An A-frame solar water heater concept

[~^Johnny^~]

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The real question is if more women will sleep with you because you
use "solar energy" than will run screaming because you have a huge
A-Frame in your yard.

It is quite an erection, you know...


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The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining
- JFK
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[News]

Harry Chickpea wrote:

...

What do you consider "the most extreme climates"? Most of the US, and
practically all of Canada, are subject to regular conditions _well_ under
freezing, and we do NOT have plumbing along the ridgelines of our roofs.
To prevent ice-damming, attics are kept as cold as possible, and all
plumbing is kept below the insulation. If your attic is warm enough in
winter to prevent a pipe freezing, you're wasting too much energy.

A vented attic, in which the only function of the rood is to keep off the
house, nothing else.

I haven't a clue (and don't really care) if Nick's idea is sound, but his
objection to a 4" pipe under the ridgeline of a roof certainly is.

Only in Canada type of climates.

 

[Derek Broughton]

Only in Canada type of climates.

You're wrong there. The majority of people reading usenet are in North
America. The majority of North America is subject to extreme freezing -
ie, all of Canada except the lower BC area, all of the American northeast &
midwest, the plains states down to north Texas and all the mountain states.

I know, a 4" pipe under _your_ roof ridge should be fine, but you're
practically in the tropics

 

[Derek Broughton]

Well... since I live in south Florida, where we haven't had a freeze
in years, and a really low air temp during the winter is 50 degrees F,
I have to respectfully disagree.

What's to disagree with???? You live in the warmest part of the US! Even
most of your compatriots suffer real cold. My statement was still correct.

Nick's stomping grounds of PA don't qualify as an extreme
climate in my book.

I don't know which part of PA Nick's in, but the northern part can easily
hit -10F for lengthy periods (more than two weeks). That's _not_ what I
would call extreme, either, but it's too cold for piping above the
insulation in the attic.

 

[News]

You're wrong there. The majority of people reading usenet are in North
America. The majority of North America is subject to extreme freezing -
ie, all of Canada except the lower BC area, all of the American northeast &
midwest, the plains states down to north Texas and all the mountain states.

I know, a 4" pipe under _your_ roof ridge should be fine, but you're
practically in the tropics

England in the tropics? Well if it stays below freezing all day, it is a
very cold day. In Winter, dropping below freezing during the night is
common.

Well the UKs most northerly part, is further north than the most southerly
point of Greenland. The most southerly, the Scillies, never gets frost. We
will be quite mild, yet on that same latitude where polar bears roam in
other parts.

 

[Derek Broughton]

England in the tropics? Well if it stays below freezing all day, it is a
very cold day. In Winter, dropping below freezing during the night is
common.

Well the UKs most northerly part, is further north than the most southerly
point of Greenland.

Note the smiley... You are, in fact, almost 7 degrees north of me. I was
born in London, I know the temperature difference.

 

[george1234]

Nick is a talker. That's all. He talks and talks and talks. Then expects
someone to build one of his pipe dreams.

That's not true.. i remember a couple of years back Nick was doing
some alterations to a cabin in the woods. IIRC, He had a problem with
the board who operated the cabin for his extensive renovations