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Blogs > RockyG666 > god's servant's blog


RockyG666 63M
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11/3/2014 7:28 am

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11/7/2014 8:27 am
again with the pop can stuff
ok ok ok. I am getting sick of these posts too. but I am really happy to be taking any of MY money that I can out of the pockets of my local natural gas provider. i think if i show people it can be done inexpensively (or free), maybe more people will take their money away from local utilities too.

i took some of the Styrofoam solar heaters i had made for the church last year (i think they are posted about somewhere in this blog) and brought them into my apartment. they had worked in the church windows to some degree, but they only warmed it up during the day and i only do church at night. additionally, i am trying the heat sink thing in the church windows this winter.

none of the windows in the apartment have a southern exposure. they really don't have much exposure at all, they face east and west and are very close to buildings next door. but they do get a lot of sun in the mornings, at least until after lunch. as in the church, the foam itself is blocking out drafts really well too. i haven't gotten any thermometer readings yet. i just did this this morning, but it feels warmer in here, and i haven't lit up any tealight candle heaters yet. i have the thermostat set to 67.

UPDATE: it is Friday morning, and the first really sunny day we've had this week here. the thermostat was set for 66, and yet it says it is 68. 68 is usually still kind of chilly, but it is really warm and comftortable in here. especially near the windows with the solar heaters. they radiate warmth all around them. the thermometer I have in one of those windows says 74. it is warmer in the windows than the rest of the house. it is usually the coldest around the windows.