Re: NANFA-- Constructing a pond under and around an A/C unit

Kevin (kevino_at_beaverstatedental.com)
Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:14:15 -0700

I see,
Thanks for clearing that up

On 8/29/03 10:08 AM, "Sajjad Lateef" <sajjadlateef_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> Humid air, which may feel cool to human skin, is not necessarily
> air that is at a cooler temprature. Humid air will deposit
> moisture on your skin which evaporates and removes some heat
> energy from your skin, thus making it *feel* cool.
>
> A/C's work by exchanging heat energy. The more the difference
> in two tempratures, the more the warmer side will get cool
> and the more the cooler side will get warm.
>
> (Heat energy flows from warm object to cool object until both
> attain the same temprature.)
>
>
>
> --- Kevin <kevino_at_beaverstatedental.com> wrote:
>> Just thinking out loud here,
>> If the AC needs cool air over the vents to improve the efficiency,
>> then I
>> would think that putting it over a pond would actually make the
>> cooler more
>> efficient since water as it evaporates is cooled. So wouldn't the air
>> around
>> the AC actually be cooler? Aside from the maintenance issue and the
>> possible
>> dangerous discharge of water to the pond, (which I know are major
>> concerns),
>> it might actually help the cooler. Right?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/29/03 9:40 AM, "Prizma_at_aol.com" <Prizma at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> patio, herb and tomato garden, ac unit and fish pond. hey throw in
>> a built in
>>> firepit and weane roaster!
>>> with good planning you can do it! excellent project.
>>>
>>> a fella mentioned the hot air off a ac unit. yes that is a problem.
>> you want
>>> your ac unit where it has plently of ventilation for maximum
>> cooling effect.
>>> another reason why the cools should be cleaned annually... doing
>> this greatly
>>> reduces your energy bill. you can do it yourself. i had to buid a
>> deflector
>>> that sits on top of my unit. before everytime i opened my back door
>> a blast of
>>> hot air would hit me. unpleasant.
>>>
>>> with a hill terracing really looks cool. wood, stones, brick,
>> levels,
>>> containers, awnings.
>>> dream it design and start building asap. then add fish.
>>>
>>> casper
>>> i guess i have room for a few more tanks jim. oh yea... ! ive got a
>>> proliferation of lined topminnow fry. i dug and setup a 150 gallon
>> inground
>>> pool which
>>> i covered w/ a canopy to keep out the pine cones and needles as
>> they killed
>>> everything last year. toxic green seeping turpentined pine cones
>> from the sky.
>>> now the protected pool is LUSH w/ anacharis and millfoil and
>> hornwort. very
>>> thick. very clear water. lots of fry. fortunatly the parents did
>> not jump out
>>> of
>>> the pool which i worried over. topminnows are known jumpers.
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