Now that I have that a/c unit in my bedroom, it would be real easy to quit using my ice. But that would be lazy.
Yes, the whole point, now isn't it? Having the luxuries makes it real easy to go back to being lazy. Just flip the switch, and you've got cold air.
Otherwise, I have to lug fifty pounds of ice to my Coleman, and take fifty pounds of water back to be frozen again. It is a real pain in the butt.
I guess I could look at it this way: it is like a job. So, what is the point? The point is to get my electricity usage down as low as possible. The a/c unit in the bedroom is actually not a bad location for it. This a but a small area to cool, so it doesn't have to work all that hard. Without the intention of doing so, I may have struck upon a good idea.
Right now, this sun problem looks like the hardest problem to solve. Water is not that hard compared to this. The sun makes it hard to keep energy use down.
Because of this simulation, I am learning what it takes to live out there. But I won't be going out west any time soon. Maybe not at all. I'll keep the land in reserve. I won't be going out there until I get my credit back in good shape. That could take a few years.
Of course, I will also need some luck with my health. Stuff happens, you know
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Sunday, July 23, 2017
United States faces coup attempt? GOP must unite to put it down.
Scott Powell American Thinker
Comment:
Tribal politics is driving it. The GOP may not care enough to do anything about it, though. In fact, I think they may be using it in order to keep people in line. Who are you going to vote for, Democrats? Of course, the answer is "no way" you vote for the Dems, but if they don't do anything they promised to do, then why vote for the GOP?
GOP voters could stay home on election day.
Comment:
Tribal politics is driving it. The GOP may not care enough to do anything about it, though. In fact, I think they may be using it in order to keep people in line. Who are you going to vote for, Democrats? Of course, the answer is "no way" you vote for the Dems, but if they don't do anything they promised to do, then why vote for the GOP?
GOP voters could stay home on election day.
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Real happy to hear this
Elon Musk wants to go to the moon.
He is not just a Mars guy, after all.
Going to the moon first is a great idea. The moon is made mostly of oxygen. If you do nothing else, but mine the oxygen, it will be a big help getting to Mars.
Getting on and off the moon takes a lot less than the Earth. It just makes a lot of sense to me to go there first.
He is not just a Mars guy, after all.
Going to the moon first is a great idea. The moon is made mostly of oxygen. If you do nothing else, but mine the oxygen, it will be a big help getting to Mars.
Getting on and off the moon takes a lot less than the Earth. It just makes a lot of sense to me to go there first.
How hot is it?
Without an a/c, it is hot, real hot.
With some help from my brother, I now have an a/c again. Saved my donkey, or whatever.
With some help from my brother, I now have an a/c again. Saved my donkey, or whatever.
Friday, July 21, 2017
Still fighting the sun
Originally posted, 7.18.17, updated on,
7.21.17:
The fight with the sun just got tougher. The a/c went out yesterday. Last night was tough. It got up to 107 degrees inside the trailer yesterday. It took till midnight for the temperature to drop to 90. At that point, I figured my fifty pounds of ice could take over, and I could get some sleep. This part worked well. But the high temperatures need to come down. ( no kidding )
The trailer is trapping heat, obviously. Last night, I came up with a way to cool it down faster. If you put a box fan in front of the screen door, it will suck in cooler air. That helps.
It may also help to try to manage this thing better. The sun goes south during the day, and strikes the bedroom area first. This gets really hot, then the rest of the trailer follows, as the sun moves back north and west. At the end of the afternoon, say 4 pm,, the sun will head north of the east west line, and the south end catches a break. This is when I need to start working on that end of the trailer. That's because it is the bedroom.
At the end of the day, the north end is getting blasted. I need to finish my work getting some protection against the sun.
As for the a/c, I will have to suck it up for awhile until I figure out what I need to do about that. Yeah, the obvious thing is to buy a new a/c. I'd like to avoid that.
The original post follows:
Been back from Irving for eight weeks now. Each week on Tuesday, the day of the week that I got back, I drain the black and grey water tanks to the trailer. Therefore, it is pretty consistent now that I won't use any more than that much water each week.
So, the water part has been easy. The sun part is tougher. Since I seem to be struggling a bit with the problem, I decided to start making notes on the sun's movement.
It is the later part of the day that is the real butt kicker. Starting at about 2 pm, the sun begins to strike the western side of the building, which is where the trailer is situated. Once that happens, temperatures start to rise quickly inside, unless you want to use a lot of a/c. At 4 pm, the sun is starting to head back to the northern side of the building. From four to eight pm, is when it can really get hot.
Since the overhang that this building has seems to offer some shade, why not try that?
This is a problem that I want to solve without spending a lot. This is over six hours before sundown that is the trouble. After sundown, things start to cool down. But not before it gets to about one hundred degrees in there. Cooling down from that point may take hours. Not good.
On the other hand, I have the freezer that prepares fifty pounds of ice each night for the bedroom area. This is working well.
However, the freezer produces some heat, and that makes the living room hot. If I open some windows, it seems to help, but I think more aggressive action is needed. It so happens I have a small fan, and I can crack open the door and let the fan blow out some air. Will try that tonight. Don't want to have the living room hot because of the freezer.
In short, there seems to be some progress, but for some reason, it is hard to pin down that I actually getting anywhere with this problem. That's because I use the a/c for several hours, and I want to cut back on that. Hopefully down to near zero. The study of the sun may give me some insights on what to do next, if my ideas don't seem to get anywhere. An overhang may be the ticket.
Still fighting it.
7.21.17:
The fight with the sun just got tougher. The a/c went out yesterday. Last night was tough. It got up to 107 degrees inside the trailer yesterday. It took till midnight for the temperature to drop to 90. At that point, I figured my fifty pounds of ice could take over, and I could get some sleep. This part worked well. But the high temperatures need to come down. ( no kidding )
The trailer is trapping heat, obviously. Last night, I came up with a way to cool it down faster. If you put a box fan in front of the screen door, it will suck in cooler air. That helps.
It may also help to try to manage this thing better. The sun goes south during the day, and strikes the bedroom area first. This gets really hot, then the rest of the trailer follows, as the sun moves back north and west. At the end of the afternoon, say 4 pm,, the sun will head north of the east west line, and the south end catches a break. This is when I need to start working on that end of the trailer. That's because it is the bedroom.
At the end of the day, the north end is getting blasted. I need to finish my work getting some protection against the sun.
As for the a/c, I will have to suck it up for awhile until I figure out what I need to do about that. Yeah, the obvious thing is to buy a new a/c. I'd like to avoid that.
The original post follows:
Been back from Irving for eight weeks now. Each week on Tuesday, the day of the week that I got back, I drain the black and grey water tanks to the trailer. Therefore, it is pretty consistent now that I won't use any more than that much water each week.
So, the water part has been easy. The sun part is tougher. Since I seem to be struggling a bit with the problem, I decided to start making notes on the sun's movement.
It is the later part of the day that is the real butt kicker. Starting at about 2 pm, the sun begins to strike the western side of the building, which is where the trailer is situated. Once that happens, temperatures start to rise quickly inside, unless you want to use a lot of a/c. At 4 pm, the sun is starting to head back to the northern side of the building. From four to eight pm, is when it can really get hot.
Since the overhang that this building has seems to offer some shade, why not try that?
This is a problem that I want to solve without spending a lot. This is over six hours before sundown that is the trouble. After sundown, things start to cool down. But not before it gets to about one hundred degrees in there. Cooling down from that point may take hours. Not good.
On the other hand, I have the freezer that prepares fifty pounds of ice each night for the bedroom area. This is working well.
However, the freezer produces some heat, and that makes the living room hot. If I open some windows, it seems to help, but I think more aggressive action is needed. It so happens I have a small fan, and I can crack open the door and let the fan blow out some air. Will try that tonight. Don't want to have the living room hot because of the freezer.
In short, there seems to be some progress, but for some reason, it is hard to pin down that I actually getting anywhere with this problem. That's because I use the a/c for several hours, and I want to cut back on that. Hopefully down to near zero. The study of the sun may give me some insights on what to do next, if my ideas don't seem to get anywhere. An overhang may be the ticket.
Still fighting it.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Demand the truth!
Says Ann Coulter. Well amen to that.
If you could summarize what is wrong with this civilization, that could come pretty close. It is fake everything. There is no truth to anything. So, the GOP is a fake party. The news is fake. "Insurance" is fake, because it isn't insurance. You could go on and on.
If we had the truth, we may get somewhere. But don't bet the farm on it.
If you could summarize what is wrong with this civilization, that could come pretty close. It is fake everything. There is no truth to anything. So, the GOP is a fake party. The news is fake. "Insurance" is fake, because it isn't insurance. You could go on and on.
If we had the truth, we may get somewhere. But don't bet the farm on it.
Time for Whitey to die
Yeah, all the Republicans who are "climate deniers" are the ones who need to "age out", according to the "Science Guy".
There it is, the suicide of the West in a nutshell. "Age out" with no kids means no more Western Civilization. But the planet will be safe from the white guys.
Time to die, indeed.
There it is, the suicide of the West in a nutshell. "Age out" with no kids means no more Western Civilization. But the planet will be safe from the white guys.
Time to die, indeed.
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