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  • Profile photo of DubstepDubstep
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    Hi All,

    I saw this clever idea in Byron last weekend to disguise or protect your air conditioners.

    Does anyone else have any handy hints ?

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    ^ very smart! 

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    Very nice!

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    Profile photo of Jamie MooreJamie Moore
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    I saw a pic of a cool renovation where someone made a little cubby house under the stairs of their home….it was like a little house in a house. If I find the pic I'll post it.

    Cheers

    Jamie

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    ^ i seen that pic as well Jamie!..very neat play house for kids.

    I will def do something similar for my "future" daughter….now im off to find my "future" wife lol

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    Profile photo of Jeff123Jeff123
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    What a great idea for ground level.  Well spotted.

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    Thanks Guys, 

    It's all about sharing !

    ( except Mrs Dubs, she's mine )

                      : )

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    Has Mrs dubs got a sister?

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    Just watch you don't kill your air flow. Drops efficiency bigtime.

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    Freckle wrote:
    Just watch you don't kill your air flow. Drops efficiency bigtime.

    That's what i thought when i first saw the photo. I read some where your not meant to block air flow to the unit

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    Heat is shed via a heat exchanger (same as a radiator). Just like your car if you block airflow through or to your radiator your car will run hotter. In terms of AC's that substantially drops the efficiency. It can take longer to pull down internal temps or your unit simply runs longer to achieve the same result.

    Most external units are poorly positioned. More often for convenience, cosmetics, cost etc rather than efficiency.

    You can run a fine hose with a mister tip to help improve heat transfer (water is 25X more efficient than air) in very hot conditions. Set up correctly the mister delivers enough fine water particles into the air steam to evaporate off without the problem of water pooling.

    Human body works exactly the same way. The evaporation of perspiration is the heat exchange mechanism. If perspiration can't evaporate (high humidity) your at risk of over heating. Prepubescent children have poorly developed cooling systems (low ratio of sweet glands compared to adult ). A child who is sweating in a hot environment is probably at their cooling limit and near to heat exhaustion. Kids left in a hot car will struggle to survive past 10 minutes.

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    Commercial buildings like hotels have water chillers on the roof. They call them Cooling Towers. Much more energy efficient, but consume water and require some advanced water chemistry control due to recycling water flowing in the machine.

    They do not work in humid environments when humidity is high and evaporation do not take place.

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    That's a great idea. They can be an eyesore that'sfor sure!

    Oscar

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