The plus of this method would also be that you wouldn't have any bacterial issues from spraying untreated well water on a warm surface in open-air conditions... -Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Hoskins" To: Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Using well water to air condition home > It seems like a "long" time ago I read an article about a guy ( I believe it > was Popular Mechanics) who mounted a car radiator in his air duct and ran > well water through it. I believe you would just have to run the water pump > whenever the fan was running. The house thermostat could control this. You > want to keep the water in the heat exchanger as cold as possible for best > efficiency. Just be sure the recovery rate of your well is sufficient to > supply your system. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick C. > To: > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:39 AM > Subject: Re: [OT]: Using well water to air condition home > > > > Try http://www.pic101.com/projects/acwatersys.htm > > Rick > > > > "M. Adam Davis" wrote: > > > > > So, Rick, any new news on spraying water on the condenser unit? > > > > > > I'm interested in doing something similar, and was going to send a > > > general message to the list but checked the archives just in case. I > > > thought we had someone mention it recently. > > > > > > -Adam > > > > > > Rick C. wrote: > > > > > > >This is currently being done commercially now. It hasn't caught up yet > to the > > > >home (domestic) market as it should, but I've seen the numbers and they > are > > > >promising. A large warehouse I know of in Frederick, MD, has such a > system and > > > >their heating/air conditioning bill is about $50 a month compared to a > > > >conventional system in a comparable size building of about $450 a > month. The > > > >initial expense is a bit higher though, but it has already paid off. > Plus, no > > > >Freon involved. > > > > > > > >I have spray nozzles on two sides of my outdoor condenser unit that > sprays well > > > >water on the coils when the compressor comes on. This has made a > noticeable > > > >difference in the time the compressor runs (less on time and less > cycling) when > > > >cooling the house during the summer. I'm getting ready to make some > measurements > > > >to see just how much of a savings this will make. > > > >Rick > > > > > > > >Rod Phillips wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Hello to all, > > > >> > > > >>Here's an idea that I wanted to run past whoever is interested. > > > >> > > > >>I have 2 unused water wells on my property that are seperated by 100 > feet. > > > >>One well has a 30 inch diameter concrete casing and is 36 feet deep. > The > > > >>other well has an 18 inch diameter casing and is about 25 feet in > depth. > > > >> > > > >>My idea is to pump water from well # 1 into a small, insulated > pressure > > > >>tank. At the tank outlet would be a solenoid valve to let the water > flow > > > >>into some sort of heat exchanger in the furnace plenum. Another valve > would > > > >>be located on the other side of the heat exchanger to discharge the > warmed > > > >>water into the second well. The plan would be to monitor air > temperature in > > > >>the plenum and when it has reached a certain limit open both valves to > force > > > >>the warmed water out. Additional temperature probes in the input and > output > > > >>lines could be used to determine when the exchanger is full of cold > water. > > > >>I have a probe in well # 1 now and the water temperature is 51 > degrees. > > > >> > > > >>I would welcome any comments or experiences anyone has had along these > > > >>lines. > > > >> > > > >> Rod > > > >> > > > >>-- > > > >>http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > > > >>[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >-- > > > >http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > > > >[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > > > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > > > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.