Full Time RV Living ....More Counter Space

BEFORE:


AFTER (BUT BEFORE COVERING THE PANEL WITH CONTACT PAPER):



The office modification pictures will have to wait. Oh yeah, I need to pick up some better contact paper for the sink panel today...the stuff I used was old that I had in storage and didn't stick well, though most contact paper these days stick-ability is horrible...so maybe add some contact cement to my shopping list. Much to do.

Interesting Discussion

The ceiling height inside the camper is 78 inches. (6'6).
The Air temperature outside is 28 degrees (F)
The temperature on the floor was 44 degrees.
The temperature on the ceiling was 80 degrees.
The temperature about 14" down from the ceiling was 72 degrees.

Now my older brother and I discussed this tonight and debated some different possibilities.

1. The hot air must be escaping through the roof or else it would build up and eventually reach much closer to the floor.

2. The roof was holding fine since it was above the comfort zone there, it was just a matter of underpinning the camper and maybe beefing up the insulation on the bottom to slow the cold air coming in.

3. A low speed fan pointed at the ceiling might help force the hot air back down.

4. The windows which are closer to the ceiling than the floor but not by much...seemed to be a source of the cold coming in.

With a whopping 36 degree temperature difference in a mere 78 inches it is an interesting thought. Sure if I put in skirting on the camper and even an underside insulation job that would slow the cold air from coming in so unchanged...but, with that much heat at the top wouldn't it be simple enough to lower that 80 and raise the 44 at the same time with better circulating air?

So many variables.

Low Pulse Rate

Even though "athletic" definitely doesn't define me, as a rule my pulse is in the 40's and that prompted me several years ago to pressure my doctor to start me on thyroid medication. The blood tests that check a person's TSH registered me at almost a 5 and according to old school thinking that was "normal". Since then they've researched it and something like 98% of the people with what was considered "normal" thyroid function by all other tests...scored below 3. It doesn't seem like much but it makes a big difference in a person's energy level, breathing and overall health. Since then my pulse rate runs in the higher 40's and I've seen it up to almost 60. It was interesting researching Low Pulse Rate Hopefully this year I'll get started back on a daily vigorous exercise routine and start researching how to use the pulse rate to gauge the intensity of the exercise for maximum efficiency because as it is I tend to think "ah man this is working hard enough".

Get the coats back out

Started to go for a walk but it is about 34 degrees with a bit of a 7mph breeze to it...now the weather channel says it is supposed to get up to 56 but that is obviously later and it comes with double or triple the wind speed...so that means either bundle up and walk now or go back to bed and walk later (which wouldn't hurt since the bed has only had a claim on me for a couple hours. Hmmm.