Christopher Weeks wrote:
Trace Oswald wrote:If you can work it in, I would put vents on either side near the top....you could make a simple piece of siding to fit over the vent holes with some overlap and a couple hings. A little weather stripping would kill any drafts. Just a thought.
Just to be sure I'm on the same page with you, you're suggesting a screened window that I open for the summer and plug up for the winter. Yeah?
I've been wondering about stuff like this since most of the online advice for coop-builders (from people to our south) is that you can't have enough ventilation.
G Brent wrote:So this is a design for a geothermal windmill that I've been working on and am in the process of building/testing. I thought I would open source this and share it with all of you. I'll try to document things as this project develops.
THE IDEA:
The idea is for a home sided windmill system that would always have wind 24/7. Cold air moves to hot air so we want to capitalize on that differential as much as possible. The greater the difference of temperature the more wind will be created and the faster a windmill/turbine will spin. The earth and sprinkler mist and evaporator cooling will cool the air as it piped through the ground in 3 stages. I'm hoping it will cool the air down to around 0 C(32F). Then it will encounter Fresnel lens/fire heated rocks/sand bed(heat sink bank) that will super heat that air to around 260 C(500 F) and provide suction through thermal convection of the air. Turbines will be placed between ground and the heat bank as well as in the convection pipe above the heat bed. Here's a diagram to help understand. I would love to hear you input on this design, I haven't seen anything like this. I have a couple engineers helping me on this project with the math and such, but I'm totally open for other building this system as well and testing it. What do you guys think?
Christopher Weeks wrote:
Trace Oswald wrote:For our climate, I would be very cognizant of two things. Good ventilation and no drafts at all where the chicken will roost or nest. Can't wait to see your progress!
We're cladding the walls in OSB and wrapping in off-brand Tyvek to halt drafts. My preliminary designs says that short wall will be entirely open. (I mean, screened with hardware cloth). But I'm trying to make everything other than the front opening tight. I hadn't planned on Tyvek, just paint and caulk, but Paul convinced me.
The footprint is about 14' wide by 16.5' long. It's not as long and thin as I'd prefer, but I'm hoping it works. If there's too much open at the front, I can end up sheathing over the outside edges of that wall.
Amy Gardener wrote:The scent of human urine repels raccoons according to my very smart buddies at our local animal control office.
thomas rubino wrote:Wow, Trace what state are you in?
20 years ago things were like that around here.
And for quite a few of us it still is.
However, with the influx of new folks around things have changed.
As an example our Justice of peace. He had a fenced backyard.
He owned a male heeler-type dog. It, as most heelers are known to bite strangers or anyone walking away from one.
He had signs up warning beware of the dog.
The burglar must not have read the sign...
The dog bit the crook extensively as he was attempting to climb thru a window...
Police were called, and the man was taken to the doctor and then booked in jail for attempted robbery...
The lawyer for the crook promptly sued the JP for damages, pain, and suffering as well as mental "trauma" from the scary bad doggy... Doing his Job!
They won their case.
By having the signs up saying beware of the dog, he was admitting he knew his dog would bite.
It cost him a pretty penny to make that go away!
This sue happy mentality is not making the world a better place.