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Comments (17)A couple of other comments... None of the GH heat calculators account for the floor. Why? Because heat loss through the floor is negligible. If I where you, I would check the temps of the water in the 55 gallon containers and see if they are worth the space or trouble. The greatest value in having stored water is in its latent heat...the heat given off as it freezes. If your GH never gets near freezing, your barrels will never freeze. They will only release heat stored in the liquid state. Now you have to consider when that heat is released. Do a little experiment (and post the results back here if you do!) Check the maximum water temp, I suspect mid to late afternoon. Then check the temp just before dawn, early morning, when it should be at its lowest. Then check it a third time in the evening when the GH air temp drops to your minimum of 60F. Using 4*55gallons, at 8.3lbs/gal, you have 1826 BTU for every 1 degree of temp change in your water. The difference, in degrees, between water temp when the air temp is 60F and the water temp at the early morning nadir, multiplied by 1826 will be the number of BTU you gain from the water each night. If your units behave like my smaller containers, then most of the heat is given up between the mid afternoon peak and the time the heaters would kick on at 60F. The amount of heat given off from the time the heaters kick on at 60F and the nadir in early morning may be less. The point being, lots of your stored heat is lost before you need it. Got it? That is what my observations lead me to believe, let's see if you can confirm that. I will be doing this experiment this winter as well, but my barrels collect rainwater from the GH roof, so they serve dual purposes. Seal everything up, infiltration is a major source of heat loss. Get the HAF fans like greenhouser said. Be ready for bugs. SB...See MoreBirkenstock sandals on Woot clearance sellout!
Comments (15)Many of the Woot "deals" aren't that great, but many of them are really good. And every so often they have "Woot-Offs" which is where a product is "up" until it sells out then another product is immediately put up until it sells out and is replaced by yet another product, etc., etc. You never know how many of each product is available, so sometimes it sells out extremely quickly, and other times it takes hours and hours... They also have a limit (usually 3) on the number of each item that you can buy, but the good thing is that the shipping is only $5, no matter what you buy, how heavy it is, or how many you buy. An example of what I thought was a good Woot offer/purchase --- my iPad Air came with a 1-meter (a bit over 3 feet) Lightning cable. I wanted a 2-meter (slightly over 6.5 feet) cable, which is $29 when purchased directly from Apple. From time to time Woot has them, and they are $15.99 for a two-pack of the 2-meter cables, and sometimes they have 3-packs for $23.99 (they both work out to $7.99 per cable). I've also purchased additional Apple 12W USB power adapters ($19 from Apple) for $8.99 from Woot. Oh, there was the Apple EarPods with remote and mic ($29 from Apple) that Woot had for $22.99 for a two-pack. Yes, they are brand new, genuine Apple EarPods, cables and power adapters....See MoreOrthotic friendly sandals.... are these horrible?
Comments (43)I thought I'd drop back in and post an update re: my foot issues & quest for sandals. The custom orthotic inserts I had made have been a bust so far. IMO, they are far to aggressive / rigid. I feel like I'm walking over a golf ball in my shoe.... imagine a teeter-totter.... that's what it feels like, my foot is rolling up and over. Hard to explain. I'm planning to go back to see if they can be adjusted but between my vacation schedule and the pedorthist's, I don't have an appointment until next Monday. Because I've been unsuccessful so far with the custom orthotics I did not buy the pair of sandals that we talked about at the beginning of the thread. I've ordered / bought 7 pairs of sandals. I'm having great luck with the Vionic sandals (3 pairs) which, if anyone is wondering, I find run very large. I wear a 1/2 size to a full size smaller than usual in the Vionics. All three are very casual, basically an updated structured flip-flop. I have one pair of Spenco that I like but they're not as comfortable as the Vionics for me. Not quite enough support. I also find the pair I ordered very, very casual looking, more so than the Vionics. I've mainly been wearing the Spencos around the house and out in the yard with the dog, etc. I'd wear them to the beach. They seem to be okay for that but I don't think I could wear them to walk any distance. (edited to add: I also find the Spenco pair I bought run a bit small). I'm also having good luck with this pair of Naot sandals. I ordered a pair from Walking Cradles that I sent back - I found them unattractive and awkward and they were too small. I also bought a pair of Wolky sandals, a brand I had never heard tell of before. They were recommended to me by a clerk in a shoe store. I'm a bit torn on these ones. I like them, and I find them comfortable to walk in as far as my particular foot issue goes. But it seems by feet are also swelling a bit, from walking a lot and the heat I suppose, and the strap across the top of my foot digs in after a bit. The straps are adjustable but even at their loosest they end up too tight. I'm hoping they'll stretch a bit with wear. In hindsight, I wish I had tried them on in a 1/2 size or even a size bigger. The orthotic insoles that are sold at Costco have also been recommended to me by several people so I may try them in my sneakers. I'm still working to find something to wear specifically for walking - - I often walk the dog 2 - 5 km and I still don't have anything that is great for that. At least with Costco I can return them if they don't work out. I've also been going to massage and physio, working to strengthen by foot. All in all, it hasn't been too bad so long as I'm careful regarding my footwear. Some days I even manage to forget about it. :)...See MoreSandals? Looking for comfy somewhat stylin' -
Comments (38)As far as ordering from Zappos...I recently tried to find decent athletic shoes for my grandson. He has a narrow foot and needs something with support and a lace that can actually be tightened. Nike's seem to fit his foot the best, but were hard to find with the other criteria, for some reason. So, I ended up ordering 18 pairs of shoes from Zappos (over a couple of weeks) trying on sizes and styles! I thought they might ban me when I returned 16 of them, lol. Actually, you can return unworn ones for up to 1 year, so I kept the next bigger size in the shoes that worked for him and hope that he grows into them within a year. If he doesn't, I have it marked on my calendar to return them before the year is out. I know that I'm paying for this convenience in a slightly higher price for their shoes, but it is so worth it to me. The closest decent shoe store (Nordstrom) is about 45 min away on a terribly clogged freeway and he would not be a happy camper spending nearly 2 hours in the car to try to find shoes....See More- 11 years ago
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