Shop Swamp Cooler

[skysharks]

500 feet, man that's deep.
My main well that I use for irragation is at 16 feet. However there is water at 9 feet and it is at this level that I am returning it to.
I washed one well and used a well auger for the second one. Pretty easy really.
But if I had to go 500 feet, I may not have be able to do it, unless I hired someone to drill it for me.

[junquecol]

Originally Posted by skysharks

No contaminets are being introduced into the water system, I assure you the coil was throughly cleaned. And it is a Mac's Redneck Swamp cooler. Jeesh some people , lol .

Seriously, I called it a red neck swamp cooler cause it's the first thing that came to mind for a name. Wether it's the right term or not, who cares.
As far as contaminating anything, I did clean it out the with water and then let a solution of heavy bleach and water set in it for a day. I'm pretty sure that it is clean.

Hey I like that idea about the sprinkler head system over the roof. That makes allot of sense. And It would be fairly easy and cheap to do.

Oh by the way, yesterday when it was hot in the afternoon, it was a cool 75 degrees in my shop. And I didn't have to get a loan to pay the electric bill.

This afternoon, the temp in my shop was 68.7F. Keep doors closed, no windows, go out early in morning raise door and let fan bring in cool air. I will have to add an AC unit ( which I got for FREE) to control humidity later in the summer. Put it on a timer to run between 3 and 7 AM, as this is the coolest part of the day. WWr's are truely amazing, we will spend big bucks on a certain saw blade, but scrimp on creature comforts (heat and cooling.) Nothing beats shivering for a few months, and then sweating for a few months, just to save some money on electric.

[McRabbet]

Our well runs pretty cool all year around, so I suspect it is fairly deep like David's. My pump is a 240V unit on a 20 Amp circuit, so I suspect it would not be cost effective to piggyback a cooler on my system. I'd also need to run at least 100' of return line to the wellhead and would probably loosen debris with that return water. It would be nice to do, but I just bought an 8,000 BTU window A/C unit from David Fenton -- more expensive to run, but adds dehumidification.

[skysharks]

Speaking of a/c units I have one in my shop. Infact it is a large window style, which I mounted in the wall.
I will not be using it, infact I haven't used it in several years. I think I will sell it.
Humidity, levels in the shop are dropping during the day. As the air blows thru the coils I get condensation. By keeping the doors closed, this same air is then recycled back thru the coil over and over again. Each time losing more H2O. Until it loses all that it can. Thus low humidity in the shop.

[NCPete]

how much for the window AC??

[DavidF]

Originally Posted by NCPete

how much for the window AC??

I still have a 5000 BTU going for $75.

[DavidF]

Originally Posted by skysharks

500 feet, man that's deep.
My main well that I use for irragation is at 16 feet. However there is water at 9 feet and it is at this level that I am returning it to.
I washed one well and used a well auger for the second one. Pretty easy really.
But if I had to go 500 feet, I may not have be able to do it, unless I hired someone to drill it for me.

Yep, 500' and the water still sucks! Just spent $4K on a water treatment plant! Think what tools that could have bought?????

[skysharks]

The cooling of this monster is great.
However it does not take out humidity. I was going just to let this go. I was so excited about it being that cool in my shop that I ignored it. Well the other day a buddy of mine mentioned about turning on the Ac unit just for a little while to take out the humidity, then turning it off.

Man it works great. The cooler is keeping the shop at about 76-78 degrees, with the doors cosed. then turning on the ac unit for about 1/2 hour taking the humidity out, really is cooling.

My next step is to do what someone else posted, will be to hook up a small sprinkler to the top of the shop ( Don't let the heat in). Infact now that I think about it. The water that I am returning to the ground, I might be able to tap into and run that water to the sprinkler head.

[alleng]

i was wonderin if one of those large plastic tanks burried in the ground would work? that way the water could recirculate