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Technology advances, to where exactly?
On 10/2/2017 2:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 8:20:57 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote: I don't know if it is used everywhere but large fans with a "water spray" system attached so that they blow a sort of fine mist are commonly used here in outdoor places where people accumulate. Think "beer garden", and they also make what might be called "room air conditioners" that are what used to be called "swamp coolers". We bought one of the pressurized bottle personal misters during one of our trips to New Mexico. It worked well for my wife, who doesn't tolerate heat well. It seems noticeably less effective here in humid Ohio. What's the typical humidity levels where you see the water spray fans used? ... Ummm,,,,,, in the desert. The stark reality of evaporative coolers is that they work best in the very places that typically don't have a lot of water. ~~~~~~~ In places where evaporative coolers work well, some nicer houses even have them integrated into the central heating/cooling system. Evaporative coolers also have the side-effect of dumping a lot of humidity into the air, which, if you have a luxury home with a lot of fancy woodwork, part of the warranty is that it isn't valid if you don't take precautions to protect the interior of the home from very-high and very-low humidity--because the pretty woodwork will all warp and crack. If retailers don't sell them where you live, then you probably live where they don't work well. If you live in a humid environment, all a swamp cooler is going to do is make mildew grow on everything in the room. |
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On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 3:56:20 PM UTC-7, Doug Cimperman wrote:
On 10/2/2017 2:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 8:20:57 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote: I don't know if it is used everywhere but large fans with a "water spray" system attached so that they blow a sort of fine mist are commonly used here in outdoor places where people accumulate. Think "beer garden", and they also make what might be called "room air conditioners" that are what used to be called "swamp coolers". We bought one of the pressurized bottle personal misters during one of our trips to New Mexico. It worked well for my wife, who doesn't tolerate heat well. It seems noticeably less effective here in humid Ohio. What's the typical humidity levels where you see the water spray fans used? ... Ummm,,,,,, in the desert. The stark reality of evaporative coolers is that they work best in the very places that typically don't have a lot of water. ~~~~~~~ In places where evaporative coolers work well, some nicer houses even have them integrated into the central heating/cooling system. Evaporative coolers also have the side-effect of dumping a lot of humidity into the air, which, if you have a luxury home with a lot of fancy woodwork, part of the warranty is that it isn't valid if you don't take precautions to protect the interior of the home from very-high and very-low humidity--because the pretty woodwork will all warp and crack. If retailers don't sell them where you live, then you probably live where they don't work well. If you live in a humid environment, all a swamp cooler is going to do is make mildew grow on everything in the room. Actually it's pretty surprising that in the desert the relative humidity often runs to 24% which is humid as hell. Inside your home it's probably around 12%. |
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On 10/2/2017 5:57 PM, DougC wrote:
On 10/2/2017 2:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 8:20:57 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote: I don't know if it is used everywhere but large fans with a "water spray" system attached so that they blow a sort of fine mist are commonly used here in outdoor places where people accumulate. Think "beer garden", and they also make what might be called "room air conditioners" that are what used to be called "swamp coolers". We bought one of the pressurized bottle personal misters during one of our trips to New Mexico. It worked well for my wife, who doesn't tolerate heat well. It seems noticeably less effective here in humid Ohio. What's the typical humidity levels where you see the water spray fans used? ... Ummm,,,,,, in the desert. The stark reality of evaporative coolers is that they work best in the very places that typically don't have a lot of water. ~~~~~~~ In places where evaporative coolers work well, some nicer houses even have them integrated into the central heating/cooling system. Evaporative coolers also have the side-effect of dumping a lot of humidity into the air, which, if you have a luxury home with a lot of fancy woodwork, part of the warranty is that it isn't valid if you don't take precautions to protect the interior of the home from very-high and very-low humidity--because the pretty woodwork will all warp and crack. If retailers don't sell them where you live, then you probably live where they don't work well. If you live in a humid environment, all a swamp cooler is going to do is make mildew grow on everything in the room. Yeah, Coolerators are bad enough in Texas but useless in Wisconsin or (as Frank said) Ohio. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 12:15:28 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski
wrote: On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 8:20:57 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote: I don't know if it is used everywhere but large fans with a "water spray" system attached so that they blow a sort of fine mist are commonly used here in outdoor places where people accumulate. Think "beer garden", and they also make what might be called "room air conditioners" that are what used to be called "swamp coolers". We bought one of the pressurized bottle personal misters during one of our trips to New Mexico. It worked well for my wife, who doesn't tolerate heat well. It seems noticeably less effective here in humid Ohio. What's the typical humidity levels where you see the water spray fans used? Maybe I should rig up something like that for our sunny patio, for next summer. - Frank Krygowski I've seen them used in Thailand and Singapore. Singapore has an average temperature of 82.5(F), 166 days of rainfall and an average humidity of 80%. Thailand has an average humidity of 79.9%, average annual temperature is 89.6(F) and averages 130 days of rain (average whole country). Quite a lot of open air type of places have them and my experience was that it made it feel cooler, but I don't know whether it actually lowers the temperature appreciable. The first ones of these I saw was a ring of, maybe, 1/4" tubing mounted on the face of a 24" fan, similar to https://www.amazon.com/DecoBREEZE-Ou.../dp/B002COJB3Y A piece of 1/4" copper tubing and one could make his own at least well enough to see whether they were practical. My wife has a evaporator type of room air con (swamp cooler) and it blows cool air... or at least it feels cool, even during a downpour. Re make your own. The first ones I saw were simply a tube ring with small holes drilled in inner diameter of the tubing aimed straight across the face of the fan. No nozzles as in the Amazon version. -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 5:52:11 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 10/2/2017 5:57 PM, DougC wrote: On 10/2/2017 2:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 8:20:57 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote: I don't know if it is used everywhere but large fans with a "water spray" system attached so that they blow a sort of fine mist are commonly used here in outdoor places where people accumulate. Think "beer garden", and they also make what might be called "room air conditioners" that are what used to be called "swamp coolers". We bought one of the pressurized bottle personal misters during one of our trips to New Mexico. It worked well for my wife, who doesn't tolerate heat well. It seems noticeably less effective here in humid Ohio. What's the typical humidity levels where you see the water spray fans used? ... Ummm,,,,,, in the desert. The stark reality of evaporative coolers is that they work best in the very places that typically don't have a lot of water. ~~~~~~~ In places where evaporative coolers work well, some nicer houses even have them integrated into the central heating/cooling system. Evaporative coolers also have the side-effect of dumping a lot of humidity into the air, which, if you have a luxury home with a lot of fancy woodwork, part of the warranty is that it isn't valid if you don't take precautions to protect the interior of the home from very-high and very-low humidity--because the pretty woodwork will all warp and crack. If retailers don't sell them where you live, then you probably live where they don't work well. If you live in a humid environment, all a swamp cooler is going to do is make mildew grow on everything in the room. Yeah, Coolerators are bad enough in Texas but useless in Wisconsin or (as Frank said) Ohio. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 damp poly cotton, not Walmart, cools for Ohio |
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