[BC] Re: Sat dishes vs snow

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

Or for that matter, if the fluid is a problem diluting or polluting by
spilling onto the ground, why not just recirculate water through a heater
like the on-demand models often seen in restrooms; it would be self
replenishing; a thermostat and some sort of humistat could make it
automatic...........
M
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cowboy" <curt at spam-o-matic.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 3:37 PM
Subject: [BC] Re: Sat dishes vs snow


> On Wednesday 04 January 2006 03:07 pm, Dennis Cope wrote:
> >When you find something let me know.  Where I work we have dishes from
85'
> >to 40' and so far everything, except heaters,, don't work.
>
>  /snip/
>
> >We have spent thousands of dollars trying to find a way to keep the snow
out
> >and we have to be on line 24 hours a day or no weather satellite pictures
> >for anyone..  If you find a way to keep snow out please let us know..
> >
> >GE/Americom would like to know also...
>
>  Now, that's a horse of a whole 'nother color !
>
>  On a dish that large, and with that kind of budget......
>
>  How's this ?
>
>  A pump, and some creative plumbing, and a catch basin.
>
>  Rig a piece of perforated tubing, which you may have to fabricate
>  yourself ( or hire me to do it for you ) to ring the top 1/2 of the
>  perimeter of the dish, adjusted to put the holes toward the dish.
>  Actually, several bathroom shower heads from Lowe's or similar
>  could work as well.
>  A small pump to constantly feed de-icing fluid, keeping a constant spray
>  on the dish during a snow storm.
>  A catch basin under the drain edge of the dish, which feeds the pump.
>
>  As long as the fluid keeps moving, even in sub-zero weather, it would
>  need to be very, very, very diluted to not work.
>  ( which will eventually happen, if the fluid isn't changed often enough,
as
>  snow melts into it )
>
> -- 
> Cowboy
>
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