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I also found out the pond is 14ft deep and there is also a well on the property will 2 350gal holding tanks
I remember that watercooled was running a 12lighter will well water
thats pretty sick, I love how youtube gets UG updates before the UG website.
Im wondering if it still might work in the summer depending on the temp of the water in the pond, its basically 2 olympic size swimming pools, the pool in that video is approx 5,000gal
I am looking at a property that has a 1 million gallon pond on it, with a nice house and a 40ftx60ft pole barn in it.
Im not trying to run water cooled lights just a water cooled AC handler
My question is, how do people use water from bodies of water to cool and AC
how do I pump water from the pond to the AC without getting shit all up in it. would I need to make a holding tank that I can refill when needed?
seems like a great way to save some bucks on AC
thanks for any info
I don't know where you live but I have a feeling it won't work to well in the spring/summer but for when its cold out $$$, you would be better off finding a place with nice ice cold mountain creek but that will dry up in august most likely. Ive heard of local guys around me running micro hydroelectric dams on creeks and powering 30+kw grows, pretty cool stuff but a bit beyond my diy capabilities.
Good Luck MR.DIZZLE I hope you find your cold mountain waters to do what your proposing because I think it would work very well with the right body of water.
This is what your trying to do but on a much larger scale to give you a visual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX27Zr3j06I
There a lot of ways to do that. Some a/c manufactures make units that have water cooled condensers not chilled water air handlers. Check out Kwikool for example.
30Kw off a micro hydro? me thinks no. ive got friends in so. oregon with a super sweet micro hydro system using an overshot wheel and 6 feet of head (drop) that pushes a max of 1Kw/hr....i'd sure like to see one get 30. On that note, it is a great idea for supplemental power. even a good spring with decent flow piped into a pelton wheel system could give you some pretty decent power.....just not 30Kw....i guess i could and may be wrong, but my experience says no.....
Those do look nice but very expensive
Some of the micro hydro setups don't mess around with 50-100 foot drops with insanely fast moving mountain creek water, whether or not they can produce that much power with just 1 setup im not sure maybe they have multiple, which wouldn't surprise me.
30Kw off a micro hydro? me thinks no. ive got friends in so. oregon with a super sweet micro hydro system using an overshot wheel and 6 feet of head (drop) that pushes a max of 1Kw/hr....i'd sure like to see one get 30. On that note, it is a great idea for supplemental power. even a good spring with decent flow piped into a pelton wheel system could give you some pretty decent power.....just not 30Kw....i guess i could and may be wrong, but my experience says no.....
Those do look nice but very expensive
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That's what you're looking for.
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You'll see in an increase in humidity using this type of chilling method.
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