While on the heels of Geoff Duke, Elvis Hargrove said:
 -> If it could draw enough moisture from the ground to cool the air,
 -> maybe it wouldn't.
 EH> You c'n fergit THAT!  Bone dry is the operative word under there!  Our
 EH> protracted drouth has buildings (including this'n) cracking and
 EH> crumbling as they settle into the fizzle dust.
 
 Twas a thought...
 EH> KEEP THE WATER OFF THE CONDENSER COILS!  If'n you can cool the AIR the
 That's a given.  
 EH> condenser eats, that's great, but I ruint a condenser by spraying it
 That's the whole idea...to cool the air through evap like a swamp cooler.
 The condenser coil would. by gesign. remain dry.
 EH> Can't EVEN afford to run it these days.  Takes EIGHT tons to cool this
 EH> barn in this climate.
 Jeeze, that's a whole bunch of A/C--twice as big as mine, and my 4 tonner
 is nearly double what I need for my place.  Must be runnin about 60 Amps
 continuous.  That'd certainly make the meter spin..
... I'd rather be running my Tesla coil.
--- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR]
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