Ook
September 15, 2021, 2:38pm
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Posting it in general info, because it may come handy for other people later on.
So as you know, we have relocated to the Eastern Cape. It is a winter rainfall region.
However, we do get clouds coming over and enveloping us in fog during the year, it is not consistent, but it do happen.
Cloudfisher – Wasserstiftung have got a couple of projects running all over the world, with a good success rate.
We are thinking of going it the DIY route, by procuring a roll of very fine shadow netting, something like this (but very fine) :
Then spread it out on a rectangular frame and put it upright like this (and anchor it properly as well) :
We can increase the density of the shadow netting by having more than two layers, but allow the fog/cloud to still move through, but trapping moisture and have the water drip down to a trough, leading to a tank for collection.
I had a look, there’s also some new MOF materials out there that can harvest water, but apparently it is not commercialized yet. So the above method is the one we’ll have to use.
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Ook
September 15, 2021, 2:40pm
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Woodman
September 15, 2021, 7:26pm
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OMG, you could be a moisture farmer?
Don’t take on someone’s orphaned kid.
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Ook
September 15, 2021, 7:43pm
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Believe me, I was thinking of Star Wars the entire time I was busy with posting the above.
I have mentioned it to my wife, want to see if she get the reference
If some droids wander by, will press them into service, no good in letting 'em go…
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Ook
September 15, 2021, 7:49pm
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$wife says she got some shade cloth that side, she will ask the one guy for some stout wood poles and try to make a fog catcher.
Will update when things happen.
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Nabiki
September 15, 2021, 7:58pm
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If it works, I might do a bit on my new property.
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balance
September 16, 2021, 1:11am
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Some of us were thinking Dune instead.
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Ook
September 16, 2021, 6:21am
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If your new property have regular foggy weather, then it should work.
Ook
September 16, 2021, 6:22am
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Rofl.
We haven’t named our new place yet, I will have to choose between Tatooine and Dune/Arrakis names.
Mos Eisley ranch springs to mind
Go with a combination of the two?
Mos Sietch.
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Nabiki
September 16, 2021, 2:40pm
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After I posted, I realized that it probably won’t work in my area. It’s high desert, so I don’t think there’s much fog. The rain/snow collection from the roof will work much better.
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