After reading many reviews and watching a lot of videos, I chose this option for my first backup power station. ruclips.net/user/postUgkxHypYDKHAN93Lp2RQpfvU_ksc70wJ00pt I was between this and a larger option that could power a wider range of items, but the price/size/capacity blend seemed right for this unit. Hasn't gotten a ton of use yet, but the build quality is solid and it charges fine via the Rockpals solar panel I purchased to pair with it. One thing to note is that the screen is optimized for a top down viewing angle, which makes sense, but this means it washes out at other angles - especially low angles. Not a huge deal, but perhaps a better option for the display could be used to provide wider viewing angles.
Cold air always falls Downward. Because of that you might consider installing a shelf up high for your generator and air conditioner. It will be much more efficient for your cabin.
VERY important to vent that second pipe outside. That hot air exhaust venting out the back is originating from INSIDE your cabin. Let's say you have cooled the air inside your cabin to 75 degrees you are taking a large quantity of that air and running it through the heat exchanger in your AC unit and then dumping it outside. That air has to be replaced from somewhere (to keep your cabin from shrinking) and the replacement air is coming from the outside meaning the air is being replaced by ambient which might be 90/90 as you stated. Even though you may be getting 50 degree air coming out the front of the AC unit the air flow from that is way less than the exhaust going out the back which is replaced by the ambient outside air which makes your unit work very hard. It would be like running AC in your car with the windows partially open. Yes the air coming out the vents feel good but would be hard to cool off the car. Same with the tent scenario. You need two pipes going outside the tent for the AC to work efficiently. Great video but you need two pipes!
Unreal that you'd put it that low to the ground. !!!!!! Whovever installed A/C lower than window height???? All the air above the height of the A/C is going to still be hot & humid. Basic understanding from primary school is cold air sinks, hot air rises.
I have a very small pond in my back yard and also have 55 gal drums that are 3/4 full of pea gravel and full of water. I simple put about 4 flat head minnows in each barrel and pond. That was 5 years ago. The barrels all have moss and minnows now. No mosquitoes at all.
I sleep with a fan on year round just for the noise except for the hot part of the summer it’s blowing away from us so that would be perfect thing to have in our room.
When working on the loft, remember that hot air rises. I don't know if anyone could stand the heat up there. I would go all out and get a propane generator that can power whatever you need.
Need to add a couple more windows to the other side of your cabin that way when you get some wind out there you can open window to get that cross Breeze. Also need to build yourself a couple awnings for your windows. Be great content
You really should run that second duct/vent. Every cubic inch of air you pull from inside the cabin and blow out is replaced by outside air being drawn in through various cracks etc. By running the second vent you'll pull outside air across the condenser coils then back outside this will make your unit more efficient. Just a suggestion.
@@MastaSquidge You really don't know what the hell you're talking about. He's currently drawing hot outside air into his shack and the conditioned air inside his shack is being wasted because he is sucking it across his condenser coil and blowing it outside. You really ought to keep your ignorant opinions to yourself if you don't know what the hell you're talking about.
A/C is so important in areas that have high humidity indexes, you’re going to help everyone’s attitude while being there and they’ll want to come back!
I am so HAPPY to know that someone else suffers with the “head sweat”!!! I’m a 73 year old woman and have had this issue all my life. I have a twin brother that suffers as well. I just found out it’s a heredity issue! So we can thank our wonderful father for this miserable condition. LoL He hated it like you do! The thing that makes me the maddest, is that woman shouldn’t have this issue. It’s so embarrassing. Ugh! Now let me tell you the where I live……. North Louisiana! Yes, talk about humidity, OMGOODNESS! Awful, just awful. I am a widow and living on SS, I saved my money just to buy a solar panel and a small generator so I could survive another hurricane or mostly because of a grid down situation. I had no idea what I was doing, read a lot of reviews and I purchased a “Eco Flo River Max” and one solar panel. At lease I’ll be able to have a fan this summer if we lose power. I’m so excited to be able to own the “Eco Flo”Generator! I decided on it because of the reviews from Amazon, the price and how easy it was to set up. I was scared to death to waste my money since I had no idea what I was doing. I watched you video because I didn’t know they made AC units. That’s wonderful! My prayers go out to y’all in Oklahoma to stay safe in these trying times. Do what y’all can to have enough food and water and maybe enough yo help your friends and neighbors. Hope I get to see Oklahoma one day, Broken Bow is only four hours from me. God Bless y’all.
Don't know much about OK, but I do know I'm only about ~3-5% less humidity on average than LA if that. Except here in the foot hills... breeze? What's that? I sweat like a pig from May to October. Sweat is meant to evaporate and cool you, unfortunately at 100% humidity, it doesn't do much good. lol. Most people have no clue that 85 degrees and 90% humidity feels something like 100 degrees with 50%, much less 100 degrees at 90%. I'd honestly take 100 degrees at 50% over 85 degrees at 90% any day.
Need to pull that dryer vent cap back off, put like I think it's 4 by 4 piece of chicken wire behind it and then reinstall it it will keep the varmints out and snakes👍🇺🇲
I homestead in Florida; it is brutally hot and humid here, I didn't know it got so humid in OK. The humidity not only makes us feel uncomfortable but it leads to mold all over everything. I hope no one steals your AC from the cabin, I know I would not leave that out there if it were my place unless I was coming and going frequently.
Suggestion for draining your pond, or just reducing the water level. Use PVC pipe and set up a siphon. It works 24 hours a day without any needed power. Just select your pipe size, with a T connector + two plugs (one for the lower end). Place the T at the highest point(typically on the dam), plug the lowest point, and fill the pipe full of water (five gallon buckets work well). Close the T junction with a plug, securing it watertight, then remove the lower cap. As long as the lower end of the pipe is below the water level from the source/pond, water should flow. Easy as pie.
We have a cabin built the same way. We had it built by Davis Buildings out of Stigler, OK. They have actually built 5 of these cabins for us. The one we have now is 44x16, and a Mr Cool mini split AC keeps it cool in SE Oklahoma in 103°. You are correct; there is no framing in these buildings. Each panel is just screwed together. I've never had 1 problem out of the 5 total buildings that I've owned.
I am so glad that I live in dry heat here in California. I have been to Pennsylvania several times and just about died. God bless you and the family! Thank you for the videos. 🙌💜💜💜💜💜
I actually live next door to a company that makes cooler panels. They use them mainly here in Florida for the ferneries here that need to keep those ferns cool until they're shipped off. They are four inches of closed cell foam between two sheets of metal and people use them for roofs, storage buildings, even houses. They are amazing at keeping the coolness inside! Look into it. In a cold climate they probably would be just as effective at keeping the warm in. And they are fairly cheap. They are called Coool Panels, Astor, Florida.
There are some beautiful old trees on your new property. Goodness, can’t believe that muddy hole is now a Lake.. lovely. If only the train pipe wouldn’t loose the lake water while it’s filling, or the standing water would drain into the lake. Need a lake or pond person, unless you have some ideas what to try. That AC will help a lot. Wow! The joy of modern equipment ! You make ….”Easy does it!” Need some blinds on those windows for security and privacy.
The channel BamaBass just built a high lake/pond and stocking it with different kinds of fish. He had a cabin built and he’s so interesting to watch. You might she if you like him you can learn a lot.
That’s really cool! Maybe build 3 shelves. 1 for the AC and 2 above it for the battery packs. Then it’s all contained in a small area. Even if it’s just for storing the extra batteries when not in use.
Daniel, Here in Maine, we use a 35-year-old Dehumidifier we bought when we lived out in Seattle...We get new filters each year, and it is in our basement...it holds 3.5 gallons and we dump it twice a day, running on a timer/ sensor...if the temperature goes over 75 degrees, it turns on and shuts off once the temperature drops to 72 degrees... the best $100.00 we ever spent...Cheers from Maine.
@@paulatwood998 I know he is, but do others who may read this? We are loosing pollinators, bees, hummingbirds, song birds, etc. our home gardens are suffering from lack pollen being carried from one plant to the other. I was replying to the text that C Adams wrote about pond attracting mosquitos.
All that damp ground will for sure. Got lots of trees. I would put up birdhouses that feed on them all over. And bat houses too!! All it takes is dampness. I live out in the woods in Alaska. No standing water within miles. But I got a huge patch of woods out off the back deck. The swarms of mosquitos out of the woods are never ending.
You could always look at a pellet heater. A while back I was watching a TV show on tiny houses and one was equipped with a small wood stove that used to be used on boats/ ship cabin.
We lived in our house in Southern California without insulation or A/C for 8 years. We used a swamp cooler but when it’s over 110 degrees or it’s humid it just can’t handle it. We insulated the walls this year and installed mini splits and it makes a huge difference. So much better.
Heat rises and cold air drops you would have been better off to put that air conditioner up higher so that you could have called the upper and brought the cold air down
I don't blame you for wanting comfort in the cabin! The AC will definitely make it more enjoyable! We get high humidity in Michigan and we appreciate our AC. Looking forward to seeing the queen size bed and other amenities in the cabin.
Yes and good wood burning stove is great. It is like the heat just pentrates all the way to the bones and feels like nothing else. A small king heater with a heat extrator in the stove pipe would be great. It wouldn't take up too much of your space either.
Maybe try a futon/bunk bed combo to double as seating during the day. Not sure if they come in a Queen or just a full and twin, but might be worth looking into. I’m guessing you would probably just build in a Queen with a bunk above it, but with the cost of lumber these days, you might find them bed cheaper. Ok, maybe not, but nothing surprises anymore so I wouldn’t be shocked.
You could make a Murphy bed in the cabin. It'll fold up out of the way for max space. Bed time fold it out. Mount the ft or head to wall then pick it up and have a rope or bungie to hold it up..
I've heard it's better to put the minerals on tree stumps instead of the ground. The deer won't pick up parasites from the ground and the minerals will leach into the stump instead of the soil which the deer will eat.
Daniel, you may find that air intake in the back is just for the condenser. Though it may seem intuitive to use cool air from inside for it, it cuts the efficiency tremendously because all the air blowing out has to come in from outside through cracks and window leaks, so you're pulling hot air into your living space. If you use totally outside air for the condenser, it cools it slightly less but you aren't creating a vacuum pulling hot humid air into living space making the compressor run way way less. You'd have to offset your intake because right now you exhaust is blowing straight down to where the intake would be, don't want that loop. Same principal as pulling in outside air for combustion in a wood stove or fireplace.
I couldn't agree more with your comment. If you look at the difference between a cheap portable AC unit and an expensive AC unit the first thing you notice is that there's both exhaust and inlet tubes.
Daniel I would no way leave that in a tent unattended, there are thieves everywhere and that is too expensive of an item to lose. Another thought I had is in that dryer vent I think you should but some kind of wire mesh to keep all the bugs out. If I were you I would put a woodstove in the cabin. I’m happy you have it though
Oh my....what an addition to your cabin! That A/c will really be appreciated when the heat is in high double and triple digits! The pond is amazing. You said you have plans for it.....are you going to dig it deeper? Looking good!! God Bless, Bev in Maine
Our family cabin had no heat/air/tv/phone when I was growing up. My great grandparents built it almost 100 years ago now. It's part of my heart...but had to sell my half of my inheritance recently. it's on a once beautiful, cold, clean Spring River in NE Arkansas. We used fans to stay cool and all the windows open and it has a huge screened in front porch that we practically lived on. Dang the pond grew! My mom did put in a tiny little air conditioner in the one bathroom we had. Dad was an insurance adjuster so he was given the unit and we loved being able to all go in the bathroom and hang out! Us girls in the family used to always hang out in the bathroom...is that common? hahaha! Enjoy your land and cabin Daniel and family.
Pick up 6 2.7 volt 500f capacitors w circuit board so when the compressor kicks on the heavy load comes out of the caps not the battery, then it runs at what 3 amps . It makes batteries last much much longer seeing the heavy draw from motors does not zap batteries 👍
I SWEAR by my dehumidifier and the last 3 days mine has been filling up 4 times a day..here in okc that is...you should get a dehumidifier helps ac run less
I went Ecoflow yesterday but just a small River 2 unit I'll use with Drones and phones while out carp fishing for three days at a time. In the UK the weather is normally wet and not really hot. Thanks for demoing the units you have it made my mind up.
We are also in OK and it has been HOTT. We are Building our cabin now and we fully insulated it with R15 insulation and we put in a 14,0000 BTU Window AC for now. It gets plenty of sun but stays cooler a lot longer than our RV does.
Daniel great idea for the AC ,so you all won't get hot staying there from night too night when you camp out. Have a bless weekend and prayers for your family and all the animals
Wow the amount of water in the pond kinda surprised me. Never thought with one day of rain it would be that high...lotta rain...good stuff. Love your Ecoflo too!
You could fit a bunk bed on one side with full on bottom, twin on top. mattress over the doorway/porch. 200 watt panels over in the sunshine would have those charged for a weekend cabin.
Instead of building a loft you could probably buy one of those bunk beds with a queen or double bed on the bottom with a twin on top. It might be cheaper and you could move it around if need be.
Congraulation and good evening to Arms Family Homestead and all others too. Prayers to all families to stay safe. Hope everything continue to go well and the project comes out good. Nice videos , God Bless You all.Have a great day. 😄😄😄the pond going to look great.
It's now Jan 2023 and an EcoFlow showed the new Wave 2 @ the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas with increased performance at 5,100 BTU's vs. 4,000 and a BIG bonus is that it also has a heat pump. Boy I almost bought the Wave but will now get Wave 2!
That is awesome the ecoflo A/C works so well! Looks like a nice crop of deer for this fall. Ooooh piggy! I can see what y'all will be hunting this fall!
Have you considered a bed and other cabin furniture that can fold up into the "wall". The top of the Faux walls could be used as a shelf and the cabin won't have a huge bed taking up floor space. Additionally, to top of a faux wall, you could place your "air conditioning" unit up higher and your eventual heating unit at the bottom. Cold air falls, hot air rises.
Nice setup you got there! Love all the foliage and shade you get! Although in winter all that foliage blows away and I bet you will appreciate the insulated walls! Your pond looks terrific to dump some bass and frogs in there. And deep enough to keep water year round if you can spread some of that clay over the sides and bottom. That center clump of trees looks like a perfect stand for hunting or fishing too!! Ducks! Deer or hogs! Have fun!! I got a small 200 acre valley with a year round creek and a spring I am looking forward to fixing up perfect myself!
I would vent it up high so the cold air flows down from ceiling it would cool better from top to bottom. Nice little unit to have in case electric goes out and it's super hot out.
A wood stove is the only answer, if you are willing to cut some wood. It you get one with a thermostat damper, it will keep a fairly steady temperature and burn all night on one fill. The ambiance and smell is incredible, and you can cook on some of them. Some people prefer them to burn out and sleep cool, then restart them in the morning, however, being older, I want some heat all night.
I'm going to say it you have a spring!! We found several on our land including weather spring's.When we do get rain we have one that pours water into our draws
U r goddam brilliant. I am suffering aboard my 30 ft sailboat simply because I cannot fit the eco inside of my cabin, but now what u just showed me, putting outside in my cockpit under the tarp, well sir I know exactly what I am dedicating my next 4k 2
You should absolutely install the air intake. The way you have it in this video it will constantly pull in hot wet outside air to make up the air you're blowing out.
May be a dumb question, but wouldn't it have been better to put it closer to the center of room?? Neat little gadgets your being set up with , good thing, the price tag scared me...
holy cow! $1500 for AC, $900 for extra battery which is out of stock, $70 for cable which is out of stock. You can get a 5000 watt window AC for under $200 and run it on a solar generator like mine.
We live off-grid in the AZ desert full time. We run 2 -10,000 btu AC units off a generator. Theres no getting around it. One day I will build a huge solar system just for these units, but you are looking at around 15k. Solar runs everything else in our house.
I found out about Oklahoma Summers after I moved h÷re from the north bay area,in California.There, I didn't need AC in my house or cars. Lol Here it's a matter of survival! The HUMIDITY!
Depending on where you're at in Oklahoma (I'm southeast Oklahoma near Fort Smith Arkansas)... the panels probably came from Therma Tru 3003 Industrial Park Rd. Van Buren AR, 72956 They manufacture insulated steel doors and these are the "punch-outs" they sell on the side
Ac...the thing that can make or break you. I was stuck at my property where the house burned down last year. I was dieing, agro and about to loose it so I hooked my solar panels up to a 12 volt car fan then mounted it on top of a cooler full of ice, put some swamper cooler pad in it and ran a small 12 v water pump pushing the ice water up to the pad..it worked great.
The proper placement for all air conditioners is at the top of the wall close to the ceiling not near the floor... Heat rises the AC will take the rising heat and exchange it to cool air there by cooling the room more efficiently... Laws of thermodynamics.
About the standing water on the down stream side of your dam... Channel named Practical Engineering just made a video that perfectly explains why your seeing such a high water table on the "dry" side of the dam.
We all know that the 3 of you a r e all hard-working! Don't let comments get to you! Your cabin is very nice...A/C will be a game-changer! Fun project 😀
Maybe get a high velocity fan and put in there when you are there to circulate the warm air trapped at the top of the cabin with the cooler air at the lower level. Will definitely need that when you add the loft. It will be way warmer up there then down below. Blessings!
I have a 30,000 btu radiant heat propane heater that cuts on and off, has a blower and heat around 1200 sq.feet. I set it on 2 and it stays 70 inside. Its safe and theres no mess to clean up, you may want ot check one out. Wood burning stoves are great too it all depends on what your looking for.
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I Interested in what you do to stay off the grid
After reading many reviews and watching a lot of videos, I chose this option for my first backup power station. ruclips.net/user/postUgkxHypYDKHAN93Lp2RQpfvU_ksc70wJ00pt I was between this and a larger option that could power a wider range of items, but the price/size/capacity blend seemed right for this unit. Hasn't gotten a ton of use yet, but the build quality is solid and it charges fine via the Rockpals solar panel I purchased to pair with it. One thing to note is that the screen is optimized for a top down viewing angle, which makes sense, but this means it washes out at other angles - especially low angles. Not a huge deal, but perhaps a better option for the display could be used to provide wider viewing angles.
Cold air always falls Downward. Because of that you might consider installing a shelf up high for your generator and air conditioner. It will be much more efficient for your cabin.
VERY important to vent that second pipe outside. That hot air exhaust venting out the back is originating from INSIDE your cabin. Let's say you have cooled the air inside your cabin to 75 degrees you are taking a large quantity of that air and running it through the heat exchanger in your AC unit and then dumping it outside. That air has to be replaced from somewhere (to keep your cabin from shrinking) and the replacement air is coming from the outside meaning the air is being replaced by ambient which might be 90/90 as you stated. Even though you may be getting 50 degree air coming out the front of the AC unit the air flow from that is way less than the exhaust going out the back which is replaced by the ambient outside air which makes your unit work very hard. It would be like running AC in your car with the windows partially open. Yes the air coming out the vents feel good but would be hard to cool off the car. Same with the tent scenario. You need two pipes going outside the tent for the AC to work efficiently. Great video but you need two pipes!
Yep cold air falls hot air rises....
Unreal that you'd put it that low to the ground. !!!!!! Whovever installed A/C lower than window height???? All the air above the height of the A/C is going to still be hot & humid. Basic understanding from primary school is cold air sinks, hot air rises.
I have a very small pond in my back yard and also have 55 gal drums that are 3/4 full of pea gravel and full of water. I simple put about 4 flat head minnows in each barrel and pond. That was 5 years ago. The barrels all have moss and minnows now. No mosquitoes at all.
Wow! I knew that, but totally forgot it. Thank you so much for mentioning it! It’s a game changer.
I sleep with a fan on year round just for the noise except for the hot part of the summer it’s blowing away from us so that would be perfect thing to have in our room.
When working on the loft, remember that hot air rises. I don't know if anyone could stand the heat up there.
I would go all out and get a propane generator that can power whatever you need.
Need to add a couple more windows to the other side of your cabin that way when you get some wind out there you can open window to get that cross Breeze. Also need to build yourself a couple awnings for your windows. Be great content
Wood stove is the best I heated with wood and cook in the winter in MN for over ten years
You really should run that second duct/vent. Every cubic inch of air you pull from inside the cabin and blow out is replaced by outside air being drawn in through various cracks etc. By running the second vent you'll pull outside air across the condenser coils then back outside this will make your unit more efficient. Just a suggestion.
Yes, I agree. This is important.
Wouldn't it just be sucking in the hot air it's venting, considering the proximity?
@@dirtisbetterthandiamonds still better than sucking you cool dehumidified air out and bringing in wet warm air.
@@dirtisbetterthandiamonds it doesn't really matter since that air is not used to cool the interior space.
@@MastaSquidge You really don't know what the hell you're talking about. He's currently drawing hot outside air into his shack and the conditioned air inside his shack is being wasted because he is sucking it across his condenser coil and blowing it outside. You really ought to keep your ignorant opinions to yourself if you don't know what the hell you're talking about.
A/C is so important in areas that have high humidity indexes, you’re going to help everyone’s attitude while being there and they’ll want to come back!
I am so HAPPY to know that someone else suffers with the “head sweat”!!! I’m a 73 year old woman and have had this issue all my life. I have a twin brother that suffers as well. I just found out it’s a heredity issue! So we can thank our wonderful father for this miserable condition. LoL He hated it like you do!
The thing that makes me the maddest, is that woman shouldn’t have this issue. It’s so embarrassing. Ugh! Now let me tell you the where I live……. North Louisiana! Yes, talk about humidity, OMGOODNESS! Awful, just awful.
I am a widow and living on SS, I saved my money just to buy a solar panel and a small generator so I could survive another hurricane or mostly because of a grid down situation. I had no idea what I was doing, read a lot of reviews and I purchased a “Eco Flo River Max” and one solar panel. At lease I’ll be able to have a fan this summer if we lose power. I’m so excited to be able to own the “Eco Flo”Generator! I decided on it because of the reviews from Amazon, the price and how easy it was to set up. I was scared to death to waste my money since I had no idea what I was doing. I watched you video because I didn’t know they made AC units. That’s wonderful!
My prayers go out to y’all in Oklahoma to stay safe in these trying times. Do what y’all can to have enough food and water and maybe enough yo help your friends and neighbors.
Hope I get to see Oklahoma one day, Broken Bow is only four hours from me. God Bless y’all.
Don't know much about OK, but I do know I'm only about ~3-5% less humidity on average than LA if that. Except here in the foot hills... breeze? What's that? I sweat like a pig from May to October. Sweat is meant to evaporate and cool you, unfortunately at 100% humidity, it doesn't do much good. lol. Most people have no clue that 85 degrees and 90% humidity feels something like 100 degrees with 50%, much less 100 degrees at 90%. I'd honestly take 100 degrees at 50% over 85 degrees at 90% any day.
Need to pull that dryer vent cap back off, put like I think it's 4 by 4 piece of chicken wire behind it and then reinstall it it will keep the varmints out and snakes👍🇺🇲
I homestead in Florida; it is brutally hot and humid here, I didn't know it got so humid in OK. The humidity not only makes us feel uncomfortable but it leads to mold all over everything. I hope no one steals your AC from the cabin, I know I would not leave that out there if it were my place unless I was coming and going frequently.
Suggestion for draining your pond, or just reducing the water level. Use PVC pipe and set up a siphon. It works 24 hours a day without any needed power. Just select your pipe size, with a T connector + two plugs (one for the lower end). Place the T at the highest point(typically on the dam), plug the lowest point, and fill the pipe full of water (five gallon buckets work well). Close the T junction with a plug, securing it watertight, then remove the lower cap. As long as the lower end of the pipe is below the water level from the source/pond, water should flow. Easy as pie.
if ya dont wanna build a loft what about bunkbeds for the kids that could work. like the idea of cool comfort when glamping lol great idea.
Add a fan or 2 to circulate the cold air and it'll feel much better... maybe even a ceiling fan.
Glad the Ecoflow works for you. Good luck with the deer. I'm sure Dustin would appreciate the hay. Take care and stay safe out there. GOD BLESS Y'ALL.
Dutch has got an Ecoflow also that they're using to cool just one room in the new house. He says it works really well.
We have a cabin built the same way. We had it built by Davis Buildings out of Stigler, OK. They have actually built 5 of these cabins for us. The one we have now is 44x16, and a Mr Cool mini split AC keeps it cool in SE Oklahoma in 103°. You are correct; there is no framing in these buildings. Each panel is just screwed together. I've never had 1 problem out of the 5 total buildings that I've owned.
I am so glad that I live in dry heat here in California. I have been to Pennsylvania several times and just about died. God bless you and the family! Thank you for the videos. 🙌💜💜💜💜💜
I actually live next door to a company that makes cooler panels. They use them mainly here in Florida for the ferneries here that need to keep those ferns cool until they're shipped off. They are four inches of closed cell foam between two sheets of metal and people use them for roofs, storage buildings, even houses. They are amazing at keeping the coolness inside! Look into it. In a cold climate they probably would be just as effective at keeping the warm in. And they are fairly cheap. They are called Coool Panels, Astor, Florida.
Hi Tara. I’m in Florida, too. I’ve never heard of these panels. Thanks and I’ll check them out! All the best to you and yours.
But ur under the shade trees too. Add on the porch on around to the right side under the trees from the door. Woo Hoo the tank looking good 👍
There are some beautiful old trees on your new property. Goodness, can’t believe that muddy hole is now a Lake.. lovely. If only the train pipe wouldn’t loose the lake water while it’s filling, or the standing water would drain into the lake. Need a lake or pond person, unless you have some ideas what to try. That AC will help a lot. Wow! The joy of modern equipment ! You make ….”Easy does it!” Need some blinds on those windows for security and privacy.
The channel BamaBass just built a high lake/pond and stocking it with different kinds of fish. He had a cabin built and he’s so interesting to watch. You might she if you like him you can learn a lot.
That’s really cool! Maybe build 3 shelves. 1 for the AC and 2 above it for the battery packs. Then it’s all contained in a small area.
Even if it’s just for storing the extra batteries when not in use.
Daniel, Here in Maine, we use a 35-year-old Dehumidifier we bought when we lived out in Seattle...We get new filters each year, and it is in our basement...it holds 3.5 gallons and we dump it twice a day, running on a timer/ sensor...if the temperature goes over 75 degrees, it turns on and shuts off once the temperature drops to 72 degrees... the best $100.00 we ever spent...Cheers from Maine.
This is my favorite project on your homestead right now. Such a great get away. 😃 hope that pond doesn't turn into a mosquito trap
And please be careful what you spray as we are loosing our pollinators ….
@@virginiacurrey2019 Daniel is very conscientious about using chemicals in his environment.
@@paulatwood998 I know he is, but do others who may read this? We are loosing pollinators, bees, hummingbirds, song birds, etc. our home gardens are suffering from lack pollen being carried from one plant to the other. I was replying to the text that C Adams wrote about pond attracting mosquitos.
Aeration and fish help with mosquitoes. A small solar powered pump would be great.
All that damp ground will for sure. Got lots of trees. I would put up birdhouses that feed on them all over. And bat houses too!! All it takes is dampness. I live out in the woods in Alaska. No standing water within miles. But I got a huge patch of woods out off the back deck. The swarms of mosquitos out of the woods are never ending.
You could always look at a pellet heater. A while back I was watching a TV show on tiny houses and one was equipped with a small wood stove that used to be used on boats/ ship cabin.
Have you thought of drilling for an artesian well which would be flowing fresh water all the time.
We lived in our house in Southern California without insulation or A/C for 8 years. We used a swamp cooler but when it’s over 110 degrees or it’s humid it just can’t handle it. We insulated the walls this year and installed mini splits and it makes a huge difference. So much better.
Heat rises and cold air drops you would have been better off to put that air conditioner up higher so that you could have called the upper and brought the cold air down
The weather next week in my area will be 100 degrees for about six days. Debbie from Robinson Texas (down by Waco area)
We have had 100 degree weather at least in my car down here in South Texas (down by Mexico)
I don't blame you for wanting comfort in the cabin! The AC will definitely make it more enjoyable! We get high humidity in Michigan and we appreciate our AC. Looking forward to seeing the queen size bed and other amenities in the cabin.
You need to put a screen on your air vent to keep out the bugs and snakes from coming in the vent
Yes and good wood burning stove is great. It is like the heat just pentrates all the way to the bones and feels like nothing else. A small king heater with a heat extrator in the stove pipe would be great. It wouldn't take up too much of your space either.
It is very hot here in Texas today 😢 yes need something to stay cool for sure....I seen on TV yesterday they are building styrofoam houses now wow...
Maybe try a futon/bunk bed combo to double as seating during the day. Not sure if they come in a Queen or just a full and twin, but might be worth looking into. I’m guessing you would probably just build in a Queen with a bunk above it, but with the cost of lumber these days, you might find them bed cheaper. Ok, maybe not, but nothing surprises anymore so I wouldn’t be shocked.
You could make a Murphy bed in the cabin. It'll fold up out of the way for max space. Bed time fold it out. Mount the ft or head to wall then pick it up and have a rope or bungie to hold it up..
I've heard it's better to put the minerals on tree stumps instead of the ground. The deer won't pick up parasites from the ground and the minerals will leach into the stump instead of the soil which the deer will eat.
That is gonna be a great place for y’all to make plenty of those priceless memories. Beautiful place.
Pretty cool A/C system. Love your property there it's beautiful 😍
Daniel, you may find that air intake in the back is just for the condenser. Though it may seem intuitive to use cool air from inside for it, it cuts the efficiency tremendously because all the air blowing out has to come in from outside through cracks and window leaks, so you're pulling hot air into your living space. If you use totally outside air for the condenser, it cools it slightly less but you aren't creating a vacuum pulling hot humid air into living space making the compressor run way way less. You'd have to offset your intake because right now you exhaust is blowing straight down to where the intake would be, don't want that loop. Same principal as pulling in outside air for combustion in a wood stove or fireplace.
exactly, 1 hose makes a vacuum and after an hour or 2 the room will get hotter
I couldn't agree more with your comment. If you look at the difference between a cheap portable AC unit and an expensive AC unit the first thing you notice is that there's both exhaust and inlet tubes.
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There's a thermostat right on the front of the AC unit. That will tell you how much cooler it is.
Those look like insulated garage door panels. I have a deer blind made out of them here in mi.
Daniel I would no way leave that in a tent unattended, there are thieves everywhere and that is too expensive of an item to lose. Another thought I had is in that dryer vent I think you should but some kind of wire mesh to keep all the bugs out. If I were you I would put a woodstove in the cabin. I’m happy you have it though
Oh my....what an addition to your cabin! That A/c will really be appreciated when the heat is in high double and triple digits! The pond is amazing. You said you have plans for it.....are you going to dig it deeper? Looking good!! God Bless, Bev in Maine
Our family cabin had no heat/air/tv/phone when I was growing up. My great grandparents built it almost 100 years ago now. It's part of my heart...but had to sell my half of my inheritance recently. it's on a once beautiful, cold, clean Spring River in NE Arkansas. We used fans to stay cool and all the windows open and it has a huge screened in front porch that we practically lived on. Dang the pond grew! My mom did put in a tiny little air conditioner in the one bathroom we had. Dad was an insurance adjuster so he was given the unit and we loved being able to all go in the bathroom and hang out! Us girls in the family used to always hang out in the bathroom...is that common? hahaha! Enjoy your land and cabin Daniel and family.
Pick up 6 2.7 volt 500f capacitors w circuit board so when the compressor kicks on the heavy load comes out of the caps not the battery, then it runs at what 3 amps . It makes batteries last much much longer seeing the heavy draw from motors does not zap batteries 👍
That AC looks like the same one Dutch has. It looks like a really nice one.
If you bale your hay field before Lester and Jami bring your ostrich, you could do a trade... Ostrich for hay because his hay field isn't growing
I SWEAR by my dehumidifier and the last 3 days mine has been filling up 4 times a day..here in okc that is...you should get a dehumidifier helps ac run less
I went Ecoflow yesterday but just a small River 2 unit I'll use with Drones and phones while out carp fishing for three days at a time. In the UK the weather is normally wet and not really hot. Thanks for demoing the units you have it made my mind up.
We are also in OK and it has been HOTT. We are Building our cabin now and we fully insulated it with R15 insulation and we put in a 14,0000 BTU Window AC for now. It gets plenty of sun but stays cooler a lot longer than our RV does.
When I was a kid, my grandpa had built full sized bunk beds. His cabin fit all 8 kids.
Maybe add a screen cover to that vent to keep the small critters out
The canopy is the big thing on reducing heat. Nice cabin
The ambient heat from a wood stove can’t be beat to take the chill out of the air
Daniel great idea for the AC ,so you all won't get hot staying there from night too night when you camp out. Have a bless weekend and prayers for your family and all the animals
Wow the amount of water in the pond kinda surprised me. Never thought with one day of rain it would be that high...lotta rain...good stuff. Love your Ecoflo too!
I like your idea of camping! That’s the way I like to camp. My idea of roughing it is Holiday Inn with no room service. Lol
You could fit a bunk bed on one side with full on bottom, twin on top. mattress over the doorway/porch.
200 watt panels over in the sunshine would have those charged for a weekend cabin.
Instead of building a loft you could probably buy one of those bunk beds with a queen or double bed on the bottom with a twin on top. It might be cheaper and you could move it around if need be.
john and pam keep that coming on video love you all friend
Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. May the Lord bless you and your family
4:55 - You should attach a tag to the handle saying "This is the pond watermark on 06-01-2022" or whatever date -- don't leave it to guesswork later.
It is cool the ways these are made they are made from metal doors they cut out and put glass in.
Congraulation and good evening to Arms Family Homestead and all others too. Prayers to all families to stay safe. Hope everything continue to go well and the project comes out good. Nice videos , God Bless You all.Have a great day. 😄😄😄the pond going to look great.
I think the lights need to go outside hang from the Cabin thru the trees and around it would look great when you are sitting around the fire.
It's now Jan 2023 and an EcoFlow showed the new Wave 2 @ the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas with increased performance at 5,100 BTU's vs. 4,000 and a BIG bonus is that it also has a heat pump. Boy I almost bought the Wave but will now get Wave 2!
Great video Daniel good to see you again
Great video and interesting! You are so calm when you explain and no cussing !! Looks like you have some little deer out there and a wild hog !!
They have a ton of Deer and Hogs!! He showed them a couple of videos ago.❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤
Now you need to have a outdoor shower and toilet 😜🤪
That is awesome the ecoflo A/C works so well! Looks like a nice crop of deer for this fall. Ooooh piggy! I can see what y'all will be hunting this fall!
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Have you considered a bed and other cabin furniture that can fold up into the "wall". The top of the Faux walls could be used as a shelf and the cabin won't have a huge bed taking up floor space. Additionally, to top of a faux wall, you could place your "air conditioning" unit up higher and your eventual heating unit at the bottom. Cold air falls, hot air rises.
Nice setup you got there! Love all the foliage and shade you get! Although in winter all that foliage blows away and I bet you will appreciate the insulated walls! Your pond looks terrific to dump some bass and frogs in there. And deep enough to keep water year round if you can spread some of that clay over the sides and bottom. That center clump of trees looks like a perfect stand for hunting or fishing too!! Ducks! Deer or hogs! Have fun!! I got a small 200 acre valley with a year round creek and a spring I am looking forward to fixing up perfect myself!
I live in Texas and it gets hot too during the summer.we have🎉been🎉having some🎉bad storms lately.
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I would vent it up high so the cold air flows down from ceiling it would cool better from top to bottom. Nice little unit to have in case electric goes out and it's super hot out.
A wood stove is the only answer, if you are willing to cut some wood. It you get one with a thermostat damper, it will keep a fairly steady temperature and burn all night on one fill. The ambiance and smell is incredible, and you can cook on some of them. Some people prefer them to burn out and sleep cool, then restart them in the morning, however, being older, I want some heat all night.
nice cabin! love the color. AC in a cabin is a real luxury! turn that thing around you could heat that cabin too! pretty sweet.
16:14 you can use some Scotch-Brite pads as a filter for the intake, it's just good to have
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I'm going to say it you have a spring!! We found several on our land including weather spring's.When we do get rain we have one that pours water into our draws
U r goddam brilliant. I am suffering aboard my 30 ft sailboat simply because I cannot fit the eco inside of my cabin, but now what u just showed me, putting outside in my cockpit under the tarp, well sir I know exactly what I am dedicating my next 4k 2
You should absolutely install the air intake. The way you have it in this video it will constantly pull in hot wet outside air to make up the air you're blowing out.
May be a dumb question, but wouldn't it have been better to put it closer to the center of room??
Neat little gadgets your being set up with , good thing, the price tag scared me...
holy cow! $1500 for AC, $900 for extra battery which is out of stock, $70 for cable which is out of stock. You can get a 5000 watt window AC for under $200 and run it on a solar generator like mine.
We live off-grid in the AZ desert full time. We run 2 -10,000 btu AC units off a generator. Theres no getting around it. One day I will build a huge solar system just for these units, but you are looking at around 15k. Solar runs everything else in our house.
It would be neat to have a couple of sky lights in that cabin ! Look at the stars at night and the birds and squirrels in the daytime !!!
You can use this air conditioning and a solar panel in you vegetable glass house.
I found out about Oklahoma Summers after I moved h÷re from the north bay area,in California.There, I didn't need AC in my house or cars. Lol Here it's a matter of survival! The HUMIDITY!
Depending on where you're at in Oklahoma (I'm southeast Oklahoma near Fort Smith Arkansas)...
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They manufacture insulated steel doors and these are the "punch-outs" they sell on the side
You can also add a dehumidifier to the cabin and harvest the water it collects and filter it.
What about adding a ceiling fan too. To circulate air as well. ..
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Maybe there’s a higher clay content in the area that has the standing water at. Sounds like it would be a great place to put a pond 😊
Ac...the thing that can make or break you. I was stuck at my property where the house burned down last year. I was dieing, agro and about to loose it so I hooked my solar panels up to a 12 volt car fan then mounted it on top of a cooler full of ice, put some swamper cooler pad in it and ran a small 12 v water pump pushing the ice water up to the pad..it worked great.
The proper placement for all air conditioners is at the top of the wall close to the ceiling not near the floor... Heat rises the AC will take the rising heat and exchange it to cool air there by cooling the room more efficiently... Laws of thermodynamics.
About the standing water on the down stream side of your dam... Channel named Practical Engineering just made a video that perfectly explains why your seeing such a high water table on the "dry" side of the dam.
We all know that the 3 of you a r e all hard-working! Don't let comments get to you! Your cabin is very nice...A/C will be a game-changer! Fun project 😀
Maybe get a high velocity fan and put in there when you are there to circulate the warm air trapped at the top of the cabin with the cooler air at the lower level. Will definitely need that when you add the loft. It will be way warmer up there then down below. Blessings!
I have a 30,000 btu radiant heat propane heater that cuts on and off, has a blower and heat around 1200 sq.feet. I set it on 2 and it stays 70 inside. Its safe and theres no mess to clean up, you may want ot check one out. Wood burning stoves are great too it all depends on what your looking for.