Date:         Fri, 2 Feb 2001 08:30:04 -0500
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM>
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From:         Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Survey--shower mod
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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>Mine works a lot better aboard Scamp at five knots than it does on the
>Westy at fifty knots...but "nicely warm" is about what I generally see.  I
>remember one time it was too hot to stand under after a very sunny hot
>afternoon.  And of course it works very poorly if the clear side is
>down.  It doesn't keep heat any better than you'd expect of something
>completely uninsulated.
>
>david


Hi David --- maybe I'm completely missing the point here. I've been putting the
black side up to the sun thinking that black absorbs the heat better. Should I
have the clear side up??? Am I about to feel very foolish............?

Doug