A vertical erection.

We have moved house. While we live the simple life in a donga behind my Son's house all my worldly possessions are spread between sheds, containers and tarps around several properties.

Hidden deep within some recess are a couple of Silva compasses.

Unfortunately when I want something..... it is impossible to find. I do find however that whenever I have solved a problem and don't need the item anymore.... I will then find it.

I have set up an extremely long pole and have the spirit level and blumb bob ready to make the precise measurement at 1pm tomorrow.

Royce, Are you aware that you can find North by using your watch. You rotate it around your head several times and let it go. It always heads west!!!!
In case you don't believe me, you can also face your watch (not vertivally) towards the direction of the sun with 12 pointing towards the sun and half way between the hour of the day and 12 is approximately North. i.e. if it is around 4pm, North is in the direction of the 2.

I've Googled 'till my mind is googled....

There is a lot of information on tracking, angles etc.

I'll be setting the panels up optimized for winter.

Just bought a Chinese genie off ebay. Seems to be working all right.

Researching wind power....

and the big plan: earth tubes for passive air-con..

"A few degrees either side of North will have minimal efficiency loss. "

- exactly, why the fuss.

Allan,

It depends on which way you are facing ;)


Cheers Kev

It might surprise you.... or maybe not.

I have done just that! In fact..... I'm doing it right now, but am charging up with a glass of red.

Sat in our 'bedroom' and imagined waking up to the sun shining through the window..... but at this time of the year the sun rises almost to the SE!
In Winter it will be more like the NE.

Decisions deciisions.


With only a bushcraft level of skill, I'm about to undertake the construction of a kit home. Timberset.

Oh no!!!!!!

Are you telling me that the sun is NOT to the north at 1 pm????????

What equation???

Huh?

That has ALWAYS worked for me.

Neil

And this is the way I line up my sat dish every stop when travelling.

I use my watch as well.....it has a compass function :)

Yep... I watched the sun come up this morning... who would have guessed it started there!

I stood with a long pole and moved so that the big shed we will call home for the next year will not cast a shadow on the proposed house. [I like to wake up with the morning sun shining through the window...