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  • From: ted <music AT thenightshades.com>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Homestead] Refigeration
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:00:11 -0000

on 3/8/05 8:05 PM, homestead-request AT lists.ibiblio.org at
homestead-request AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

>> I've thought about wrapping some flexible pipe around a small stock tank,
>> and running cold water through it to keep the temperature in the 40's F. I
>> have gravity spring water, so no pump, but it's been awful dry around here
>> and I don't have enough water to spare. I think 1/4 to 1/2 gallon a minute
>> would provide sufficient flow to keep it cold.
>
> Wow, Ted, where are you, Canada? That is some seriously cold water from
> your spring. Year-round ground temp, and therefore spring water, is about
> 58 degrees in my zone 6a/6b part of the Ozarks.
>
No, Southern Oregon. I only have enough water to do such a scheme in the
winter/spring (and not this year), and my spring water is tooth-jarringly
cold this time of year.
Ted




  • [Homestead] Refigeration, ted, 03/10/2005

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