Re: Re: Re: solar heated water tank

["Dyane Smith" <sunibey@sisqtel.net>]

Reporting back on my experiment:  the black plastic tub in the tire which
had been filled with manure--water did NOT freeze (only a little below
freezing at night though); black plastic tub just on the ground had "ice
cubes" floating in it in the morning.
Dyane
N. Ca

----- Original Message -----
From: parkerk <parkerk@mail.rvi.net>
To: Dyane Smith <sunibey@sisqtel.net>; <parkerk@mail.rvi.net>; Celia Krall
<celiak@pcrs.net>
Cc: Ridecamp <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 8:59 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Re: solar heated water tank


> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Celia Krall" <celiak@pcrs.net>
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:43:01 -0600
>
> >I like the way you think!  Great idea.
>
> ----------
> > From: Dyane Smith <sunibey@sisqtel.net>
> > To: parkerk@mail.rvi.net
> > Cc: Ridecamp <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
> > Subject: RC:  Re: solar heated water tank
> > Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 9:17 AM
> >
> > Do you think you could put manure in the tire BEFORE you put the plastic
> > barrel in it and get some heat from the composting manure?
> > Dyane
> > N. Ca  (not far enough away from sw Oregon to be definitely different).
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: parkerk <parkerk@mail.rvi.net>
> > To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 4:30 PM
> > Subject: RC: solar heated water tank
> >
> >
> > > My version of this is a large tire that a plastic barrel fits down
> inside.
> > The black tire soaks up heat and also insulates the barrel. Works pretty
> > good except when it gets really cold. It would probably work better in
> > climates with more sun than sw oregon.
> > >
> > >I am sure the manure would help. Back when I had time to garden I used
to pack it around the outside of my cold frames to heat them. I also covered
an exposed drain line with manure and black plastic to keep it from freezing
when I was living in my motorhome. Karen
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