cooling technologies [RE-wrenches]

[Lance Barker]

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Ray Walters wrote:

> I did a system in Oklahoma that had an LP powered 3 ton Air 
> conditioner. As I recall, the blowers and pumps still took almost 2000 
> watts, so it wasn't a complete solution. Then to make matters worse 
> they had a huge bank of glass facing west. I did some heat 
> calculations and it looked like you'd need the whole 3 tons just to 
> hold the temp steady against the solar gain. They were complaining the 
> system couldn't cool the house down in a few hours on a 100 degree day.
> I think combinations of all of you all's cooling ideas will be the 
> ticket:
> - limit solar gain

This guy is really good at coming up with ideas for limiting solar gain:
Ray Pokorny
Solar Interior Design
http://www.purveyor.com/sidabout2.html

Lance

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