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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 09:53 am
So, it turns out I'll be going to Burning Man this year.

With my dad.

This is going to be interesting.

(I know at least a couple other of you out there are going. We should arrange some way to find each other.)
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 01:08 pm (UTC)
I should pick your brains on the solar. I picked-up an el-cheapo solar panel for lighting (Harbor Freight, 45 watt system, sans battery, for $180 on sale). I need to figure-out the appropriate deep-cell battery to go with it.

I want to build a thermo-siphoning solar hot-water heater, but don't know that I'll have time to pull it off.

-B.
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 05:17 pm (UTC)
A solar hot water heater should be pretty trivial in that environment. I'll just be taking the solar shower I bought for the Mackenzie trip.
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 07:09 pm (UTC)
Batch solar is pretty trivial. Doing anything more flexible will require a little plumbing. One of my campmates whines that solar shower setups are either scorching hot at the end of the day, or cold by morning shower time. I want to fix both those problems. So, panel (made of either coroplast or old fridge coil) thermosiphoning to a insulated reservior (beverage dispenser type thing).

-B.