Last year I took a furnace filter 16x20x1 and cut it into 4 smaller pieces. I then took 4 6x8x1 picture frames and hot glued the filter material into the frame. Finally I cut 4 holes in the top of my dome (where they fit without impacting the roof structure) and pressed the frames in the holes. This gave me great light in the day, and the passive ventilation worked great with my swamp cooler. 2011 I had a 30*f drop from outside to inside temperature (105 to 75). A swamp cooler won't work if it's inside the yurt. Has to be outside. charlie
On Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:59:19 PM UTC-7, Ray S wrote: > Hi everyone. This will be my 3rd year at the playa with a hexayurt and > I've finally managed to build myself a swamp cooler (see Figjam's thread > here: http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?f=280&t=33842&start=1500 ). > I haven't decided if I'll have it outside of my yurt with the fan poking > through a hole fit for it, or have it inside with a hole cut for the vent > on the back of the cooler.. I'm figuring on trying both and see what works > best. > > My real question is, what should I do for exhaust? I have an HVAC furnace > filter which is around 16" x 22" or something around that. I was thinking > of cutting a hole for it on the opposite side of where I have my swamp > cooler mounted, so I would hopefully get a cross breeze and passively > exhaust out while the fan on the cooler is running. The fan I'm using on > my swamp cooler is the Endless Breeze which is rated at 900CFM on high, but > I'll probably be running it on low or medium which I'd imagine would be > closer to 300-600CFM. Would there be enough pressure from this fan pushing > air in to force air out the other side? Maybe I should go for two exhaust > windows? I'm hoping someone out there has done something similar and can > chime in :) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/INMwuWbjfY8J. 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.
