I added the new 6' stretch video to the 6' hexayurt page! I also for the
record love the 6' stretch with 6' walls-- makes it very spacious and
practical!
Also, here's the product plug for any solar swamp cooler people, from my
old pal Charlie Marks in San Diego: he uses a BIGASS 12 volt fan and l
Curious to if there are any updates to this idea. I really like how simple
your system is.
How many watts / hour does the humidifier use on low speed, 120 * .7 = 84
watts?
About how much volume was your tent?
In regards to using a battery and how long it will run the humidifier. I
believe t
What I used was a Vornado 40 Humidifier, 120 VAC, 0.7A, 60 Hz. About $65
from Amazon I think, and I'm sure cheaper models could be found at discount
stores or online, but the key features you need to look for are a wicking
action (as opposed to pump) and without heater because there's no point
The elbow is simply there to direct the cool air from vertical to
horizontal. Probably increases the speed a bit because it is going from a
larger rectangular inlet to a 6" circular outlet. Air intake is through the
sides of the humidifier, where it then passes through the fabric wicks and
is b
I didn't take any temperature readings, just hooked it up and it blew cool
air. It was too much cooling for my 6-ft stretch hexayurt, so we put it in
the kitchen shade area to cool ourselves outside. Water supply was not a
problem because I had built a sand/charcoal filtration system to process
Wonder if this will work well?
Not clear on the what the elbow is about. Is that for air intake or the
mist exhaust?
Would you incorporate a fan to quickly move dry air through the moist
exhaust and help circulate the cooler air that results from evaporation?
My swamp cooling experience tells m
But how well does it work? Did you check it out? How large a space did
it cool and how much cooling did it do? Was there a water-supply problem?
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Bill Senger wrote:
> I'm lazy and didn't have the time to build a bucket swamp cooler as
> described in Instructa
