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

[Jeremy D Rogers]

On 6/22/07, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK.  Some shirt-cuff numbers...

Very cool! (no pun intended) I love doing this kind of thing. I'm
still amazed that my laptop only uses about 11W when idle with the
screen dimmed.

[snip]
> And, with The Pig running flat out, we're
> looking at 5971 W-Hr/Hr (6480-509).  Hmmm...
> that seems high.  IIRC, it's a 30A circuit...

6000 W / 120V = 50A .. does seem high.. it isn't running 240V is it?

Even if the numbers are off and you assume its more like 25A -> 3kW,
that puts you at 7-8 times what the cooler runs.


[snip]
> And, I need to look to see what sort of hit
> the water bill takes from the swamp cooler.
> This will be harder to figure since the yard
> also has higher water needs at the same time
> the cooler does!  :<

I can never understand the problem other people had claiming high
water usage from the cooler. In the peak of the summer when our
mastercool ran all the time, we had a water bill of about $25 per
month. That was at most about 10-15 more than winter. The cooler would
flush and drain about once per day and would drain less than 5
gallons. I would capture this in a reservoir (bucket) an use it to
water my plants, so it was not really wasted. In any case, even with
evaporation, that puts you at *maybe* 7-8 gallons per day. I'm all
about not wasting water, but that doesn't seem that bad to me. Is that
even equivalent to a 15 minute shower?
JDR