Hi Robert
I have a horizontal instrument in the crawl space under my house and it wor=
ks just fine. It is in a metal box to keep the drafts out and just sits on =
the ground. I am close to bedrock also. I have a two story wood frame house=
.. I do see the washing machine, furnace, and other house related noises but=
 I don't let that bother me. I would try it under your house since that is =
the easiest place to put it. However, as you suspect, the best place to put=
 it is in the ground far from the noise generating house. I'm sure there wi=
ll be others on the list who will share their tips and techniques for doing=
 this.

Where are you located? I'm in San Jose, CA.=20

Pete

--- On Mon, 2/16/09, Robert O. Green  wrote:

From: Robert O. Green 
Subject: Shaking house
To: PSN-L@..............
Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 7:27 AM

I am a novice and building up a vertical-type seismometer, but live in a wo=
od frame house with a crawl space that shakes considerably with doors closi=
ng and the washing machine going, etc.

Is it possible to locate the seismometer outside?

How should the seismometer be housed?

What is the easiest way to run a long cable.=A0 I do have massive bedrock o=
n the property about 300 ft from the house.

I am using amplifier and digitizer from Larry Cochrane.

Robert






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Hi Robert
I have a horizontal instrument i=
n the crawl space under my house and it works just fine. It is in a metal b=
ox to keep the drafts out and just sits on the ground. I am close to bedroc=
k also. I have a two story wood frame house. I do see the washing machine, =
furnace, and other house related noises but I don't let that bother me. I w=
ould try it under your house since that is the easiest place to put it. How=
ever, as you suspect, the best place to put it is in the ground far from th=
e noise generating house. I'm sure there will be others on the list who wil=
l share their tips and techniques for doing this.

Where are you loca=
ted? I'm in San Jose, CA. 

Pete

--- On Mon, 2/16/09, Rober=
t O. Green <rog@..........> wrote:

From: Robert O. Green <rog@..........>
Subject: Shaking=
 house
To: PSN-L@..............
Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 7:27=
 AM

I am a novice and building up a vertica=
l-type seismometer, but live in a wood frame house with a crawl space that =
shakes considerably with doors closing and the washing machine going, etc.<=
br>
Is it possible to locate the seismometer outside?

How should =
the seismometer be housed?

What is the easiest way to run a long cab=
le.  I do have massive bedrock on the property about 300 ft from the h=
ouse.

I am using amplifier and digitizer from Larry Cochrane.
Robert






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