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That said, drillers start seeing large solids around 500-1000 feet and that is typically coral (I've got a nice piece of coral on my shelf from 2,900 feet below a few miles from my house). The majority of the well drillers I know drill for oil, not water. Quote:
They may tell you that it is truly unreasonable to DIY something like that, and that you need Very Big Power to punch holes in the ground. If that is the case, then don't proceed down that road. [/QUOTE] I have known people to DIY vertical wells near camp, apparently not terrible. Quote:
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[QUOTE=AC_Hacker;29459 Good Luck! -AC[/QUOTE] Much awesomeness, thank you very much! |
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I'm not entirely sure how to describe my self, my skills, nor what I do, but I'll give it a shot by listing some of the things I've done in the recent past with little outside help. 1) built 3d printer(s) (well, this was 2009) 2) built fiberglass mold/ production setup/shop. Built lots of 4ft fiddles 3) setup chineeseum lathe to make 3d printer parts, ended up making lots of other stuff as well (I really like this darn thing). 4) built 4x4 CNC plasma cutter (most impressive tool in the shop) to add to fairly extensive metalworking shop (MIG welder, handheld plasma, brake, sheer, anvil, cones, swede blocks,casting setup, presses, etc, etc. ) 5) in progress of swapping a Diesel motor + 6 speed manual trans in to a turbo gasoline automatic VW wagon. 6) built tire mounting/ balancing gear (cheated on mount bar). 7) swapped a new bottom end in to my dads Freightliner sprinter (van) after some dealer monkey failed to torque any of the rods. I generally just do it/ figure out how to make it happen. Quote:
Unfortunately, loot is a department I'm short on (not desperately so), if I had lots of it I'd just spend it on more/ nicer tools. Quote:
No one pays to stay at camp, but it would be nice, I do have a buddy living there right now while he moves from the New Orleans area. Quote:
Hopefully my rent free tenant will fix it up enough so that it would be used a large portion of the time, say 25-50%? Then again, I get 200 meg Cable Internet there, and here (from which I can see a McDonald's, churches chicken, 2 gas stations etc if I stand on the roof) I have to WiFi 6 meg unreliable DSL a mile to use in my house, so maybe more. Please advise. -AC[/QUOTE] |
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04-20-13, 12:19 AM | #14 |
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I've been thinking a lot about tube in tube heat exchanger construction, and realized the guys running plastic external tubes are doing heat only so their heat exchangers are COLD (duh). Mine would be hot, so I'd need copped at least on the hot side.
Maybe 10 feet copper-copper then the rest copper-PEX with a thermal cut off. More thoughts, maybe what would be equally energy saving would be web connected thermostat (NEST at least looks pimp) such that the cooling could be switched to a lower setting several hours prior to arriving. I suppose either a contactor, or a solid state relay with a bit of re-wiring would make that happen. This would also have the benefit of getting the thermostat away from the A/C this making it much more accurate. Anybody have any experience doing such a "conversion" to a window unit? As another note, sorry for the terribly slow response, for some reason I didn't get a forum notification, I probably have this thread open in a browser window someplace. |
04-20-13, 11:28 PM | #15 |
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Thoughts keep coming:
I have an unused water well near by (20 ft?) now that I have city water. What if I drew water from the well, and returned it to the bayou? I'd have a foot or 5 of lift involved, and not any longer be able to use a submersible pump (which would likely eliminate self prime, so a high temp limit switch would become required). However the biological slime would be nearly non existent, and particulates would likely be low with my modest flow rates. Still open loop, still limited site work, little bit more water pump requirement, but potential for reduced clogs. Thoughts? |
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In contrast, air-sealing and well-insulating a leaky, uninsulated building will always pay themselves back many times over and over without any upgrade of your heating or cooling source. A small solar roof vent would do magic for this little house IMHO. Especially on a sunny summer holiday weekend. Last edited by jeff5may; 04-21-13 at 08:38 PM.. |
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05-11-13, 01:52 AM | #17 |
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Dremd,
Any progress on the project? Summer is right around the corner... |
05-11-13, 07:33 AM | #18 |
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Unfortunately, not yet, all of my Eco-modding is currently going in to my automatic 1.8t-> 6 speed manual TDI VW motor swap.
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06-26-13, 02:50 PM | #19 |
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Poking this one again, sounded very interesting!
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06-26-13, 03:04 PM | #20 |
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I'm still very interested, I've pretty much decided to start with 1 unit (there are now 6,500 BTU, 8,000 BTU, and 10,000 BTU units), draw water from the unused well, and return it to bayou, that way I don't have very much pump head, and fairly low sediment (esp at lower flow rates). Next step is selecting pump, I'd like one that could self prime, if not I'll have to engineer some sort of anti-drain back system (check valve??). Any pump suggestions?
I'm fairly settled on a tube in tube heat exchanger with the hottest 5 feet being copper, and the remainder (maybe 25 more feet) being PEX with a high temp shutoff located at the junction of the copper outer pipe to the PEX outer pipe. A thermal disc should work great, its only there so that when pumping fails I don't cook the PEX + likely the unit. I've seen few TXV's in that size range, anyone have a reliable source? Biggest hold up is MY TDI swap which is taking WAY longer than anticipated. After that, next up grade will be a NEST with 8k as stage one and 10k +8k as stage 2. Advantages of NEST for me Humidity monitoring (biggest reason A/C runs there) De-humidifier trigger (may add regular de-humidifier on a solid state relay) Ability to monitor + control A/C's remotely so I can have it cool at arival. no need to cycle Blower to sample air (wasteful of energy and makes extra noise when sleeping) |
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