>From a creative standpoint and as a potentially fun project, this swamp cooler idea is nice. But if your only objective is swamp cooling your yurt in the easiest and most effective way possible and don't feel like going to the trouble of building one, I'd suggest just getting an off-the-rack model like this one:
http://www.air-n-water.com/product/Surround.htm My guess is, the commercial product will move a lot more air than the computer fans (the Symphony Surround moves 650 cfm). I used this model this year at Burning Man and it was terrific. I stuck it through the wall of the yurt and it did a great job. In terms of water usage ... I seemed to need about 2-3 gallons per day, more or less, keeping in mind the weather this year was quite cool. More would be used if the weather was more seasonably hot. On Sep 8, 3:11 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello hexayurters! > > I was amazed to see so many foil covered Mongolian-inspired dwellings > this year. I don't think I went one block without seeing at least one. > When I arrived at my village, Playagon, I realized we had a faction > called Yurtopia. They had at least 5 hexayurts all placed together, > including ours built for use as common space for Future Camp and our > village. > > My most favorite cooling system was built from a Home Depot bucket by > fellow Future-Camper Charlie. It was sophisticated yet simple and here > is his recipe:http://burningman.rengeekcentral.com/swampcooler.html. > His yurt stayed cool 24-7. > > I wanted to put more time into decor this year, but didn't have quite > enough. However, I discovered that vinyl stickers stick quite nicely > to the outside of the hexayurt. We used a hot pink octopus on the > door, which actually had only six legs so we called it a hexapus. =) > > Here is a beautiful vivid vinyl > sticker:http://www.etsy.com/listing/55779583/sale-hot-pink-poppy-field-vinyl-...[0]=tags > > This year we achieved a huge critical mass with people learning to > build hexayurts. Next year I believe we'll see a new generation of > innovation in regards to cooling, furnishing, decorating, and hexa- > uses. My intended improvements will include an air/dust-lock layer on > the inside that zips up and keeps it sealed, the bucket swamp-cooler, > and the addition of a head-phone/sensory dep station that will allow > people to relax and block out additional noise. > > 'Til then! > molly (aka. wayne) -- 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.
