Mike, thank you again! I promise to use the heck out of it! There are so many things here in Alaska that will lend itself to that lens, I am so excited to try it out. This video cleared up an idea I had on wiring my indoor battery storage with a fan that would come on while I am charging the system, so that is a bonus! You may not think so, but you are like Yoda of the low voltage projects to me!

Another update on the dog - it was definitely cancer that it had, so that's probably why they abandoned it. It had surgery the other day but I haven't heard yet how it went. I'll keep you posted! Great video man.

When you showed the clip of your old video it triggered a memory of when the magic hammer told you “get a haircut you hippy” lol

Grew up in an old farm house and we’d done the same. Ended up putting a piece of 3or 4” pipe on top of the fan so it was pulling warmer air from by the ceiling rather than the floor. And to be clear Mike, when I offer suggestions or experiences I’ve had, I’m only offering them to help or add to your existing ideas. Certainly not criticizing anything you do or your ideas. U know really like your channel a lot ! Take care

I look forward to watching your videos! They offer variety and they are informative and entertaining. Keep it up 👍

Thank you Mike for the tutorial on keeping the pipes from being frozen. Always enjoy the channel and looking forward to the next update. Stay safe! Peace!!

Your honesty is honestly the funniest humor. I get great joy from your channel bud. Keep it up. Good work.

Ya, Sarah is coming back. You’re great but we love Sarah too.

That's quite an awesome 👌 idea! I saw where someone hooked up something similar in their pump house when they were worried about the pipes freezing. They've had no problem with their setup in northern Idaho. Great job & video, Mike!!

So happy for you and Sarah! God bless you!

i remember that video it was a little loud for sure but you fixed that problem. great video and hope it works to keep the water going. have a great day as well

Always so happy to see another video up on your channel. So true about learning a skill during COVID. Glad you mentioned skill share.

Skillshare ROCKS!! I got my Membership from your last video from them. I have taken Wild Rabbit Productions, Aerial Cinematography Production & Drones class. Helped me get the skills to fly and shoot some killer videos. Right now I am Drone Surveying Guilherme Braghirolli class. SO SO happy to have found them. All thanks to you!! Thanks so much brother. God Bless.

Almost to 60,000 subs. Congrats! And yes, I found you and became a sub because of the cooling radiator fan video. Watched you and then decided to build a cabin at my hunting property.

"Act like an idiot, and everyone loves train wreck..." My wife says I went viral a long time ago lol.

Noctua makes the best small fans, thanks for not cheaping out too badly. I like their 12v Industrial 140mm 3,000 RPM fans myself. They're loud but I have room specifically for air cooled systems and nobody, not even dogs can hear them.

The shots at the start are really nice the house is looking really good..

I love all your ideas, your very creative and thank you for sharing them.

Thanks for the update on the dog. I’m sure there are lots of people that are interested in adopting it. Too bad you’re not closer or I’d consider it. My wife and I just moved to 10 acres in central Minnesota and have considered adopting older dogs that need a place to live out their lives. We lost our 12 year old lab back in May and have been dog-less since then. I enjoy your videos and your inventiveness on solving problems. Hopefully your fan will keep the crawl space warm enough to use the cabin year round. God bless.

👍 Danke fürs Hochladen! 👍 Thanks for uploading!

I love the coat hooks inside by your front door. Nice touch.

Hey Mike. That was very useful information. Thanks for sharing. Sarah will be happy. I admire that you are so very adept at wiring. It really gets all mixed up inside my brain but I like trying to learn. Next Month I will be attempting to build a Gothic Arch Greenhouse on my property and if that goes well, a Utility Shed. I am preparing the garden, fruit trees and nut trees, then next year, we will begin the house. Have a great week.

Your videos are nice,clean love the projects you do God Bless

Keep up the nice work, you're doing a wonderful job. Stay safe, be careful, take it easy and keep warm and dry.

Good solution Mike, thanks for sharing.

Another great update, Mike. Thanks

Well Mike your a knowledgeable man very smart you know how to do lots of stuff im good at electrical but not good at timber work have done some but im just not good i like Kyle s Cabin to he is good

Enjoyed the show

That was a great idea, good work🎆

Can we get some thumbs up for Mike bringing back the beard and long hair?!?!?

Thank you for the video

Good job there with the insulation, and jigging up the monitor system, ,it's coming along nicely.

So many cool little gadgets to help things move along. Well done. And I do remember watching that loft fan video. I didn’t think it was a train wreck!

Great work.

Good advice. Thanks

I agree about getting the kitchen cabinets done. The kitchen is gorgeous already - finishing those cabinets will be the piece de resistance!!

Good idea Mike, putting the return air would definitely be wise. Making a return hole with a pvc pipe in it extending to 6” above the ground away from the fan hole would be better.I did a similar thing with my garage to my boiler room.the cabin looks awesome from the drone

great job !

Check out The Boss of the Swamp channel. He has a cabin in New Hampshire. He uses bubble foil wrap to insulate under the cabin. The mice don't bother it and it retains the heat amazingly well for super cheap.

Mike thank you I really enjoy your channel keep up the excellent content by the way did you ever give the dimensions of the cabin

Another great idea and project, till next time Mike, take care and remain well :)

Interesting. Good luck from our off-grid homestead to yours!

Interesting way of geting heat below the cain. I like that it worked! My old rental had a carbon monixide vent in the wash room. When it was closed the heating bill went up. Translating that to a cabin I fugure a "cold" well to the cabin will also work to basically preheat the p-traps and batteries. Using a diesel cab heater in the lower space I am using the exhaust pipe to preheat the space and the fresh air is pulled from the cld space and floated up. Not the right way to skin the cat but another way to look at it. Love the 24V dc Propane heater installed!

Love your innovation!

Hi Mike. The batteries in the thermostat are to close the contacts of the built in relay and illuminate the screen only. That's why when the batteries die the heat doesn't work. I've had to fix the plumbing in houses that froze because of batteries. And yes, R is power, W is heat, Y is cooling, G is the blower in a typical HVAC system.

I absolutely love this, kind of brilliant really. Just bouncing off your concept and design, it gives me a bunch of ideas on how I might tweak it for my own cabin. I might use PVC pipes and then extend the pipe through the wall up to the peak or as high as I could get it without it showing. You could use, say a 2” pipe but then add a small section of larger pvc so you can house the fan in the pipe and then revert back to the smaller pipe as it extends further up the wall. In theory, by using the pvc pipe you’re able to funnel the “hotter” air from higher up in the building and push that down into your little insulated crawl space. This might also work during the summer months by pulling the coolest air from the ground and in the insulated crawl space as you’d assume it would be even cooler, so in principle the fan could be reversed and pull the cold air up into the cabin pushing towards the peak and since cool air drops it would help cool the cabin. By using the pvc it might help the fan last longer as it’s not on the ground picking up and sucking all of the dirt, dust, lint, and grime from the floor as well as the moisture from them the shower and bathroom. You could also add some control and up the efficiency by adding maybe a make shift “valve” or seal much like a damper, so that way you can open and close it inside the pipe. So when you don’t want a hole in the building or don’t want to run the fan you can simply close the “valve” and it seals it off? Just thinking out loud honestly. I also like the idea of adding a return air exchange to recirculate the air. I think I would add one of those cheap little Wi-Fi or “smart” Chinese thermostats so I can control it w my phone, that way if necessary I can cut the fan on or off, outside of the thermostat’s settings or just in case there’s something going on w my battery or panels. I’d probably also add a cheap little thermometer inside the insulated crawl space which would allow you to view the temp, humidity, carbon monoxide etc all on my phone so in case the thermostat was broken or I’m worried something isn’t working I know what’s happening and can override the thermostat and turn it on or off, plus it’s nice to know what the temp is where the plumbing is. I have a Govee thermometer in my little TH cabin where my lithium batteries are, I can set an alert at a certain temp, humidity or other perimeters and it will notify me on my phone as well as make a sound on the little gadget. There’s a bunch of little neat things you can do w it and it’s cheap, like ridiculously cheap. What a great video and such a smart idea. And to be 💯 it’s something I would have NEVER thought of, so TY. I had been looking at using a 12v radiant heating pad they use in chicken coups to heat the small section of piping where my water comes in from an IBC tote into a 2’ x 4’ exterior utility shed that is insulated with 1” foam, it that holds my 12v pump, accumulator, on demand tankless water heater and water filters. I had also thought about possibly using one of those 12v self contained Chinese diesel heater’s and having the exhaust pipe go through and out the utility “shed” to utilize the heat that comes off that exhaust pipe on it’s way out of the “utility shed”. None of the exhaust would be let in to the utility box but rather just running through it and then is exhausted further outside of the little box. This would also allow me to have minimum holes in random areas of my tiny cabin. I have to say I really like your idea better and might incorporate this in another project I have coming up. So TY again good sir!

AWESOME VIDEO

The big fan is how I found your channel :-)

you know, its great how you solve these problems! who would think of using a computer fan to help set the climate under the cabin?! thats brilliant! certainly not what i thought you were going to do! 😁 a teeny little side thought... condensation during summer, will that be a problem? we used to have a kids program over here in the 70s called the wombles, they found stuff and made it into new stuff, im thinking your reminding me of them 😊 (btw thats way cool!) you take things (pc fan for example) and use em for something different! damn that is bril! of course, if you want to think a bit more "modern" your a macgiver/a-team! 😁

Just a reminder to check digital read out on the thermostat occasionally . With cold weather the battery will weaken & needs to be replaced. Lithium batteries are best . ( talking from what happened to me ). Enjoy what your doing. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍😊

I wasn’t quite sure that the insulation would keep the pipes from freezing but I think that fan is going to do wonders. Good job

good idea, stay safe...

Just a thought here, if the wood stove isn't lit to keep the cabin warm, and the fan turns on (unless you have the power completely off which things will freeze up without any heat or air movement), the fan will come on and blow only cold cabin air down into the crawl space. Things will still freeze then won't they? Just a thought. And thanks for the update on the stray dog, it's awful to think that someone would dump and older dog off on the road just because it has cancer and is old. That person should be del with! That is if they did indeed dump the dog, if the dog escaped then that's a different story. Glad your making the wife happy by getting her some running water and cabinet doors. Much love from So.Cal.💟

Always enjoyable.

Wasnt looking for this but its on my list of 2 dos

Cool for Sean. I know him from MBF channel.

Really cool. Great idea with the thermostat. I wonder if you could just put one or two heat bulbs near the pipes for the heat source, with the thermostat switch. I wonder if your solar would power them.

Oh man, that wood grain in that table top is really something.

I didn’t read all the comments so if this has been addressed already this is a another comment about it but at the end of the video you mentioned a return air path. I would highly encourage you to do that as creating a negative pressure in the cabin is not gonna help with the drafting of the woodstove. Even a slight de-pressurization as a fire goes out creates the potential for carbon monoxide. Re-burning the products of combustion is a real concern. I like watching your videos I don’t wanna see them come to an abrupt end. And thanks for wrapping those extension cords properly, I think you know what I mean.

Short and sweet... nice.

I guess this may work in a somewhat warmer temperatures. We have lows down to -40°, and unless you were pumping hot air into that crawl space, it would freeze solid. We use heat tape with thick insulation around it in SW Wisconsin. Heat tape is pretty cheap and it works, but if your climate will allow this this will work as well 😊

Great timing for this video..maybe you heard a Polar Vortex is headed your way! I've heard good things about Skillshare, glad they are onboard with you.

Nice video! I heard two bleeps and was worried you might lose your family friendly status. haha. In Ohio, we had a small farmhouse in Somerset, Ohio. The winters when I was a kid were pretty bad. People don't understand country life and what you have to do to make things work. For now, you closed off that area under the cabin. When I was a kid, we'd also put bales of straw up against the foundation to keep the ice cold air from coming in.(One one side of the house). It actually worked. When you are poor, you learn to adapt and make do with what you have. I think most people will agree, going through hard times just makes you stronger as you age in life. We've been there, done that and can pass along knowledge along the way. Like your attic fan video. It was creative and showed people how to have something affordable that worked on solar power. I showed a few friends that and they were impressed. So people not only watch, they learn. One guy I know uses his solar on a grow tent. He starts the seeds in there and the plants get big enough to transplant or even to continue growing so he can use them in winter. (basil).

Dang I am sooooo confused red, black, yellow tape holy cow!!! Which way does it go....up, down and all around. Look mom the fan is blowing.....BACKWARDS LOLOLOL This is I think your funniest video I have seen I think? God's blessings to you and GREAT J O B!!!

Mike your videos are interesting.👍👍

Great video Mike! That cabin of yours and wife) is really cool. I'm just glad you guys can use it and get away of all the crazy things in the world. I had an old woman who told me she thought the world was all going to ____.She also told me that she thought my hair was so beautiful. Well I don't know about that but my hair is almost to my waist. I usually wear it in a ponytail. I think she was lonely and I asked her if she had a merry christmas! She told me she couldn't have family ,because of covid-19.I wished her well and she also gave me her phone number. I called her and she was a sweet lady and told me she would love to cook a special seafood and I told her she didn't have to but yes It was a dinner date. I don't know much about a whole lot of things but that lady was great person. She said she fought and beat all kinds of diseases I didn't want to ask her age but that goes to show you that just liking my hair made my year! And when this mess goes away I'll have supper with her and Maybe I can cook a meal for her. We will always be friends and I like talking to her. You don't meet many people like that , but she'll be a better person. And to me she's already made me a great person.

We used to use 100 watt light bulbs in our lift station control panels to keep the start and run capacitors from freezing . Even did this with some water lines too.

I was cracking up for the bleeped words. Sometimes you got to swear to make sh*t work.

Thanks for sharing a very informative video 📹 👍 😊👍💕💕💕

You could also bore a vertical hole in the soil maybe 20 or 30 ft deep and install a geo-thermal water-pipe loop (insulate the top 3 or 4 ft of the hole),

Quality workmanship of the cabin is obvious.

Nice job, would have been nice to use a dump load from excess solar to a small heater and fan ( 500 watt ceramic ) when you aren't there heating the cabin as well of your axial fan setup. Did this for my ice fishing hut, got tired of cracked pump housings and split pex pipe, having a backup is great piece of mind. Cheaper too, diaphragm pumps are expensive. Cheers from Ottawa Ontario PS. can't put the shack on the ice yet with only 8 inches of ice so far in this region, so it's drinking in the garage with the boys for now !

I saw that attic fan install video. Did not know it was so popular. Good for you! I though about it but did not want to say anything. "Minnesota Nice" ya know.... :-) Did Kyle say anything? Probably not. I enjoy your videos. Take care.

You're probably going to have to take the fan up periodically to clean the screen out from dust and stuff. idk if you should have caulked it. or maybe stapled the screen on the other side?. Very ingenious way of heating your plumbing though. :)

Almost forgot to ask have you looked into getting the spring/seep tapped? Getting a constant flow of water into the crawl space from the spring would keep the entire area warm along with giving you an unlimited supply of water even if you still wanted to filter the drinking water. Would want a trailer you could pull with the mini for that project simply for getting the gravel needed for the tapping project as if it is a spring you want to fill the area with gravel and if it is a seep you want to setup french drains to capture and funnel to the spring box. Then again a trailer you can pull with the mini would also be useful for rock collecting and other projects around the property. Capturing/tapping the spring is needed to know the pipe sizes you need as you don't want to oversize the pipes for that extra costs just like you don't want to undersize them and restrict the flow to the pond.

Nice mittens!

The thermostats prior to the 1970's were on/off switches. Modern digital thermostats do exactly the same thing, they're on/off switches - so your relay needed a power source to work.

Another way to prevent frozen pipes is building a cabin in Florida...

"Everyone love a train wreck".....that was funny.

For your return air you could add another fan blowing into the cabin. I did something like that in my closet where I have my internet, security and NVR devices. One computer fan blowing hot air out and another one blowing cool air into the closet. My issue was getting the heat out and cooling down the space. In your case, the heat rising through the floor return vent maybe enough for the air movement. If not, then maybe you could add another fan to aid in the air movement. Just a thought.

The Oracle is all wise. Best to keep her happy.😁

Gotta keep your 'banker' happy - happy wife, happy everything. 😁👍🖖

Hot air rises, using that computer fan is clever but you have the fan down on floor level where air temperature is the coldest. Maybe connect a 6 ft pvc pipe to the hole in floor and the fan at top of pipe this way you are supplying warmer air to the space under house. I bet it works. Just a suggestion. GOOD LUCK GUYS, Vinny 🇺🇸

You could route your battery cooling fan/pipe down to the crawl space, too.

This is a great idea. Do you have any kind of heat in the cabin when there's no fire or does it just stay warm enough inside?

Love the white washed, I even did the white washed on my Cedar shingles on the outside.

Great project Mike! that cabin is so good! you are making such good work! and god, that old video with your long hair, who said HUNK?? super hunk!! Handsome as ever! Cheers from Argentina. Fede

Awesome 👌 😀👍

Pipe insulation with heat tape tied into your solar panel would be very effective from retired HVAC, plumbing & electrical guy.

My entire channel should be viral because I am an idiot train wreck Lol. Good stuff Mike.

God Bless you

Use a tube for return air with inlet near the ground. Also make a bit bigger than air in hole to allow for friction loses in tube.

My two cents, typical forced air furnace pulls air from the return. It's more effective to pull the cold air from the space as long as the warm air can be drawn into the space. By flipping your fan over and adding a vent tube from the warm space to the bottom of the cool space it will be more effective.

Is the cabin always warm? from my understanding it is only used/heated like one ish day a week? If so then a fan alone probably won't be enough, but I'm unsure of the current usage of the cabin, or what the future usage will be.

Two concerns come to mind while watching; 1) your screen will eventually clog up with dust and such since the fan is so close to the floor. You might have to put a filter on the fan or run a pipe to it from another air source, perhaps higher in the room/cabin(where the air may be warmer anyway?). and 2) ....got distracted and lost thought #2... Things seem to be progressing well. I continue to enjoy your efforts!

Love the drone footage.Did you get that tiger picture yet?🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯💙💙💙

Thermostats: R and W connections. Usually red and white wire but the way I remember it is Ready for Winter (R&W). Do your future plans include hot water and if so are you looking at on demand heaters or RV style hot water heaters? Also, I forgot to tell you I ordered the same Brunt boots and used your promo code. Been using them for a month and a half and I’m very pleased with them.

Might get more airflow or volume with a little box under the fan. Maybe even funnel shaped?

Good idea too keep the pipes from freezing.

Для теплого климата - это хорошее решение, для более холодного не достаточно. Думал волшебной шапки не будет, ошибался, шапка - чудесна.