Re: Swamp Cooler Triumph

2007-06-21 Thread Dinner
On 6/20/07, Paul Ihrig wrote: > > nice... > i wish i could figure out why i dont get good cooling on my 2nd floor > of the house. > the blower just dosnt seem to be able to push it! Maybe you need a bigger blower. We only needed a 4500, but got a 6500 somehow... It was hot, so I said screw it,

Re: Swamp Cooler Triumph

2007-06-20 Thread Sam
le over 3000 ft > elevation. The low desert is Palm Springs and the outlying areas. > > Bruce > > -Original Message- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:57 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Swamp Cooler Triumph > >

RE: Swamp Cooler Triumph

2007-06-20 Thread Bruce Sorge
: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:57 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Swamp Cooler Triumph Don't you mean the LOW desert? On 6/19/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So where do you live that you need a swamp cooler? I ask coz we have them > here in the high des

Re: Swamp Cooler Triumph

2007-06-20 Thread Dinner
On 6/19/07, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > speedy screws, not pop rivets. Hey, good idea Jerry! Thanks! The duct is pretty flange-like, basically it's just adapting the non-standard 15x24 in opening in the roof (it's a down draft) to the roughly 20x20 of the cooler. About 8 in. high, came out very a

Re: Swamp Cooler Triumph

2007-06-20 Thread Paul Ihrig
nice... i wish i could figure out why i dont get good cooling on my 2nd floor of the house. the blower just dosnt seem to be able to push it! o and on a side note.. i was doubling the size of our stone patio. had all the stone laid out the way i wanted. got a little to fidgity today & started hurl

Re: Swamp Cooler Triumph

2007-06-20 Thread Sam
Don't you mean the LOW desert? On 6/19/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So where do you live that you need a swamp cooler? I ask coz we have them > here in the high desert of California. > ~| Create Web Applications W

Re: Swamp Cooler Triumph

2007-06-20 Thread Dinner
On 6/19/07, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > So where do you live that you need a swamp cooler? I ask coz we have them > here in the high desert of California. I live where Bugs should have taken a left (or was that right), in New Mexico. =] For now... the public smoking ban has pissed me off, and I was a

RE: Swamp Cooler Triumph

2007-06-19 Thread Bruce Sorge
So where do you live that you need a swamp cooler? I ask coz we have them here in the high desert of California. -Original Message- From: Dinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 6:09 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Swamp Cooler Triumph Was going to post this when the

Re: Swamp Cooler Triumph

2007-06-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
speedy screws, not pop rivets. what is the duct for? is it air duct or plenum? flow or return? how big is the cross section? how many ducts off it? that is all inside the building, yes? make sure you insulate it really well so it doesn't sweat (insulated wrap, tape and staples). and make sure you

Swamp Cooler Triumph

2007-06-19 Thread Dinner
Was going to post this when the air conditioning thread was going down, since I was working on it at the time... anyways, I, single-handedly, got a 6500 mastercool on the roof of my place a bit ago. Using nothing but the packing materials and a ladder. Sure, friends would have helped, had I called