SolCool scam or not? [RE-wrenches]

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Geoff:

I cannot wait to hear how your  testing goes.  This product may have its 
niche but I think I'd rather buy a  set of Ginzu knives with my money right now.  
Swamp Coolers really help in  arid climates.  How humid is Athens in the 
summer?
I cannot help but to  be cautious, nay, cynical when I see this kind of 
commercial hyperbole. An 85  watt module can do wonders when its running remote 
repeaters, cell phones,  traffic lights, etc.  In fact, PV powered attic fans are 
literally the best  deal in town. But when the muggy dog days of summer 
arrive, I really do want to  know how well this solar powered pre-cooler works.  
Please keep us  informed.

Thanks,

Pat Redgate





In a message  dated 6/13/2006 1:43:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
Geoff at Third-Sun.Com  writes:
Patrick - care to share any info on this?  I think that their  marketing is
suspicious, but unlike a lot of other scams, I have actually  seen the
hardware on this one !  A non-profit customer has been GIVEN a  set up to
demo and test.  I will be metering it with a Kwh meter (uh  oh... those are
95% accurate 5% of the time on days ending with y except in  states that have
abbreviations... or some sort of conclusion we came to in  previous
strings...) I will report to the group - should be installed this  summer.

Basically it looks like a blend of an AC unit and a swamp cooler,  using
evaporation to improve coil efficiency (many of us have seen this often  on
commercial scale chillers).  The sheet metal was flimsy, I'm not in  any way
putting MY company's reputation on it, and it's marketing seems  overzealous
at worst and misleading at best.... BUT I think it is legit (or  "legiter"
than the wind and solar scams out there.

Here is a  scam:  Hydrogen (or water) is an energy resource!

For a brighter  energy future,

Geoff Greenfield
NABCEP Certified Energy  Practitioner

THIRD SUN SOLAR & WIND POWER Ltd.
340 West State  Street
Athens, OH 45701

www.third-sun.com
(740) 597-3111

For  another product waiting to hit the  fan...

http://www.solcool.net/index.htm


Patrick A.  Redgate
AMECO
Long Beach, CA
(562) 595-9570
www.amecosolar.com  


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