[Shop-talk] pool cooler

[David Scheidt]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 10:55 AM,
shochschild at att.net<shochschild at att.net> wrote:
> Here is Austin TX, I have been thinking qabout how to cool my pool for
about
> 14 years.
>
> 15k gallons, under trees. B I tried routing the return to a fountain, but
> while it cooled the area around the pool, it also made it far more humid,
> and didn't seem to lower the temp of the pool itself at all.
>
> I just wonder if anyone has ever come up with a way other than
> refrigeration...

Solar pool heater, run when the sun isn't shining.  Radiative cooling
works as well as radiative heating.  (Better, some times.  The night
sky is a lot colder than the day time sky is warm.)

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David Scheidt
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