The elbow is simply there to direct the cool air from vertical to horizontal. Probably increases the speed a bit because it is going from a larger rectangular inlet to a 6" circular outlet. Air intake is through the sides of the humidifier, where it then passes through the fabric wicks and is blown out by the fan. No need to incorporate a fan because there is already a fan in the humidifier.
In my yurt I just placed the humidifier in front of a filtered ventilation port and pointed the elbow at the other end of the yurt. The cooler air displaces the warmer air, which rises and escapes from the other filtered ventilation port in the roof at the far end of the yurt. Some things don't have to be complicated to work. Bill On Saturday, August 18, 2012 10:50:09 PM UTC-7, kenwinston caine wrote: > > Wonder if this will work well? > > Not clear on the what the elbow is about. Is that for air intake or the > mist exhaust? > > Would you incorporate a fan to quickly move dry air through the moist > exhaust and help circulate the cooler air that results from evaporation? > > My swamp cooling experience tells me that the blower has a lot to do with > the effectiveness. So I'm really curious to hear how well this works. > You're BLOWING moist air into the dry air in the room, by drawing fresh dry > air tfrom the outside hrough the moist filters of the cooling unit. And the > blower creates moving air in the room and helps you create constant air > exchange so that old air is moving out of the room and so that some fresh > dry air is being sucked in all the time -- to keep the evaporative effect > happening and to keep the room from becoming damp, hot and swampy. > > I just wonder if that can happen without a pretty powerful blower. > > Points for ingenuity and willingness to experiment. Please share the > outcome. > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Bill Senger <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I'm lazy and didn't have the time to build a bucket swamp cooler as >> described in Instructables and on the Burning Man site, so I just went out >> and bought a humidifier (the cheaper model that doesn't heat the air and >> simply absorbs water from the sump with honeycombed sponges, ~$30) at >> Wal-Mart , then went to Lowes to pick up an 8" diameter furnace elbow and a >> roll of self-stick foam insulation. Drill a few holes in the top of the >> humidifyer, attach elbow with zip ties, seal with foam insulation strips, >> and you're done. >> >> Pros: Quick and easy. >> >> Cons: You'll need 110V to run the fan, so I just hooked up an inexpensive >> power inverter to a battery and plugged the humidifier into the inverter. >> >> >> >> Bill >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >> >> >> > -- 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/-/VDci6Or29n8J. 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.
