On Monday 28 March 2016 05:09:55 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 27.03.16 23:10, Gene Heskett wrote: > > No comments on washer/dryers? Gee... > > Well, the GE "Profile" "Fuzzy", that I bought here in Aus umpty years > ago, probably isn't made any more - and maybe never was on the other > side of the Pacific. Anyway, it wrecked a pair of jocks on its first > run, so it's only ever been run on the "Delicate" cycle since. > > As for drying, in summer I wait for a hot day, then hang up the > washing indoors. At up to 43°C (109°F) and low humidity, it dries > fast, and the evaporative cooling is a bonus, since I've never > bothered with aircon. In cooler seasons, the spun-dry washing serves > to humidify the air dried out by the wood heater. I just don't do it > on a really cold day, because the barn-like cathedral ceilings and > single-glazed windows would mandate a second wood heater then. (I've > just stacked the first 4 cu m of firewood under the eaves, as the > fire-danger season seems to be over.) > > When the off-grid hybrid-solar straw-bale accommodation & workshop > block gets built out on the farm, I'm moving back out there, and the > old clothes-line will be back in regular service. (Easy to repair - > after the first 50 years, new poles were cut in the farm forest.) > > Erik > I can recall we had to replace the plastic coated wire at 6 or so years, the sunlight destroyed it, then the wire rusted and stained the clothes.
Our poles were 4" steel water pipe, probably still standing nearly 70 years later. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785471&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
