I just got my cooler delivered and it is much larger than I expected, though it had smaller dimensions than others I saw online.
Is there any benefit to running it inside, but with a little duct to the outside? I am thinking it would keep dust off of it almost entirely, and would it not cool better if it was that much more out of the sun? Also, mine has a lot of controls on the upper front. I have plenty of room to keep it inside...so is there a reason I should NOT do that ,assuming I do what it takes to get dry air input from a duct-to-window rig? Thanks, NP On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Bill Wiltschko <[email protected]> wrote: > You're right. A swamp cooler needs a constant source of dry air that the > unit will make wetter and cooler. You're also right about building a > "contraption." That was my last year's project. I built a plenum, a box on > which the swamp cooler sat, that had an open end connected to a window near > the ground of one of the Hexayurt walls. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [hexayurt] Re: Protecting Swamp Coolers in Playa Dust > Storms > From: nutrapuppy <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, August 13, 2010 5:57 pm > To: [email protected] > > I borrowed a small vintage swamp cooler 2 years ago, which was destroyed > when our gennie blew some kind of square wave at the entire camp. > > I had it outside a little window, it worked fine and just as has been > reported, the filter didn't ever need much cleaning because the water took > the dust to the bottom of the tank. > > NOW I have purchased one on wheels, the smallest I could find online. It > looks kinda like the Symphony in the previous link. But I have no idea about > the inner workings. > > I suppose this new one needs to sit outside and I have to figure a > contraption to capture all the output and deliver it through a window. The > marketing seems to indicate you can use it inside any room, but that would > last all of 10 minutes in a Hexayurt before you have to ventilate with new > dry air. > > Right? Otherwise the moisture inside would keep it from cooling any > further. > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 1) furnace filters come in varying grades of filtering ability. The >> best will filter out playa dust. However, the best also present the >> highest resistance to air flow. It's a trade-off. >> 2) My TurboKool swamp cooler works much like Tony described his. The >> pad is the filter and water flowing over or against the pad >> automatically cleans it, leaving most dust at the bottom and out of >> the way. I took out the pad out at one point to clean, and found it >> didn't need to be cleaned. I originally put a furnace filter over >> the air intake last year, but soon found it was superfluous. >> >> Bill >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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.
