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Forum: Conservation

12-21-13, 02:55 PM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

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Posted By AC_Hacker

I think that if you look into this, you will find...

I think that if you look into this, you will find that radiant energy travels equally in all directions, and the ability to reflect radiant energy is equal in all directions as well.

However, if...

Forum: Conservation

12-21-13, 11:02 AM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

So what did the tests indicate? Where's the...

So what did the tests indicate?

Where's the data?

-AC

Forum: Conservation

12-20-13, 11:02 AM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

Cheap plastic black electrical tape works very...

Cheap plastic black electrical tape works very well.

Your meter (similar to mine) may have significant errors in the indicated value, but you can be pretty sure of the accuracy of temperature...

Forum: Conservation

12-19-13, 08:49 PM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

I don't know if you have an IR Thermometer, but I...

I don't know if you have an IR Thermometer, but I got mine from a Chinese Tool Store (http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=IR+thermometer), for $10.

Sounds like it is time for the...

Forum: Conservation

12-19-13, 11:56 AM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

Why don't you do the control comparison? -AC

Why don't you do the control comparison?

-AC

Forum: Conservation

12-13-13, 09:20 AM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

No need to explain. As a species, we are marching...

No need to explain. As a species, we are marching to oblivion and leaving mountains of trash in our wake.

Even smart corporations find clever ways to turn their wasted material into profits.

...

Forum: Conservation

12-12-13, 08:46 PM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

I got mine at one of the big-box home remodel...

I got mine at one of the big-box home remodel places, Lowes.

They were selling it a a packaging material. Not free, but pretty cheap, if you have any income at all (not a reliable assumption,...

Forum: Conservation

12-03-13, 07:34 PM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

I haven't measured it, but I'm sure that you'll...

I haven't measured it, but I'm sure that you'll loose some solar energy during the day.

-AC

Forum: Conservation

12-01-13, 01:53 PM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

For my tests, I compared several different...

For my tests, I compared several different windows, the best one was a two pane double low-E, which has the heat reflective coating on the inside as well as the outside.

So when I took readings of...

Forum: Conservation

01-14-12, 05:10 PM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

I came across a similar scheme before that...

I came across a similar scheme before that employed a combination of thin 'stick-on' magnet stuff around the window (or door) frame, and thin sheet metal around the insulating board edge.

This...

Forum: Conservation

01-10-12, 03:37 PM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

The view was not so magnificent, anyway! ...

The view was not so magnificent, anyway!

-AC_Hacker

Forum: Conservation

01-09-12, 10:00 PM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

I could have saved myself so much trouble and...

I could have saved myself so much trouble and expense if I hadn't put in 3 layers of 2 inch XPS in the walls (R-30 for 6"), carefully sealed at every layer.

Instead, I should have wrapped my...

Forum: Conservation

01-08-12, 07:48 PM

Replies: 34

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Views: 73,227

Posted By AC_Hacker

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?

For $15, I bought a roll of 24" wide roll of bubble wrap, enough for three or four windows (I only wanted to do the lower windows).
...

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