Classic ingenuity!
Cheers Brian On Tue, Feb 14, 2017, at 04:01 PM, Alan C wrote: > Just for fun I've posted a scan of a crude evaporative fridge (called the > Bullshitator) from my late Father's WWII snaps. This was taken in > Abyssinia > about 1940. All his war time images were taken with a black Brownie Box > which I later used to begin my photographic distractions. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/32767741631/ > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan C > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 6:26 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Weather Out of Whack! > > Paul & PJ, thanks for that. > > I know about those & some people here have tried them. Unfortunately they > are better suited to arid, hot areas like the Middle East where > they are built into the flat roofed houses with a small air space above > the > ceiling. When used in high humidity , low rainfall places like here they > do have some cooling effect but actually increase the humidity thereby > reducing their own effectiveness. I have seen one here where the > evaporative > blinds were actually rotten with mildew. We have experimented with a > towel > (with its lower end in a basin of water) draped over a fan, a sort of > home > brew evaporative cooler with limited success. > > By the middle of March the worst should be over. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- > From: P. J. Alling > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 9:47 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Weather Out of Whack! > > I've experienced swamp coolers in temperate climates, and they're what > I'd call marginally ineffective. Better than nothing but not much. In > a desert they work a bit better but mostly at hydrating the air. Unless > you have cold water they don't really seem cool anything. > > > On 2/13/2017 10:28 AM, Paul in MKE wrote: > > Alan - > > > > Would a swamp cooler work for you? Much less expensive to purchase and > > operate compared to conventional A/C. > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooler > > > > -p > > > > > > On 2/13/2017 9:07 AM, Alan C wrote: > >> 40°C+ is hardly exciting, in fact totally debilitating. At the moment our > >> house doesn't even cool below 30°C at night. The pitched roof houses the > >> mines built here are totally unsuited to the Lowveld climate with that > >> huge mass of hot air above the ceiling (very nice in "winter", mind you). > >> Flat roofed houses like those in the Middle East & Mexico would be much > >> better. Unfortunately, Aircons are too expensive to run for hours on end > >> so we have to make do with fans. It would probably be better to sleep > >> outside under a mosquito net. A couple of good rain storms would help a > >> lot but they never seem to get here. Just heard there is a cyclone in the > >> Mozambique Channel so we may be lucky yet. > >> > >> Alan C > >> > >> -----Original Message----- From: ann sanfedele > >> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 3:42 PM > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Subject: Re: OT: Weather Out of Whack! > >> > >> New York is so boring - just normal winter temps - 35° F (for those of > >> you who care I researched to find that ALT 248 = °. I love alt codes) > >> However, the extra strong wind gusts predicted today may lift us out of > >> the ordinary.. > >> > >> some scary stuff in California - > >> > >> ann > >> > >> On 2/13/2017 2:16 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >>> Someone I know from the Perth hills in Australia was going to go for a > >>> ride the > >>> other day but: > >>> http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae266/GU221/fasdegsbn_1.jpg > >>> > >>> That's 55degrees Centigrade (131 in Funnymoney) so he decided to wait > >>> until > >>> evening. > >>> > >>> Here, it's dead normal February weather. ~0degrees, leaden skies (for > >>> weeks, > >>> seemingly) and perpetual drizzle/sleet. I think I need vitamin D > >>> injections. > >>> > >>>> On 13 February 2017 at 02:45 John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> It was 80 deg F here in Raleigh today. That's 5 deg higher than the old > >>>> record. > >>>> > >>>> Normal High temperatures for February are around 54 deg F. > >>>> > >>>> Temps are falling off now. It should be 40 deg overnight. > >>>> > >>>> By Wednesday they're calling for a high of 52 deg F, more like regular > >>>> temperatures, but they're also calling for it to be back up to 70 deg F > >>>> by the weekend. > >>>> > >>>> I just don't know what to think. > >> > >> > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
