where in the ceiling have people been cutting their vents, and any ideas on placement for optimal air flow? the higher you go up the roof the easier it will be to pipe out hot air, but i'm worried about the structural integrity of the roof panels. Ideally i wanted to have some sort of pipe right in the centre, but that seems like a no go with how the yurts are taped up.
On 30 July 2010 16:09, Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> wrote: > Swamp coolers are awesome. They can be a bit pricey but they aren't all > that hard to build. You need good ventalation to make use of them or it just > gets hot and humid inside, which is not fun. I build one with a sterilite, a > humidifier pad, a submersible pump and some computer case fans. It runs all > week off of one car battery sized deepcycle we charged ahead of time. It > also ran 6 compact florescent lights on an inverter all with a single > charge. We filled the swamp cooler with melted ice from our cooler. Food for > thought. > > On Jul 30, 2010 4:59 PM, "Joshua Keroes" <[email protected]> wrote: > > We got by with a 3" vent in the top. We put a candy cane of bendable duct > through the roof and wrapped the open end in some scrap filter. Inside the > yurt, the vent had a small flip door. We'd flip that vent open up during the > day to get the hot air out and close it at night to keep the warm air in. No > swamp cooler; nothing tricky. Granted, last year was mild but this totally > did the trick for us. > > Good luck, > Joshua > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > R values go both ways, it will keep you cooler longer but will also > > stay hot longer. The key i... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To p... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
