Faraday 'Tractor' [was canopy experiment]

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> From: Al Harding <[hidden email]>
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>Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 10:43:09 AM
>Subject: Re: [eSens] Faraday 'Tractor' [was canopy experiment]
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>You may want to try some radiant barrier spray.
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>From: H J R <[hidden email]>
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>Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 2:42 AM
>Subject: [eSens] Faraday 'Tractor' [was canopy experiment]
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>I have been very pleased with the Faraday cage type unit I constructed
>for sleeping.  I was looking at hoop tent designs and semi geodesic
>tents when I came across something quite similar to a hoop tent in
>design:  a 'chicken tractor'!!!   Basically, it is like an aluminium
>mesh 'row cover' or a cylinder chopped in half.  I used 3 lengths of pvc conduit which I bent into semicircular bows.  I drilled holes to accept the bow ends in a frame of 2x4's and then covered the entire thing with aluminium mesh.  With this set up I was able to place my entire queen
>sized mattress inside.  Recently I've decided to coat the entire thing
>with shellac prepared by dissolving shellac flakes in 95: ethanol.  Not
>only does shellac stick to anything; it also can effectively 'seal in'
>chemicals, odours, particles (etc) and is an excellent electrical insulator.  I
>was going to buy some AFM Safecoat 'Hardseal' but it is so expensive and after some research, I discovered that shellac is one of the few things which can also be used to 'seal in' chemicals, odours...  It is often
>used in smoke damaged houses to get rid of the smell. 
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>The shellac flakes are not too expensive.  The alcohol to dissolve it is
>the more expensive part but still way less than buying premade shellac
>(and less toxic!).  I'm trying to figure out the best way to spray the
>shellac onto aluminium mesh!  From the inside out, I guess [?]''
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>BTW, I built the Faraday Tractor for about $25.  It is 8 feet long by 6 feet wide by 4 feet high at the center.
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