Fw: [Cob] find south

[Bill&Julie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill&Julie" <wbates at mn.rr.com>
To: "mike poindexter" <buffalow2 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Cob] find south


> ~¿~   Drive a stake in it.....
> The absolute best way,, is on the longest day of the year,,,
> Watch the shadow of a verticle stake...
> For accuracy, use a long one, 5 to 10 feet should do it.
> And at first light of the day, Drive a peg a fixed distance from the
> verticle stake... And do the same thing at the last light of the day, the
> same distance from the verticle stake. Now divide the distance between the
> two pegs. And put a peg there also, And make a line from verticle stake
> to the middle peg.... AND that should point to Solar NOON....
> This process should work any where except inside the Artic Circles...
>
> Triganosys bill   °¿°
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mike poindexter" <buffalow2 at yahoo.com>
> To: <coblist at deatech.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 8:07 AM
> Subject: [Cob] find south
>
>
> >
> > When orienteering a building for best passive solar use (glass wall
green
> >
> >  Room under roof of building with a cob wall separating it to the house)
> >
> > How do you determine correct degree of south? I read once that compass
> >
> >  South is different than solar south. I'm in south central mo.
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