Personally I don’t want that much moisture blowing around If I did that is what a swamp cooler is for Water destroys every thing it contacts over time wood metal what ever, good to hitch a horse under after riding cain’t think of any thing else I would want to use it for pardner;-)
It can be a good device for the outdoors. I have experienced them at ice cream shops up in New England and they take the edge off in the summer (which ever day that is)!
But keep them away from the building.
Roy. I looked up weather in August and couldn’t find a day over 70F!!
Dale Duffy can tell you all about the fun they have with swamp coolers.
Interesting idea, wouldn’t there be an impact to components constantly being exposed to water (hard or otherwise)? Another way to look at, would the damage to the unit be offset by the savings Meaning, if I suddenly got 60 mpg in my truck, would I care if the tires only lasted half as long.
My summer electric bill can be as much as $400 and a new condensing unit installed by a sub for $2400… so, maybe there’s something to it?
Looks like I found a different Chart then you did ,This year every day was over 70°F. Month average was ( 77.5 °F )
Trenton is 10 miles from my home
My Chart is different then Yours … Roy
We in Canada use C not F for temp
Some conversions are
21°C = 70°F
24°C = 75°F
27°C = 80°F
25.3°C average day time was 77.5 °F
Just don’t run it below 85 degrees F.
(I’m starting my own NACHI Old-Wives-Tale). In other words I am puling out an approximate temp. because what it actually is doesn’t matter at this point.
Water cooled devices should be controlled with refrigerant head pressure, not air flow.
When you lower the head pressure, the back pressure goes down.
Back pressure normally runs at 70 psig which is 40 degrees F. (not too far away from freezing).
Lower the head. The back goes below freezing and you have a frozen evaporator coil.
The metering device also requires a specific pressure differential to operate efficiently. As most residential metering devices are restrictors and do not change with load, if you do not have pressure, you starve the evaporator and pressure and temperature falls.
All equipment is designed for a maximum OA temperature for it’s zone (See ASHRAE for your design load temps). This thing should only be operated when it is at/above those design temps (that is when the equipment is undersized for conditions).
Meaning, if I suddenly got 60 mpg in my truck, would I care if the tires only lasted half as long.