tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post8657654895438466719..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: Update on copper coilsSixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-35892076870541971822016-08-19T03:15:21.811-04:002016-08-19T03:15:21.811-04:00My family lives on a ranch in the countryside and ...My family lives on a ranch in the countryside and we try, as much as possible to stay off the grid. <a href="https://rotaxmetals.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/brass-channels-cost-effective-steel-alternatives/" rel="nofollow">Copper tubing</a>/coils are great for all sorts of things like this! Heating water on a wood stove worked for a lot of things, but our shower was freezing in winter until we ran a copper coil to the water tank!Brandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384080331726883460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-84530241570691875892015-06-06T20:29:51.852-04:002015-06-06T20:29:51.852-04:00You got that right!You got that right!Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-34691291897881911492015-06-06T19:36:19.500-04:002015-06-06T19:36:19.500-04:00Folks could save a lot of money if they'd just...Folks could save a lot of money if they'd just put up with a TINY bit of inconvenience and effort.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-26467457726643518722015-06-06T11:53:39.479-04:002015-06-06T11:53:39.479-04:00A pearl beyond price.A pearl beyond price.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-65399597294356565672015-06-06T11:48:13.438-04:002015-06-06T11:48:13.438-04:00Sounds like the wife is totally on board with the ...Sounds like the wife is totally on board with the different way of doing things. What a great partner!HermitJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631580830147175636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-66735907830225648802015-06-06T09:30:31.933-04:002015-06-06T09:30:31.933-04:00I love those old stoves. Many of them were built t...I love those old stoves. Many of them were built to take a coil right inside the firebox. <br /><br />I was going to put the coil in a big cooler, but my lovely wife suggested I go right to our kitchen fridge. Not many wives would put up with that sort of thing, never mind suggest it. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-46349834522366121992015-06-06T09:27:12.695-04:002015-06-06T09:27:12.695-04:00No sand. Clamped a piece of stovepipe in a vise a...No sand. Clamped a piece of stovepipe in a vise and was careful to wrap the coil really tight. Takes a steady hand to do it that way. <br /><br />Ah yes, "Backpacker Beer" Most of the water taken out to save weight. :)Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-45917543555317790462015-06-06T03:45:13.362-04:002015-06-06T03:45:13.362-04:00I'm tellin' ya, you are an inspiration.
If...I'm tellin' ya, you are an inspiration.<br />If I had my own house, the first thing I would do would be to drag the huge wood cookstove I have had in storage for 25 years out and put a coil around it like that.<br />The refrigerator coil is just brilliance though.<br />Fortunately one nice thing about the Pacific Northwest is the cheap electricity compared to other parts of the country, Hydroelectric baby, it's the way to go.<br />Not that I will ever see a measly forty dollar electric bill in my lifetime.<br />;)Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-17199835872840089612015-06-06T00:31:29.642-04:002015-06-06T00:31:29.642-04:00Nice cooling and heating set up. Did you have to s...Nice cooling and heating set up. Did you have to sand pack the copper to coil it that tight? All I have done with copper tubing has been to make a condenser for boiled beer to be rendered to it purest form. Gary in Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.com