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By Dave, January 16, 2005 11:27 pm

got a bit more done today.

power cable mounted to the north side of the trailer above the windows. runs the length of the trailer with a connection almost at the west end. got it in pvc for the trip to and over the qhut.

added a 2x6x16 from the trailer to the top of the greenhouse as well as some other support boards. plastic over the north side and attached the roof tarp to the top board. will go back up and attach the conduit to the board too.

wire is run through the pines and am ready to attach to the final run into the box. got conduit running out of the box and turning into the shed on the east side of the barn, then the wire is through the bushes. need to figure a quick connect on this one if I can cause of the pines needing to come down.

was looking at them again today. they are in real bad shape. gonna come down by them selves before long.

put old fiberglas along the north side of the trailer to block the wind. used plastic on the east and south sides. may go back on the north side with plastic over the fiberglas tomorrow.

temp in here is 58.9 and that is with just the wood burner going and little fan pushing heat through the vents into here. not too bad as its 23.7 with a wind chill of 14.6 outside right now. or that is the reading at the <a href="http://myweb.cableone.net/mikecalloway/">local weather station</a>.

redid a bit on the south side of the greenhouse too. got more to do but this covered the worst of the holes. I hope to get the power finished tomorrow and will be able to use the oil filled heaters in here then. Just got a 12/2wg running the entire trailer now so don't want to add a major load.

Looked at the heat and it is strip heat. 10kw at 240 v is the rating. don't think I am gonna use that much. don't think the compressor has a reversing valve to make it a heat pump. no name on the thing so far. painted over all that stuff. guess i will try cleaning it off if there isn't anything in the control panel. haven't opened that yet.

thinking about moving the other mobile homes into the cluster here. heat and cooling are the main problems. figure that out and will be able to do what ever.

need to find where i can buy the insulated 3000 gallon tankers that are out of date or whatever. dig a hole and bury it with access to business end. fill with water and hook up pumps to collector, wood heat box, and zoned radiators. would have to insulate the pipes. box chase filled with fiberglas and the pipes?

better. back was out and pinched a nerve (or 10) to my stomach and other things. much better after getting it back somewhat in place. still some irritability but not anything like what it was.

gonna call it a night. long cold day and got two more to look forward too at the very least.