-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 CA>> Your surge protector and powerstrip _should_ be on
 CA>> separate 'grids' from your main electrical supply. This
 CA>> sounds bad to me.

 WC> I does what I gots to do.

 CA> Understood. When I have these thoughts I feel obligated to say
 CA> something for fear I will hear of some disaster and think I
 CA> should have said something sooner. :-\

I'm pretty savy to electicity and have none of the real risk
factors here.

 WC> Did you know ancient Egypt had passive refridgeration
 WC> capable of making ice? lots has to do with overcast versus
 WC> clear skies at night and humidity. I understand Arizona can
 WC> be stiffling hot during the day and freezing cold at night.

 CA> I remember some mention of ice for the Romans on a documentary
 CA> and was surprised by that.

 Humidity, clear skies and insulation are the keys. 
 A buried well insulated water resovoir open to the sky at
 night and covered during the day and the fact the open night shy 
 is looking into a mere couple of degrees Kelvin.
 Heat radiates into space, ice forms.
 Living in Florida there's too much humidity to experiment
 but if I lived in Arizona I'd try the experiment.
 
 CA>> and Florida _does_ have some low temps for several days in
 CA>> a row. Not as 'warm' as I had been lead to believe it was
 CA>> in those states.

 WC> It hovers around 45 - 52 at night most of our 2 month
 WC> _winter_ with maybe 2 weeks a bit colder. Walked the dog at
 WC> 9:30 A.M. in a sweater this morning and was a bit warm in
 WC> the sun. The high humidity does make it seem colder most of
 WC> the time as it draws out body heat faster than dry air
 WC> would.

 CA> No 'dry air' in Michigan surrounded by the Great Lakes. At 45ø
 CA> F I wear a light jacket. :-)

No dry air here either. I sit between Tampa bay and the Gulf of 
Mexico.
Walked the dog in a T-shirt this morning :-)
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