Moon Echoes

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Well, not a stellar swimming season this year, but the few times we got in was well worth it. Bring on summer 2009.

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It keeps raining and raining. Enjoy the sights and sounds of a good down pour.

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My new underwater housing was used for this shot.
Lush, low and lumiere.

Lumiere Rules:
60 seconds max., Fixed camera, No audio, No zoom, No edit, No effects. http://videoblogging.info/lumiere

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So I thought I’d like to build an underwater housing for my Canon HV20 Camcorder. The video shows the parts I’ve used plus the testing process. But, I don’t think I mention it anywhere, but it is 4″ PVC piping.
There is the black ABS (instead of white PVC) pipe which is a little bigger, yet all the same parts exist as the PVC.

I took the camcorder into the Home Depot to check for fit. Once I told the sales people what I was doing… add a short period of time for them to compute the idea of this guy putting his camcorder in the pool, and they were quite willing to use their Plumbing Powers to serve the vlogging community and aid me in getting the right parts for the job.

Let me figure it out…
$10 - 10′ 4″ PVC Pipe (9′ remaining)
$ 3  - 4″ PVC End Cap
$ 5  - 4″ PVC Threaded End (2 pieces)
$ 5  - Strong Aquarium Sealant
$ 1  - Glass from picture frame

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I woke up Saturday morning and checked the local Buy, Trade and Sell listing and a guy had a solar pool cover for sale. It hadn’t be used and I saved myself 1/2 off retail…$25.
One day later, I can’t believe how much warmer the pool is. It says it’ll warm the pool 10 degrees celcius higher, and it’s having great effect 24 hours later.
Come on pool… warm up… I wanna go for a swim.

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This is our 3rd year of vlogging the pool setup. It seems traditionally that we have had pool problems each spring. But, fingers crossed, this year looks good.
Pool Problems 2006
Pool Problems 2007

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Lindsay directed me to a small stream that’s just around the corner. Thanks Kiddo, nice place.