help that actually is, though.

But to keep it off for only the late afternoon to early evening hours?  Not a whole lot of incentive to do that.  It's already cooling down, and there's not that much trailer left that is exposed to the sun.


11:00 am:

I built out the awning so that there isn't any sun hitting the living room area of the trailer.  It isn't completed yet, but it is close.  I got a bit tired, so I quit for the day.  Can always finish tomorrow.

Or manana.

I'm in a good mood because I haven't read the news yet.

Originally posted on 7.29.18:

For anybody who may be wondering, the title just means that I don't have much to say.

But that doesn't mean nothing's going on.

There's plenty, just that I don't write about every cotton picking thing.

One thing I am doing is experimenting with this swamp cooler.  Looks like I may be able to stretch a gallon of water for two hours.  The way I did it was to put it up close to me, and turn it off after about two minutes of pumping water to the cooling element.  After two minutes, shut the water flow off, and then let the cooling element dry out via the fan.  This still gives a cooling effect, but not as much.  Especially after about eight minutes.

Another thing is a water experiment.  I am checking evaporation rates.  Looks like a gallon of water that is emptied in a washtub will evaporate in two to three days.  I calculate that about a quart per sq foot per day.  Maybe not that much.  But that gives a ballpark number anyway.

The third thing is an expansion of the "awning" for the side of the trailer that is facing the west.  During the afternoon, this place gets a lot of sun, and it heats up a lot.  Over the past year, I have added a little here and there to improve upon that scenario.  But it still gets hot.  Not sure that an awning will help much more, but I am just about ready to implement a plan to expand it about another 8 feet.  Once that is done, an awning will span almost all of the living room area of the trailer.  The bedroom and bathroom will remain uncovered.  The bedroom has an air conditioner, and the bathroom is seldom used.

There won't be a roof.  I tried a tarp last year, and it didn't work very well, and it didn't last.

Lately, I haven't been working.  During this down time, I am getting a bit doubtful about going into Austin to work for Uber.  I brought my van back from Austin last week, and I could stop paying for the storage space to park it there.  Haven't decided.  What can I do to make it better?  There might be a way, but I am a bit worried that I am just wasting money and time with that kind of stuff.

That is all for now.