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Sustainability Starts at Home: Physical dimensions for the hydronic coil
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Sustainability Starts at Home. Sunday, October 21, 2012. Physical dimensions for the hydronic coil. The furnace area where I intent to insert the hydronic coil has a maximum inside dimension of 25"x25". The air channel is 22"x22". Posted by Andre Lochin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Edmonds Center for Suburban Sustainable Lifestyle. Hot Tub Heat Exchanger. Physical dimensions for the hydronic coil.
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Sustainability Starts at Home: Blue Moon
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Sustainability Starts at Home. Saturday, September 1, 2012. The Blue Moon, Friday morning. Magical light. Posted by Andre Lochin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Edmonds Center for Suburban Sustainable Lifestyle.
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Sustainability Starts at Home: Solar Panel Set
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Sustainability Starts at Home. Sunday, September 30, 2012. I still have to connect the panel to the hot tub. Posted by Andre Lochin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Edmonds Center for Suburban Sustainable Lifestyle.
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Sustainability Starts at Home: September 2011
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Sustainability Starts at Home. Saturday, September 24, 2011. I started looking at how much it would cost to build such a dehumidifier. The cheapest thermoelectric element I could find is this one:. 92Watts max, about 60 Watts optimal under 12V. The following heatsinks may be attached to each side:. The hot side can be equipped with a 80mm fan, such as this quiet fan:. The small 100W dehumidifier could be set in areas of high moisture, while the 1KW dehumidifier could be integrated inside the furnace.
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Sustainability Starts at Home: June 2014
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Sustainability Starts at Home. Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Update - June 2014. Not much has happened, the house is in need of repairs before I can decide to upgrade our energy system. I just looked at heat pump forced air systems, and they are advertised to cut 30 to 40% of an electric bill, which seems low and pushed the ROI to beyond 10 years. So I am still considering a hydronic system that can use solar. It really seems a hydronic system is the best, with combined heat pump and solar heating.
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Three Lakes Farm: Another Loss in the Corral
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Seeking Self-reliance on 5 Acres. Sunday, January 6, 2013. Another Loss in the Corral. While feeding the chickens this morning, I found a dead hen. Since the body was complete, I doubt it was killed by a predator. This is the second hen to dies this winter. Those hens are 3 years old, so this may not be too surprising. Posted by Andre Lochin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sustainability Starts At Home! Goat Health and Hay. Another Loss in the Corral. Watermark template. Powered by Blogger.
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Sustainability Starts at Home: May 2012
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Sustainability Starts at Home. Thursday, May 24, 2012. The initial idea of a 1400 gallon storage tank in the main downstairs room appears today unpractical. The alternative is too have a tank in the water heater closet, and another one in the furnace room, which means two separate systems. The furnace closet can accomodate a 4' x 4' x 5' tank, with a water capacity of 270 gallons, and an energy storage (assuming 140F - 110F temp range) of 20KWh, equivalent to 1 day of heat in the winter. Optimum solar fr...
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Three Lakes Farm: September 2012
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Seeking Self-reliance on 5 Acres. Sunday, September 30, 2012. A weekend Hard Work. Good progress this weekend. Posted by Andre Lochin. Sunday, September 16, 2012. Forced Air Compost System. When I visited Cedar Groove Composting 2 years ago, I really liked how they used forced air to provide oxygen inside the compost pile. They use french drain pipes connected to a ducted fan to force air inside the pile. Information is available on line:. Aerated Static Compost Pile. Posted by Andre Lochin. Thursday, Se...
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Sustainability Starts at Home: June 2012
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Sustainability Starts at Home. Friday, June 29, 2012. Unfortunately, all the water heater heat pumps I found online are designed to work indoor, with intake air temperature around 20C, or 70F. I haven't found the right product yet. The heat pump is an air-to-water heat pump, with intake air temperature as low as 35F. Posted by Andre Lochin. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Edmonds Center for Suburban Sustainable Lifestyle.
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Sustainability Starts at Home: August 2011
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Sustainability Starts at Home. Monday, August 22, 2011. Yesterday, I was at a friend's house, and we talked about a swimming pool heater. His 24FT pool is cold, even in July. We talked about the idea of laying a 300FT coil of black irriguation pipe on the deck around the pool to heat it. With that requirement, the simplest pool heater I found is based on the Thomason trickle collector, described [here]. The tilt angle, optimized for September, will reduce the effective size of the collector in June-Augus...
