A new, innovative, portable air conditioner
So it might be a bit of a stretch to call this a true "air conditioner", but I can't help but think this would be pretty interesting to try in an RV. I wrote the company already and they are going ...
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in the Antelope Valley where summers can mean 114F with 7% R/H I had a four foot square swamp cooler on the roof of my shop trailer (an old Nashua). The blower motor was 1/4 HP.
It was not uncommon to see a 35 degree drop in temperature if measured right at the outflow.
Somewhere around 35 percent R/H is the magic point where a swamp cooler becomes marginal.
Get two accurate mercury bulb thermometers that agree with each other and if there is any interest shown I will comprise a piece on wet-bulb, dry-bulb measurements that make a heck of lot more sense and is infinitely more accurate and meaningful than a hygrometer.
It was not uncommon to see a 35 degree drop in temperature if measured right at the outflow.
Somewhere around 35 percent R/H is the magic point where a swamp cooler becomes marginal.
Get two accurate mercury bulb thermometers that agree with each other and if there is any interest shown I will comprise a piece on wet-bulb, dry-bulb measurements that make a heck of lot more sense and is infinitely more accurate and meaningful than a hygrometer.
