Jen’s Boot Camp and Allerton Abbey Experience

The rocket cooktop in action!

Annualized thermal inertia update:

The previous attempts to artificially charge the mass with the rocket cooktop, in which I raised the temperature to 85F and held it there for about an hour, have been insufficient to keep the Abbey decently warm for long afterward (temps inside have recently been in the forties). So we are preparing to attempt to artificially charge the mass for ten days at 85F using a space heater, in order to see how long it takes for the temperature to return to baseline under conditions of normal use. This is only a temporary experiment. Since the mass did not get charged this summer due to construction, we are attempting to cobble together some useful data, but tests this year can be only indicative at best.

We have been trying out both of the thermoelectric fans, and both seem to help a lot to circulate warm air into the bedroom and lower cell. Thanks, guys! I will try to get a video of them in action next time I'm at the Abbey in daylight (we usually leave before it's light out and return after it's dark).

We’ve been working on the berm shed a lot lately. It’s almost finished and has turned out to be a pretty cool structure.

(BRK Day 44)