The truth is slowly revealing itself
Last time I said I would tell you about our power alert system.
Don’t get worried, this isn’t going to get too technical.
I realized early on that not being at Our Country Cottage all the time would leave us open to some major problems if something was to fail to work properly, especially if power was to fail. Seems a little funny to be talking about this now, after an undetected power failure. But anyway.
At the end of the last podcast I said I would tell you about day 2, after the power failure and where we stand at this moment.
It has been about a month since I found Our Country Cottage frozen and low on power and some things are the same, and some things have changed.
The generator is dead and there is still no water in the cottage. Continue reading “Episode#8 It’s Hard To Smell The Roses When They Are Frozen”
Nice day to visit Our Country Cottage and perhaps clear the driveway.
I was looking forward to riding the tractor in the sun esp after new fallen snow. Everything just looks so good.
I noticed as I passed the solar panels that they were three quarters covered with snow, but I figured the sun would take care of it for me.
As I pulled up I opened the garage with the remote and all was good to go.
My first indication that something was different was when I opened the door
Continue reading “Episode #7 Power Lost At Our Country Cottage”
TWAS A NIGHT
We are going to be doing something a bit different. A bit of a departure from the normally scheduled podcast and given the events of this last week I am glad I wrote this poem in advance.
And now on with
TWAS A NIGHT IN THE COUNTRY
Twas a night at the country, and all through our cottage,
The only thing running was the fridge, but that was low wattage.
The wood was stacked by the masonry heater with care.
In hopes enough for the long winter night, was there.
On Second Thought
1-Roof design
There is a valley over battery room hatch where snow collects and turns to ice. The valley is also on the north side so parts of it never see the sun. It is also over the battery room entrance, so every time you access the battery room it is literally hanging over your head.
Continue reading “Episode #5 On Second Thought & In The Beginning”
There are several types of water we had to contend with at Our Country Cottage.
1- Water we want to get in
2- Water we want to get out
3- Water we just want to control
Firstly, I would like to point out that we are in a northern clime where heating a place takes way more energy and thought than it does to cool a place.
As I mentioned in my last podcast, #2 Power, the best way to keep costs down is not to use it, not to use it as much, that is.
The same is true for heat. Continue reading “Episode #3 Heat and a Bit of Cool”
Power
1-What we started with
As far as power goes we started with nothing and about a kilometre away from any power lines
very expensive to tap into local power
length of line
because of trees, underground would be preferable
local power not 100% guaranteed
monthly bill
2-What we wanted Continue reading “Episode #2 Power and A Cautionary Tale”
An overview of our country cottage.
We are on a quarter section which is a half mile by a half mile square. Ruffly 160 acres.
Property was bought 15 to 20 years ago and construction started 4 years ago and completed 2 years ago.
The cottage is about 1500 square feet. Continue reading “Episode #1 An Overview”
In this first, short, episode I give a short description of the podcast itself.
In the next episode I shall describe “Our Country Cottage” and give you an overall general view.
In future episodes I will get into more specifics and the reasoning behind them and if it turned out the way we thought it would. I will also cover some day to day happenings.
Enjoy!