Heating and Cooling [RE-wrenches]

[Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar]

I haven't looked very hard for while but the best window AC units that I
could find had SEER's (BTU's/watt hour) of 12.  The only place I could find
hotel style unit was at Grainger but there was no notation of efficiency. 
What notation I could find indicated that they were well under SEER's of 10.

Dan,  you might experiment with an evaporative cooler.  They typically are
worthless in high humidity areas but lately I have seen a resurgence of them
in the Ozarks (very high humidity) and people have told me that they work
pretty good.  These are larger units installed in factories.  Sold by
Graingers of course.

Travis Creswell
Ozark Solar
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>From: "Bob Ellison, Alternative Energy Systems" <ellison at gisco.net>
>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>Subject: RE: Heating and Cooling [RE-wrenches]
>Date: Tue, Nov 20, 2001, 9:24 AM
>I also can't help with cooling but for heating I would recommend a "Monitor
>Heater"
>(NOT the TOYO brand (cheap copy)) They use kerosene, direct vent for exhaust
>gasses and intake air.
>Power consumption is around 380 watts to start for 8 minutes or so and 80
>watts to run.
>
>I have had very good luck with these. Cut my fuel bill by around a 1/3 when
>I installed it.
>
>If anyone finds any good, efficient AC cooling (read as cheap) let me know!
>
>Later,
>Bob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sunwise at cheqnet.net [mailto:sunwise at cheqnet.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 12:38 PM
>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>Subject: Re: Heating and Collong [RE-wrenches]
>
>
>Dan wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a box (hotel room) style  heater/cooler that is
>"efficient"?
>>
>Greetings Dan,
>
>Ecotherm and Empire both make nice direct vent (thru the wall) LP space
>heaters that require no electricity.  They are fairly(?) efficient and
>at least the Ecotherm (available through Schott, though not in the
>catalog) draws combustion air from the exterior of the building.  Can't
>help you with the cooling -- Kurt Nelson
>
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