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Tuesday, May 02, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Here is a picture of my soil cables. UPS delivery was supposed to be $50! for a total of $107! I told the guy this was ridiculous since he only quoted me a delivery charge of $25, what's more, the cables were not the "heavy duty" kind he told me they were. At any rate he gave me the cables at a discount--well. . .if you consider $75 a discount! To late in the year to argue, I want to get the 1446 Eaton into the soil after tomorrow, so I bit the bullet and had to pony up the money. I had a heck of a time arranging this cable. In the end, I don't think I crossed any of the loops, but at 15 inches below the soil I can't see it ever heating the soil to 20c as it states on the package. Oh well, total energy consumption is 126 watts--basically like putting three 60 watt light bulbs in the soil. . .just don't dig into it with a spade. Of course, I do have moles--hope no moles think that the cable is a tasty root! P.S. the circular bits in the photo are clumps of manure, not rocks--for some reason the clumps look like rocks.
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