Re: Trying to keep cool

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

"Enthusiasts will naturally wish to elaborate such a system - and a sparse
water spray for auxiliary inlet air cooling (I am not of course advocating
an evaporative system as commonly applied - too moist and mildew inducing)."

I hate hot weather.  That's why I jumped when offered a position on the coast at
Monterey Bay.  I dread going to visit my mother in Santa Barbara and worse my
friend in LA.

A few years ago I visited my favo. cousin in Utah about 50 N. of SLC.  The day
after I arrived iIwas down at the hdw. store to buy a replacement for the dead fan
motor in their roof evap. cooler.  Only ~$100 and well worth it;  very dry so very
efficient and no mold.

bc  who tries to arrange his visits with his Utah relatives when there is snow on
the ground.

Brian Whatcott wrote:

> At 02:05 PM 8/20/02, Brian Blais, you wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >     As I was experiencing the recent heat wave on the East Coast, I was
> >     thinking about the most efficient ways to cool a house.  If you just had
> >     fans (no AC), and you wanted to keep your house the coolest, what
> >     configuration of fans and open/closed windows would be best?
>
> This is the sort of thing that (some) engineers occupy themselves with.
> Let me take a try at it.
> It would be helpful to make use of the coolest available air, and use it to
> cool something with the greatest possible capacity.

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