Take these tips—save some energy By JOANNE SPAHR saving products on the pays for it self over and LANCASTER - Although market which were created above the standard piece of farmers are “notoriously specifically for the farm, apparatus, prudent with electricity,” as One of these is the heat- “Each fanner must make Jerry Shaffer, farm and exchanger. sure the water is checked for industry business consultant PP&L did studies on the chlorides when using this with Pennsylvania Power hulk milk compressor and equipment, however,” and Light phrases it, there tube cooler types. Both these cautions Shaffer, since are still a few tips on cutting heat exchangers reroute the chlorides destroy the costs and saving energy energy used in cooling milk system, which anyone can benefit into heating water for the Energy Saving from during these last chilly dairy operation. The electric in the Home months of Winter. company’s studies showed j n the home, a number of According to Shaffer, that in two to three years this energy saving measures can there are some energy energy saving equipment be taken. First of all, says Shaffer, the cheapest energy saver for heating and cooling a residence is insulation. “Actually, insulation give you the fastest return on your investment-it takes about five years,” explained the consultant. Recommended insulation standards encouraged by PP&L include 10 to 12 inches of (R-30) insulation in the ceiling; full thick wall in sulation (R-13) for walls; about six inches (R-19) for floors and basement areas; and two inches of rigid in sulation (R-7) for the perimeter slab. In discussing masonry fill. FARMERS’ FERTILIZER WORKS, INC. PREMIUM GRANULAR FERTILIZER & LAWN FOOD LIQUID NITROGEN - LIMESTONE ■ PESTICIDES PHONE 717-367-1211 365 W. BAINBRIDGE ST. ELIZABETHTOWN. 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INC. 350 Strssburg Pike Lancaster, PA 717-397-5179 .rcrcpM wfavfd ROY W. ZIMMERMAN Lm RDI K & SONS, INC. New Holland, PA 17557 1661 Rohrerstown Rd 717-354-5477 La ncaster, PA 17601 215-286-5337 717-569-2361 Jerry Shaffer Shaffer points out that PP&L questions the effectiveness of this insulator when wet. “It’s a good insulator when it’s dry, but if it gets wet and freezes, it loses some of its effectiveness,” says Shaffer. An added suggestion which PP&L makes is to ventilate when insulating. “Insulation needs to breathe. Any place you in- Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 11, 197 t sulate, you ought to ventilate heat loss can amount to as to keep it from reaching the much as seven Kwh per day. dew point,” says Shaffer. However, a heater wrapped “You don’t want damp- with a 3% inch batt of ness.” fiberglass insulation will Some rules of insulation reduce standby heat loss by include: installing a about half, and the insulation minimun of one square foot investment will be recovered of inlet vent and one square in less than a year, foot of outlet vent for each , 300 square feet of ceiling Itcostsfromsl2toslsto area in the attic; a minimum quotes Shaffer, but of one square foot of vent for after the investment is paid each 1500 square feet of ® save the home crawl space with a moisture owner $25 a year from then seal; and a minimum of one on * square foot of vent for each Shaffer points out that an 150 square feet of crawl energy efficient water space without a moisture heater is on the market seal. , which has about two times as ‘Even with insulation in the much energy value built into home, infiltration at doors it. pp&L suggests to their and windows is a problem— customers if they are pur especially with farm houses, chasing a new water heater, “When you have 23 win- this model is the best pur dows and five doors, it does c ha Se . If, however, the home create a problem,” quips owner has a standard model, Shaffer who lives in a farm the electric company en house near Manheim in courages them to insulate Lancaster County. that model. The best advice the Along with insulating the business consultant can water heater, Shaffer make is to “do the best you suggests checking the can” with window stripping temperature with a ther and caulking, and to triple mometer and not setting it glaze windows. Triple higher than purposes glazing, according to require. For instance, he Shaffer, is done by using a {gels that for domestic use, double glazed window plus 120 to 130 degrees F. is a high storm windows as a third enough setting, layer. And, as with water “A single layer of glass is heaters, most fireplaces are 13 times as inefficient as an energy drains. To minimize insulated wall,” quotes this problem, Shaffer advis- Shaffer. Explaining this ed burning all outside air so concept further, he notes that the fireplace does not that a single layer of glass draw warm air out of the requires 26 watts of energy home. A fireplace should per square foot per hour; also be insulated with a glass two layers take 13 watts per door leading into the room, square foot per hour, and and should have an opening three layers take only eight constructed so that the air wa tts. enters into the back of it. Plsstic is also a good one last point that Shaffer material to stop the flow of touched on was the use of heat out of the house. It does efficient light sources, rip, however, which makes it According to the energy less effective than an extra advisor, incandescent layer of glass. lighting is the cheapest light Another method oi savmg source, but it is also the least energy involves insulating efficient. 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