If you decide to use a swamp cooler, you must have good ventilation or it will just get hot and humid. It will be very uncomfortable, unless you enjoy a little Louisiana on the playa.
I tried a 1x2' filtered intake with a relatively weak 6" solar fan. The results were not good. I shut off the swamp cooler (home made) for the rest of the week. This year I plan to use an attic vent I have already aquired. This should provide enough air flow to allow the swamp cooler to do its thing. On Apr 19, 2010 6:23 PM, "Cody Firestone" <[email protected]> wrote: You can cut into the cost of this a lot with some DYI stuff. I have used a round trash can, line it with the Swamp Cooler meterial from Home depot, cut some holes in it about 1 foot up and all along the sides. You buy a solar powered fountain pump, it sprays water all over the swamp cooler material. It runs when the sun is on it, so perfect. There is a high power solar fan you mount on top of the trash can lid and use some dryer vent or 8 inch flexible duct to vent it into your place. When the sun come up, it runs. When the sun goes down, it turns off. I put a "filler spout" in the side fo the can so i didnt have to take the lid off to fill it up. I'm including the Harbor Tool parts i used, you could get by with a smaller / less expsnive fan. They are avail from Coleman tents, etc. no battereis to buy, not expensive solar panels either. There is an instrucatabe of someone who bilt one as well, not the same as mine but pretty close: http://www.instructables.com/id/Portable-Evaporative-Cooler-swamp-cooler/ My materials: Simlar set up as the above instructable, however the small pump and fan are solar. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=66093 Small Solar Fan http://www.amazon.com/Solar-Powered-Window-Ventilator-Adjustable/dp/B000SZV8I0 6 inch fan - 225 CFM which is pretty good for a tent and easy to put in a dryer vent exhaust tube. http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=solar+fan&hl=en&safe=active&cid=481642046482185617&ei=McjMS6rfDZaq2ASuqsTmCQ&sa=image&ved=0CB8Q8gIwBDgA # Medium Sized, really simple to install in duct http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200367065_200367065?cm_ven=Aggregates&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Alternative%20%2B%20Renewable%20Energy%3ESolar%20Solutions&cm_ite=336620?ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=336620 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
