Greenhouse Re design with Electrical and Water sources added

OK...so the first go around on the greenhouse was pretty good, but after completing the structure and closing the door, with the door insert window open of course, the temperature soared to a whopping 135 degrees inside the greenhouse....not good for man or greens. So back to the drawing board, and after several hours of research I discovered that while I had approx 12 sqft of ventilation, I really needed at least 10 percent on the sides of the building and 15 percent at the ridge based on the square footage of the greenhouse which is approximately 240 square feet. While the 500 CFM solar attic fan took care of the ridge requirement  the three 4 sq ft windows in the side walls were not adequate for cross ventilation, so I was off to make some adjustments...major ones. I had to remove a total of 6 PVC panels on the south facing side of the building and turn them into windows as seen below. This provided another 24 sq ft of ventilation.

 

After further testing, this only reduced the temp in the greenhouse by about 10-15 degrees, still not enough, so the next step was to cut two openings in the north facing wall to allow for more airflow across the greenhouse. These openings were turned into shutters rather than windows for protection against northern winter winds and will be insulated as time permits, both openings were cut out to approximately 2ft x 4ft, for another 16 sq ft of ventilation. This dropped the inside temp to the ambient outside temp when all ventilation was opened. I also fitted barrel bolts to all openings in order to secure them when closed....here is a pic of the north side of the greenhouse.

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House screening was placed on all openings for pest control. Next I was off to run the electric to the building, this of course took me a couple of days to complete.I have 4 -110v 20A outlets, three inside the building and one outside the building as shown above and below.

A photo of the florescent light I installed.

I also had to dig an 8inch deep 60ft trench and place 12-2 UGF wiring to the building which took the longest...especially in the 100+ degree heat...whew!!! was it hot. Next came the water line, where I dug a 2ft deep trench 35ft to the house in order to tie into the backyard faucet. I placed 3 hose bibbs inside the the greenhouse for convenience with two being on stand pipes (see photo above) and the third being at ground level so I can drain the water out of the system when needed for repair or due to freezing temps in the winter.

Well, thats pretty much it for this post...now that the greenhouse is complete I can move on to the next phase building my aeroponics/aquaponics systems...more on that in the next post.

Gadget Notes Dyln Alkaline Water Bottle

Date:  Dec 5, 2016

I cannot tell you whether drinking alkaline water will help improve your health, body or not. 

It is up to you to "Google" the information.

I can only tell you what do I do at home.  And I believe in it.

I also have "Diamond Water" systems who suppose to break the water particles to smaller and easy to be absorbed by body.

And this recently, I think I saw on sort of "Kickstarter" page that some one has come up with a Alkaline Water Bottle.

What does the bottle do?  It produces Alkaline Water.

This is how the bottle looks like.

Stainless still with rubber grip.

It is marketed as "DYLN Living Water Bottle".

Hmmm... 316 stainless steel.  Suppose to be a high grade, high quality bottle.  

But the marketing message has a point.

"Reduce plastic"

So, you can have an excuse of buying for his high quality 316 stainless steel bottle to reduce the use of plastics bottle and save the earth.  How nice!

As it can change a normal water into alkaline water, of course we want to test it using the PH meter.

And indeed, it changed my mineral water which is neutral into alkaline water, see the PH color placed it under 8.5-9.0. 

And it comes with a very cool bottle cover.  I love it!

Inside the bottle, you can see that it has the diffuser.

You have to use these tools that comes with it to take it out.  It is called diffuser remove tool.

So, you can quickly assemble the tool.  It is easy to keep too.

So, you latch the diffuser using this tool, and then, take the diffuser out.

This is how the diffuser looks like.

Why do you need to take the infuser out?

1) when you have oily mouth and has used the water bottle and you wish to clean it with detergent.  Remember, do not wash the bottle with detergent when you have the diffuser inside.

2) when you have used up 400 refills, the alkaline diffuser will need to be changed.

You see the rocks inside the diffuser?  Those are natural rocks and it will turn your neutral water into alkaline water.

Lets look at the packaging and try to understand more.

Take note, it does not filter your water.  It enhanced your water by turning it into alkaline.  It also produce anti-oxidation so that it neutralizes free radicals.  Not sure what it mean.

There are many reports or proofs that drinking alkaline water may help.

But after using it for couple weeks, this is what I found.

The alkaline taste actually can make you thirsty.

As you become thirsty, it actually help you to drink more.

If you drink more water, it makes your body hydrated.

So, you become healthier?  Hahaha

My wife used it too.  And she said when she used it along with his Yoga class, some how it helps to get his body hydrated.  So that she wont feel too tired and wanted to faint faint like that.  

Here is the chart of PH of all kind of water comparing to alkaline water produced by Dyln water bottle.

Here is the marketing message.  Why we need Alkaline water?

As I said there is not many proof to prove that drinking alkaline water will actually make your body less acidic.  It still depends on things you eat every day, your dietary and the exercise that you do.

The vita beads - the magic behind making alkaline water.

I bought from their website and they deliver it to my place.  You can see the price on their web site.  Simply google it.

I also drink lemon water at home too.  Everyday I have a bottle of warm water added a few slice of lemon in it.