Not much to report this month except on two fronts. I ordered the InsoFast internal insulation and designed and built a framing structure that will work for any internal wall as well as the end wall used to hold a patio sliding glass door WITH enough structure to hold a mini-split HVAC system above asContinueContinue reading “For the Month October 2020”
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For the Month September 2020
But First, Let’s Sum up August By the end of August it became obvious that the best tarp shading solution would require something that covered the West side completely and the top and East side as well. Since the bad weather fiasco that ripped apart my rigid tie down and tape down solution I’d alsoContinueContinue reading “For the Month September 2020”
Tidy Up the Tarps
Let it Ride Just like when you’re gambling we need to continue on our course, gathering info, and letting it “Ride”. So…enjoy the charts, and let us know your thoughts and theories based on the data as it comes in. 18AUG – 22AUG After a few more days of data, and a couple forced resetsContinueContinue reading “Tidy Up the Tarps”
A West Side (Heat) Story
As I mentioned when we left off last week our starboard side, or West side, of the container gets the full strength of the setting sun after a half day of already heating up the metal on the East side and roof. The internal Ambient temperature chart lines look like a turbo boost spike onceContinueContinue reading “A West Side (Heat) Story”
P6 and a Solar Cell
P6Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance A saying I learned in the Navy but one I’m sure that’s used throughout all of the military. If I’ve learned anything by this little project it’s that it isn’t little anymore and it has the potential to continue growing exponentially in complexity, risk, time and costs. Not toContinueContinue reading “P6 and a Solar Cell”
Our First 100 Degree Stretch
“Give’em the Heater, Vaughn”- Major League As you can see from the solid purple line, besides a slight dip on the 31st to a cool 97ish, the rest of the week stayed a balmy 99 to 105. Which was nothing compared to the 140 to 152 degrees the roof and West side walls felt. WhatContinueContinue reading “Our First 100 Degree Stretch”
Our First Full Week of Data
Data, data, data. I love data. Homage to Ron Burgundy Now that we have 5 minute interval sampling we’ve got LOTS of data. Here’s how the week started out charted in both Celsius and Fahrenheit for 7/26 to 7/27. The first thing we noticed is that Fahrenheit de-clutters the data points making each line easierContinueContinue reading “Our First Full Week of Data”
Sun Angle and it’s effects
Today’s post hopefully adds more details to what we did in the past and as the data starts coming in we should be able to answer some of the questions we left off with from last week. Our goal going forward is to collect as much data as possible and then through the scientific method,ContinueContinue reading “Sun Angle and it’s effects”
More Sensors…More Data
The questions we’ll try to answer in this episode are broad and vague because sometimes you don’t even know what questions to ask. But that’s okay. Often times you’ll discover a different “answer” and wonder to yourself, “What question was a really asking then?” And that’s half the fun. That and the fact that onceContinueContinue reading “More Sensors…More Data”
How Hot Do Shipping Containers Actually Get?
After a lot of Googling it appears there’s not much out there on shipping container temperature studies. Not to the level of detail that we need. ContainerHomes.net did a page and video on the subject with spot temperature checks and it’s not a bad comparison. See https://containerhomes.net/articles/how-hot-do-shipping-containers-get/. But it looks like I’m gonna have do this with a lot more of the scientific method in mind and completely from scratch.
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