Cold/Warm side of the house pics

One side the thermometer reads -10°f
Other side -3°f
7° warmer on one side is nice, still cold, but noticeable.
Getting 7° from the sun now

Dave you have a beautiful slice of heaven there Its very nice looking and warm at 7 °F :lol:

Pete

- 3 on the sunny side, -10 on the shady side
Pic of the -3° area. (sunny side)

How much wood do you use in a year up there in Alaska Dave?

Pete

Last year (full season) 5-1/2 cords. 1st year with the new BK-k & cat. Old stove was about 10 cords.
This year I'm using more, maybe 6+ cords by the end of burn season. Colder than average winter for my location.
Was -20°f last night. to get into the teens Sunday night, maybe 20s next week, more normal for here. (40° temp increase)

That is very impressive cut back on wood usage nice job Dave.

Pete

Hit a high of -5* at my place. Back down to -15* now. 4:45PM.

warmed up to -19 f here today in the knik river valley, we dont get the sun touching us for another month.

Since I'm too lazy to look this up, how many hours of sun up there now Dave? Also whats the approximate sun angle this time of year? A C

hey dave dont you think you should chase in that exterior chimney?

It's around 9hrs or so. Gets light around 8:30ish and dark around 5:30.

7-1/2 hours now, gaining 5 min+ per day, 10° sun angle
Sunrise a bit later here, has to come over the mts. Sunset time is pretty close

Sunrise/sunset link for Anchorage, (25 miles So. of here) :
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=18

Length of day Solar noon
Date Sunrise Sunset This day Difference Time Altitude Distance
(106 km)
Jan 28, 2012 9:30 AM 4:55 PM 7h 24m 57s + 5m 06s 1:12 PM 10.7° 147.332

That is "textbook" time of day though. If you figure when it starts to get light enough to see without a flashlight and till it's that dark it's about the hours I have in the other post.

This site calls what I'm talking about civil twilight: (towards the middle of the page)
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=99645&wuSelect=WEATHER

im jealous has been a steady -53 up here all day and we are just now at around 6 hours of daylight

10.7 degree sun angle, crap, no wonder it's so freakin cold up there. Thanks for the info, I find it fascinating. Oh yeah, & throw another log on the fire too. A C

The low angle is annoying, gets right in your eyes while driving. I work an afternoon shift and for the last couple weeks it's been pretty bad.

We are up to +5°f already, house is over 74, finally can turn the stove down a notch.