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Old 03-03-09, 09:11 PM   #10
bennelson
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Yea! I just helped pass Neighborhood Electric Vehicle ordinance in my city!

OK, where was I?

er, um, Photos.

I used a stake to hold up an end wall.


I used packaging tape to attach the insulation to the north wall/roof. I used packaging tape to seal up the open ends of the panels and seal seams

http://gallery.me.com/benhdvideoguy/...C_0344/web.jpg

I used stakes to keep the bottoms of the walls from slipping out, and eco-clamps (green, reusable, spring clamps) to temp. hold the other end.




I caulked the top seam, and used bailing wire to pin down the one end.


Wire was tightened with my eco-pliers. (They're green too!)

I cut some foam to make the other end.


What's that you say? "No Door?" No problem, that's why God invented the Sawzall.

Yes, it's overkill, but it cuts like butter!

I attached the cut-out to another hunk of foam, and attached a handle. For bonus points, what part of an electric car is the handle made from?

Here's the finished door closed.

And the view from the inside.


And here's the finished product.


It does look kinda like some crazy emergency shelter, doesn't it? Inside, I put down a black packing blanket and a thermometer.

The next sunny day I am not working, I will be out there!
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