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[DarkWeb]

do you just hide inside when it's that hot?

You need to carry one of these around...it's a early warning system....

 

[BudmanTX]

do you just hide inside when it's that hot?

i tend to, in my area.....my head don't pop out till dusk......

 

[cannabineer]

I told you to get a swamp cooler! I love mine.

I might divert some windfall money toward one.

 

[Laughing Grass]

Pretty much, and I don't use A/C, far too expensive. You get up early, get stuff done and then take a nap in the afternoon and go out again as it gets into evening.

That sucks! It must be unbearable to try and sleep with the a/c off. I recall you saying that your pool is like a hot tub in the summer too. No escape.

 

[Laughing Grass]

i tend to, in my area.....my head don't pop out till dusk......

I'd hate to be a roofer or those guys who lay asphalt roads in the summer.

 

[curious2garden]

That sucks! It must be unbearable to try and sleep with the a/c off. I recall you saying that your pool is like a hot tub in the summer too. No escape.

I actually run a swamp cooler. With our extraordinarily low humidity they work really well.

 

[BudmanTX]

I'd hate to be a roofer or those guys who lay asphalt roads in the summer.

yep and down here don't be a landscaper either, been there done that....

 

[Laughing Grass]

I actually run a swamp cooler. With our extraordinarily low humidity they work really well.

I've tried googling swamp cooler and never really understood how it works. It is putting cool moist air back into your house?

 

[cannabineer]

I've tried googling swamp cooler and never really understood how it works. It is putting cool moist air back into your house?

Swamp coolers don’t really work east of the Rockies. I hadn’t heard of them til I visited Nevada in ‘86. Low-humidity air evaporates water, which has a very high heat of vaporization. You get cooler, humidified air.

 

[BudmanTX]

oh how i miss the 90's.......

killer stoner music..btw

 

[Laughing Grass]

Swamp coolers don’t really work east of the Rockies. Low-humidity air evaporated water, which has a very high heat of vaporization. You get cooler, humidified air.

Are swamp coolers off the grid?

yep and down here don't be a landscaper either, been there done that....

My dad got me a summer job holding signs on a road construction site in the blistering sun when I was in highschool. I left for my lunch break on the first day and never came back.

 

[cannabineer]

Are swamp coolers off the grid?



My dad got me a summer job holding signs on a road construction site in the blistering sun when I was in highschool. I left for my lunch break on the first day and never came back.

The ones I’ve seen run on utility electricity. They draw a tenth of the watts of a comparable vapor-compression AC unit. In a wetter climate AC has the advantage of reducing indoor humidity, which adds considerably to the sensation of heat.

 

[raratt]

You need to carry one of these around...it's a early warning system....

Women have a pair of those to signify cold weather...

 

[Laughing Grass]

The ones I’ve seen run on utility electricity. They draw a tenth of the watts of a comparable vapor-compression AC unit. In a wetter climate AC has the advantage of reducing indoor humidity, which adds considerably to the sensation of heat.

What I don't understand is how you distribute it to the house. Is it pushed by forced air?

 

[Laughing Grass]

Women have a pair of those to signify cold weather...

men have the opposite version.

 

[cannabineer]

What I don't understand is how you distribute it to the house. Is it pushed by forced air?

Yes. Big-ass squirrel cage fan exchanges the whole house air in a few minutes. It’s a windier arrangement than classic AC. Air is forced through wet sponge, where it is cooled and humidified.

 

[curious2garden]

Yes. Big-ass squirrel cage fan exchanges the whole house air in a few minutes. It’s a windier arrangement than classic AC. Air is forced through wet sponge, where it is cooled and humidified.

Actually air is pulled through wet excelsior and then the moistened air is pushed via blower into the house. It works via evaporative cooling.

 

[raratt]

men have the opposite version.

Yup, DO NOT go skinny dipping in a cold stream to impress a date.

 

[cannabineer]

Actually air is pulled through wet excelsior and then the moistened air is pushed via blower into the house. It works via evaporative cooling.

Did some googling, and aspen shavings are still king despite low lifetime.

 

[BudmanTX]

Yup, DO NOT go skinny dipping in a cold stream to impress a date.

now you tell me.....sheesh