Member BiggKidd
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Back to the house all 5 batteries are DEAD! Weather guessers could NOT have been more wrong about today’s weather. First it didn’t rain at all after daybreak second the sunny blue sky showed up about 1:30pm and the rest of the day was perfect work outdoors in short sleeves weather. It’s 58f as I type. I went and cut the last of the useful bit’s of frame away from the rest and got it back to the work area. That was after I got a few more pieces welded together and a few others cut. That’s when I realized I needed more material. Thank the lord I had the junk to play with otherwise it would have been no go for this project, I can’t even imagine the cost of getting that much new metal out there these days.
I suddenly started second guessing my design last night for whatever reason. I guess I’m thinking someone would have already done it if it would actually work. IDK! But I’m going to complete it regardless….. Lord knows I’ve wasted more time and money in worse pursuits! lol
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So few people get it but you guys do!
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Realized yesterday I’m out of a very important item that I have to have before I can put this all together. So unfortunately I’ll have to wait till payday next month before I can order that. In the mean time I’ll keep working on what I can but this is going to add another couple weeks to the building process.
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Personally I have built and done a lot of stuff over the years. Mostly I built above ground swimming pools and pier foundations for backyard buildings. But I was also a school trained diesel mechanic in the 80’s and drag raced several tracks for the better part of 20 years, building all my own stuff. Also built a few buildings, garages and houses from time to time. Last but not least I went off grid and started homesteading full time 15 years ago. Best way for any one to contact me would be a message on here.
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Water/steam or electric baseboard heat may be an option and easier than running ducts. Plus you can walk in a big box store and buy a half dozen and have them installed in a day or so yourself if you use electric baseboard heaters.
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Sometimes being lucky is better than being good. Case in point when I ordered aluminum plate to mount all my modules on I ordered 6061 aluminum not knowing at the time that is one of the best alloys to use for heat sinks and thermal transfer.
Rain day today has me stopped from being out working on this project. What a bummer! At least I did make a little progress for an hour or two late afternoon yesterday. One more day of cutting internal pieces and I should be ready to start fitting that part together. New metal to work with would sure be faster and nicer but all the steel I’m working with came from the scrap piles and was at one time other items / products that are now just scrap waiting to be repurposed or recycled. Personally I like repurposing things since we get more use out of them that way.
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Check out Gabe Browns video’s on youtube about soil regeneration mix plants in that both help fix and build the soil and that the animals you’re getting will feed on. Using plants and animals plus any organic materials you can find will build the soil faster than any one way alone. Pre charged Bio-char is also a great option.
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One thing I’m REAL bad about is getting a project far enough along to use and never seem to quite button things up or make them pretty. lol
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So far the tests I’ve run have been inconclusive. I have another problem to solve before I get back to that.
I’m currently working on a way to lift the modules up when the stove gets to hot. What I’d like to create is something that will let the modules start lifting about 275f and to keep the lift height close enough to the stove top to maintain 250 or 260f on the module mounting plate. So a real thermal balancing act!
If anyone has any ideas I’m all ears! Please try and keep in mind I am striving to make a design most anyone can copy cheaply with basic tools.
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There are several youtube videos covering this. From what I’ve seen the biggest problem is not overheating the module that powers the fan. I happen to be playing with a bunch of these modules now for a project of mine.
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So have I, I even managed to run a Honda EU2000 for about 45 minutes at a time with my house as the load. The Honda was also powering the HHO generator. Problem was every time the refrigerator cycled on the generator cut off.
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You’ve got the right attitude you’ll be fine. MS caused me to have to relearn how to walk talk and write in 05-07
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When it comes to glass, artists and people wanting to make countertops and such will pay for colored glass even broken.
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Oh yeah and just like @TagNBee said there’s the 18 projects at any given time.
Speaking of fencing there’s adequate city fence and then there’s livestock fence. That one has been a tough one for me to master. I’ve got Houdini AGH and one flying cow. At least the AGH make holes I can find and fix I can’t find Dawn’s (the cow) escape route to save my life and the other three cows almost never get out and if they do the way is obvious.
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Welcome let me know if you find him please. He was an interesting guy.