[Tfug] Tfug] *Way* OT: Swamp c

[Joe Blais]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org]On Behalf Of
> Felix Tilley
>
> > > 3.  Drain the swamp cooler when mosquito season starts.  And seal it
> > > off.  West Nile virus isn't funny.  This is usually in August.
>
> West Nile not funny, but the idea that mosquitos breed in swamp
> coolers is
> very funny.



What might be an interesting thing for someone to develop would be a cooler
that doesn't have a sump.

Directly spray fresh water into the intake of a very thick pad.  The spray
and internal structure of the pad should be such that water wets the entire
air flow path.  Then have a processor - a small linux machine - sense the
cooling, the excess/lack of water -- whatever it needs to sense -- and
control the flow of air and water.  This would eliminate a bunch of stuff
that makes coolers less attractive.  -- might even use that in a car, but
then the EPA disapproved water as a car refridgerant back in the 80's when
they were forcing the change from freon 12.

joe