Cob: second structure spacing

[Darel Henman]

Good point Amanda.  One has to consider when they want to start getting
the sun into the home and customize their numbers according to the
climate of their area.  For a lot of northern latitudes, above 39
degrees somewhere between September 21 and October 20th should be goood. 

Darel

Amanda Peck wrote:
> 
> My own feeling was that you didn't want to use December 21st.  But something
> more along the lines of October 20, or whenever you want to start getting
> the sun on your floor most years, and give yourself a bunch of room towards
> the east so that morning sun hits the floor earlier (and later--late
> February?) in the year than the setting sun.  But yes, it's a triangle
> problem, with how to fish the solution out nicely stated here.  And I expect
> it works for overhangs as well.
> 
> Darel wrote:
> 
> It's a simple triangle problem.
> 
> Most likely winter's when you want the solar energy coming in.
> 
> The lowest altitute of the sun is at December 21st.   This is the degree
> of one of the angles in the triangle, 90 degrees is the other.
> 
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