Thanks, Vladimir. I'm actually in a camp that's on the grid; so I think what I'll do is ignore the solar part of the pump, and just use the 12v battery from Costco as you did, and bring a 120v -> 12v converter that I can cannibalize if my battery dies. I'm flying from BOS, and can't carry the battery, obviously. So I'm going to try to pre-buy one in RNO over the phone, and have it held for will-call, since I'm afraid of them not being there when I show up. Wish me luck! ;-)
(Gotta find the 12v - 7.5v converter here, though, and at least try a test before I get to RNO.) Cheers -jb On Sunday, August 4, 2013 2:00:12 PM UTC-4, Vladimir Khodel wrote: > > Indeed, 60lb deep cycle battery from costco was just fine for me - I did > use 12v to 7.5v converter from Frys to power the pump - I tried running it > from 5v USB converter and there was not enough flow in my opinion (this > does work as a backup though :)) > > I only ran the pump during the day of course, but fans were on whenever we > had people in the yurt - at least 12 hours a day (I do have 2 fans on my > bucket for redundancy). > > Cheers, > > Vladimir > > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Jay Batson <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> So is this the pump you use? >> http://www.harborfreight.com/solar-powered-fountain-pump-66093.html >> >> When I bought mine, the box said this is a 7 Volt pump - which makes it >> trickier to wire up to the fan. >> >> Also, has anybody thought of just using a 12V large capacity battery to >> run this for a week? The amount of power needed should be well within a >> battery's single charge - as long as you only run the pump 6-8 hours / day >> (e.g. when you're in it). >> >> ?? >> >> >> On Monday, July 22, 2013 8:59:18 AM UTC-4, Julie Danger wrote: >>> >>> I added the new 6' stretch video to the 6' hexayurt page! I also for the >>> record love the 6' stretch with 6' walls-- makes it very spacious and >>> practical! >>> >>> >>> Also, here's the product plug for any solar swamp cooler people, from my >>> old pal Charlie Marks in San Diego: he uses a BIGASS 12 volt fan and lemme >>> tell ya: when it comes to swamp coolers, it's all about the fan, man. >>> >>> The Fan is a Silverstone Air Penetrator. Watch the video, it's >>> impressive. >>> http://www.frozencpu.com/**products/11260/fan-720/** >>> Silverstone_Air_Penetrator_**AP181_180_x_180_x_32mm_Fan_-_** >>> SST-AP181.html?tl=g36c435s1105<http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11260/fan-720/Silverstone_Air_Penetrator_AP181_180_x_180_x_32mm_Fan_-_SST-AP181.html?tl=g36c435s1105> >>> >>> The pump I use is from Harbor Freight. It's a Solar powered 12v fountain >>> pump. >>> >>> As you know I was cooling a 6' tall Mark ll hexayurt. I think it's >>> around 1300 cubic feet and I got a 30* temperature drop from inside to >>> outside (105* outside to 75 inside). >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
