Hi Unfortunately, I can see the main water tower from my front yard. We don't spend much money heating shower water in the summer.....
Bob On Dec 26, 2009, at 12:03 PM, J. Forster wrote: > In most single family houses, the water supply is pretty constant > temperature because the pipes typically run well underground for miles and > miles. Seasonal temperature variations don't usually go down more than a > few feet. The pipes are often deeper. > > -John > > ============= > >> Hi, >> >> In most rural or semi-rural areas over here in Canterbury, New >> Zealand, water is provided by a well on the domicile section. Wells >> are drilled into the natural aquifer formed by volcanic ash which we >> live on so it is relatively easy to create a bore hole and take >> advantage of the naturally filtered water from quite a distance below >> the surface. I wouldn't mind betting that this water comes out of the >> ground at a very constant temperature season by season and the amount >> needed to flow over the rb heatsink to hold it steady would not be so >> great as to be able to be wasted back into the drains. >> >> Ths would save all the messing about pumping water down into a bore >> and pumping it back up again. Although I appreciate that not everone >> is in the position to do this but some may already have a water supply >> like this, even for garden irrigation. When I lived out in the sticks >> I had reticulated water on the drip for the house uses but my own bore >> for garden irrigation. >> >> 73 >> Steve >> >> 2009/12/25 Bob Camp <[email protected]>: >>> Hi >>> >>> Actually burying a recirculating loop might work pretty well. The gotcha >>> is that going much deeper than 18" would require significant amounts of >>> blasting powder. I suspect the neighbors *might* object .... >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> On Dec 24, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Don Latham wrote: >>> >>>> Actually, couldn't you just squeeze your fish before you eat it? Should >>>> have a lot of mercury in notime, according to the scaremongers. >>>> Also, consider a heatsink buried about 10-15 feet deep. The temperature >>>> at >>>> that depth in the ground does not vary very much at all. The trick to >>>> all >>>> of this is to have a heatsink/source at a constant temp somewhere... >>>> Merry Christams to all the nuts! >>>> Don >>>> >>>> Bruce Griffiths >>>>> Magnus Danielson wrote: >>>>>> Bruce, >>>>>> >>>>>> Bruce Griffiths wrote: >>>>>>> At your location, at present, it wouldnt be a significant problem as >>>>>>> long as the basement was unheated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Depends. But having 3 dm snow on the ground helps to keep the ground >>>>>> around the house warmer, as it will insulate against the cold of the >>>>>> open sky. -12.8 C is the lowest so far. Since winter is reoccuring, >>>>>> we >>>>>> build the houses accordingly. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Also good ventilation would help, together with a thin layer of oil >>>>>>> on top of the mercury. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mmm. Yes, didn't think about covering the baths with fluids. >>>>>> >>>>>>> The biggest obstacle would be the cost of the Mercury. >>>>>> >>>>>> Actually, it could be an obstcle just obtaining in those amounts it >>>>>> here within EC, so it would involve some form of approval of some >>>>>> form >>>>>> of excempt since it is mercury is a ROS element. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Magnus >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Guidline price is around $US600/flask (1 flask = 34.5kg). >>>>> Thus cost for 145 ton would be around $US2.5million. >>>>> >>>>> The Canadians have a liquid mercury mirror telescope about 6m in >>>>> diameter. >>>>> Whilst this doesn't use 145 tons of mercury the surface area would be >>>>> of >>>>> the same order. >>>>> >>>>> Bruce >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>>> and follow the instructions there. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL >>>> Six Mile Systems LLP >>>> 17850 Six Mile Road >>>> POB 134 >>>> Huson, MT, 59846 >>>> VOX 406-626-4304 >>>> www.lightningforensics.com >>>> www.sixmilesystems.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> and follow the instructions there. >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD >> A man with one clock knows what time it is; >> A man with two clocks is never quite sure. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
