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Message 1738333 - Posted: 30 Oct 2015, 19:41:04 UTC

Can you put plastic sheets over the windows? The air pocket sealed in will act as additional insulation.

Also, instead of removing the video card, can you turn the PC on its side so the bottom will have better air flow?
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Message 1738346 - Posted: 30 Oct 2015, 20:58:57 UTC - in response to Message 1738333.  

Can you put plastic sheets over the windows?


Yes, we do this most years on some of our windows...



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Message 1738398 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 2:01:18 UTC - in response to Message 1734260.  

I HATE having been diagnosed as type 2 Diabetes!!!

Me too.
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Message 1738415 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 3:03:28 UTC - in response to Message 1738404.  

I solved that problem. Do not get diagnosed! :D
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Message 1738416 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 3:15:20 UTC

Ok here is something I built to save on heating costs back when I was in grad school. A solar window heater.

I made a wooden frame. 3 sides were 1x4 and a top piece made of a 1x6. The frame should be as wide as the window you will put it in. Make it 8 feet long, a standard lumber size.
Cut 3 holes in the 1x6 as shown. Put a muffin fan in the center hole. Cut the top edge of the frame to about 30 degrees. What contols here is supporting the bottom as it sticks out your window. If it will not reach the ground you will need to build a support for the bottom.
Cover the under side with black plastic sheet. Tape it with duct tape. Place an alumimun dryer hose from the fan to the the bottom of the frame. Duct tape again. This hose allows the fan to push the air all the way down to the bottom of the heater. Cover the top side with clear plastic. Use more duct tape to hold the plastic and then stapeled the tape. I added a small solar cell to power the fan. Total cost is about $25-$30. I used this in Spokane all winter and it allowed me to turn the heater off on sunny days. Considering how much sun you get, one or two of these will keep your trailer nice and toasty most of the time.
This window heater will heat the air which is forced down to the bottom by the fan. Air pressure and convetion will force the heated air out the top holes into your room.
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Message 1738477 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 9:57:36 UTC

Solar thermal is an idea - I'd never thought of using it as a direct heat source, over here a number of folks use it to heat their hot water, but they must use gallons of the stuff.

Carlos, your high school project looks a nice simple way of building a solar room heater - I guess it needs to stick out of a window that can be closed against it to prevent all that free hot air escaping back outside.
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Message 1738564 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 15:48:05 UTC - in response to Message 1738477.  

Solar thermal is an idea - I'd never thought of using it as a direct heat source, over here a number of folks use it to heat their hot water, but they must use gallons of the stuff.

Carlos, your high school project looks a nice simple way of building a solar room heater - I guess it needs to stick out of a window that can be closed against it to prevent all that free hot air escaping back outside.

Yes, it does need a window that slids up and down as opposed to one that slides sideway. Quite amazing how much heat it captures.
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Message 1738588 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 16:39:08 UTC

...rhubarb, of no use to me without a bit of re-engineering, all my windows open the wrong way :-(
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Message 1738600 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 17:42:32 UTC - in response to Message 1738588.  
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...rhubarb, of no use to me without a bit of re-engineering, all my windows open the wrong way :-(

We dont have any sliding windows here in Scandinavia.
Why? It's more easy to get a firm sealing if the window could be open outwards or inwards.
Instruction video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXMJliz84GU
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Message 1738601 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 17:59:34 UTC

okay I have been gone awhile.. so if someone can field a technical question..

Where did the ignore button go?
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Message 1738603 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 18:02:52 UTC

...it got lonely so has run off in a sulk
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Message 1738608 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 19:05:25 UTC - in response to Message 1738601.  

okay I have been gone awhile.. so if someone can field a technical question..

Where did the ignore button go?

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/edit_forum_preferences_form.php
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Message 1738926 - Posted: 2 Nov 2015, 0:31:38 UTC

Really feeling violated. Someone broke into my home while I was out at lunch. Made a mess of everything searching for valuables. They did get my camera bag with a few grand worth of cameras and lenses. The rest is little stuff. Waiting fo room mate to get home. See what they took from her.
Poo!
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Message 1738927 - Posted: 2 Nov 2015, 0:34:37 UTC - in response to Message 1738926.  

Really feeling violated. Someone broke into my home while I was out at lunch. Made a mess of everything searching for valuables. They did get my camera bag with a few grand worth of cameras and lenses. The rest is little stuff. Waiting fo room mate to get home. See what they took from her.
Poo!

Sorry to hear, Carlos. I hope the police find fingerprints and can ID and catch the guy(s)/gal(s) that did this.
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Message 1738929 - Posted: 2 Nov 2015, 0:38:08 UTC - in response to Message 1738926.  

Sorry to hear Carlos.
It is never a good feeling!



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Stay strong....
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Message 1738934 - Posted: 2 Nov 2015, 1:30:00 UTC - in response to Message 1738929.  

Sorry to hear, Carlos. :-(
I hope the police can track down the scum bags.
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Message 1738945 - Posted: 2 Nov 2015, 2:26:20 UTC

Oh Carlos, that's awful! :[ I'm so sorry. Burglary is so much more than what they take too :((( The "presence" or atmosphere that they leave behind them is beyond unpleasant and lingers for ages.

As Ian said, stay strong, and like Lynn, I hope they police catch them.
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Message 1738947 - Posted: 2 Nov 2015, 2:29:57 UTC

So sorry to hear that you were burglarized. That is terrible!
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Message 1738960 - Posted: 2 Nov 2015, 4:05:39 UTC

I hate that feeling of violation.
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Message 1739787 - Posted: 5 Nov 2015, 2:06:13 UTC - in response to Message 1739779.  


Again?
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