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Just started watching your channel, and think you are approaching as well as accomplishing each task on your journey to realize your visions. Great content, but one question, wouldn't it have been more efficient for rate of thermal migration from dirt to air duct, to cool or heat air by using aluminum or some other metal, concrete, or maybe terracotta. Personally the pvc piping, would've broke my bank, and my preferences would have been even further out of reach. But keep making progress, great programming.

Mr. Wet blanket here again. Those cooling tubes must be 8-10 feet deep and at 8-10inch diameter....with some low volume fans drawing the cooler temps into your home. IMHO. Don't hate me, but wait and see.

Also for future reference, for that non pressure pipe in a non pressure application, there is a glue called “fusion”. It’s sold at home improvement stores and it’s a single stage cement. No primer needed. Saves you a little bit of money over a bunch of pipe.

Jim, let me know how the tubes work, I put 200 ft of 6" tubes down 10 ft and I do get cool art, not sure if yours are deep enough, but I sure hope so.

For future reference.. try using a paddle bit in reverse on that plastic pipe.

@ 10:35 who told you holes in the pipes / why not just a closed system so ABSOLUELY no dirt or water infiltration in the system ? and sans the gravel as the most soil contact to the pipe the most thermal transfer ! any water or dirt in the system my cause mold !

You say “our self-reliant life”….I say “o-so-real”….OSRL!

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What an impressive project. Gun range is great bonus. Used to pack bullets with my dad. Have ammo box of lead. Thought I’d melt and pour it in hornet ground nest at end of summer. 🌝

Hey guys, looking good. I like that you are using the natural way to do everything around your property. Any time you can make your life better by using a natural way of doing it is better than having a big machine sucking your energy from your solar system. I will be watching this because I will probably do something like this when I build my home in Thailand. ❤

I am worried that condensation has nowhere to go. Why are the drain holes on the top and not on the bottom? What am I missing.

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Here in Florida we put sand point wells in normally down to 20-25 feet and have fresh water on tap,

For my needs when SHTF I collect rainwater in 59 gallon barrels, then just fine filter and boil.

Are you seriously using pvc pipe as your heat exchanger?

Question: what are the holes for?

When you layer the hype muzak on top of the ambient sound I am forced to mute what I like, the ambient sound. I really hate the mindless endlessly-looping bot fake musak. dang.

I have to ask WHY drill holes in the pipe???

I don't understand all the holes, even if you rotated the pipe and point them down. If you were concerned about water getting in from the intake a small sump and drain hole fills the bill. Now all I see is dozens of places creepy crawlies can infiltrate your system.

In Australia out in the desert we had a driller a hole 3 feet round and 20 feet deep with 2 pipes one taking the hot air down and the other pipe to bring cool air up into the house. Yes the cost but when you have it done it is all free air cooling . As we are off grid. I have not seen what you guys are doing good for you to try something new.

Now you are cooking with gas, loved the content, will you please explain the cooling principles of the AC project, thanks. ❤🇿🇦

6:40 Is anyone familiar with 'trench-support'? That's where a wall is erected on either side of people, who for the most part have no common sense AND leave no offspring in the case of a tench collapse....................... Whilst they are digging said trench.

Geothermal, underground cooling is somthing that is so misunderstood. Hope your efforts are a sucess. Pioneers deserve the best outcome here. Sugesstions, of mine would be to drain;[all pvc lines into a sump pump area, maybe add aluminum cans in pipe; (too encrease transfer rate); lower pipe level), add more pipes, & empty outlet into greenhouse;dehumidifing area, or root cellar first to controll humidity level first, before cooling house. Good luck, set the bar high!😊

Beautiful, can’t wait to see the rest

cooling is going to be so nice when it's working!

I'm familiar with the tube cooling in Earthships, but I don't understand the drilling of holes. It seems like they would eventually clog with dirt and debris. What function do they provide? Maybe I've forgotten something. Big project, but you two are work monsters.

I'm excited to see how this all comes together. It'll be awesome.

I noticed that you used a 'wood' bit for drilling your PVC pipe. I might have wanted to use a 'metal' bit for drilling. Would that have been less prone to cracking? I do not know.

these systems are useful, if you can chlorinate them for legionaires disease, and also the pipe will be schedule 40 able to withstand the weight of the backfill...this earth cooled air needs to have a fan and timer and must run on a timer for even heat exchange with the soils and the pipe must be at least 1/3 the cubic feet of air in the dwelling! the warm air will be naturally cooled by the subsurface temps and naturally condensate forms and will accumulate which is the reason for the chlorination to prevent the deadly bacteria from forming in the moist environment

I'm kind of curious if you considered using this as part of an atmospheric water collection unit. By dropping the temperature, you get closer to the dew point. It means a dehumidifier has a much easier job of turning that humidity into usable water. You might not need it, or it might be too expensive. But it seems like it should be pretty straightforward.

Maybe as a backup plan you could put a pex slinky in there running some window washer fluid through a pump-radiator and a fan blowing across it. This is if the air coming from that 4" tube plenium gets musty /moldy with some ancient spores or something. At least you can have a closed loop system that will cool the house for only a few hundred dollars more. ua-cam.com/video/nV7XJXETr0Q/v-deo.html

I see your guard dogs on work on top of that mound of dirt. She’s doing her job very good.

Deep trenches are dangerous but they look pretty solid! It's a good thing your soil isn't sandy. Stay safe! 💛🏜️

It’s going to be nice when that is done Jim and Jess where you guys waited for a long time to get it done and happy had other things to do until this day. God bless you both and keep safe from your friend in Southern Alberta Canada.

Jim and Jess - were you engineers in your previous lives? You're work shows a lot of technical background.

Jim if you place the holes you drilled in the up position wont the pipe eventually fill up with dirt and water and stop the flow of cool air?

Looking great! 👍 That landscaping will keep you in shape for sure . 😅

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What are the holes for?

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100ft each A hole every six inches That’s 200 holes per line And you have 3 lines Holy cow At least 600 holes Yikes

This is so interesting!

Don't be nervous, Jimmy James. You almost always got this!

STEP-DRILLS work fantastic for plastic pipe or anything plastic/ metal 😊 ❤ ❤

Gotta say… Anybody pulling up to your place with ill intent will take one look at your private shooting range and decide to keep driving🤣

I am not trying to disappoint you. The piping is undersized to supply enough air volume to cool your space. You need to lay 3 more of the same pipes and connect the pipes to a planum inside the house. Good luck.

Maybe you can explain how the system works, and why you do certain things..like the holes purpose, the lengths of tube needed for how much air you want, ect...would be so cool to get a blow by blow account of what you are doing in the trenches !! lol good work

Hubby finished our water catchment system this week!!! Then we had a great rain! So gratifying. Good job on your progress!

That’s a lot of dirt and rock and pipe that you handled there. I can’t wait to see how that works out. I see you have a southwestern United States, Dog Bird at your feeder😂