Archive for January, 2010.
Jan 29
Santa Fe homes have some of the nation’s most advanced cooling systems, thanks to the region’s hot, dry summers. Central Air Conditioning is common here, but homeowners and builders who want to reduce electricity costs and environmental impact have turned to other cooling methods to get the most bang for their buck. One of the most popular and efficient home cooling systems in the Santa Fe region is evaporative cooling, a combination of ancient techniques and the latest in air flow engineering. Homes in Santa Fe use a variety of different types of evaporative cooling methods to keep their home comfortable all summer, and reduce air dryness in the winter heating seasons.
Evaporative coolers employ the simple principle of air humidity to reduce overall home temperature. They are typically comprised of a metal or plastic box on the outside of the house, with vented sides for air intake, a centrifugal fan or “blower,” an electric motor with pulleys, and a water pump to wet the evaporative cooling pads. In cooling homes, they simply draw air through the vents, which pass through the damp pads and out into the rest of the home. Because they draw air from outside the building, evaporative coolers must be accompanied by vents to allow air to move from inside to outside. The venting system allows for 15 or more air changes per hour within a home, which dramatically reduces air age.
Common evaporative cooling methods include direct evaporative cooling, indirect evaporative cooling, and two stage evaporative cooling. Direct evaporative cooling is the same as described above, with an air intake sucking moistened air inside, pushing it through the building, and later venting it outside the building. Indirect systems work by the same process, except without air passing freely through the building. They contain the cooled air as it passed through the building in some type of heat exchanger, thus making the building cooler without increasing the humidity. Two-stage evaporative cooling pre-cools the air in a heat exchanger before sending it through the wet cooling pads. This results in less humidity throughout the building, because cooler air doesn’t hold as much moisture as untreated warm air.
Another advantage of evaporative coolers is their cheaper installation cost - they usually cost one quarter to an eighth as much as much as air conditioners to install, and require much less energy to operate. Many Santa Fe real estate buyers and sellers have saved a lot of money by learning the basics of evaporative cooling.
Jason Couillard
http://www.articlesbase.com/real-estate-articles/a-cheaper-way-to-cool-your-santa-fe-home-267853.html
Jan 28
Hey everyone. When I was looking to join the military, there was only the marines and army nearby, so I thought. I finally found out there is a air force recruiting station near us. With that said, the more I read about the air force compared to the army, the more I want to switch over. Is there any way I can switch over to the air force from the army before I go to meps the second time and ship off to basic? I leave March 8th. Thanks.
I just hear the living conditions are much better when you’re in the air force, and I’m a technology kind of guy.
Go straight to the air force recruiter and ask them, things have changed, a lot in the past few years and the past few months, I doubt anyone except a recruiter can give you a straight answer
Jan 28
well checked is usually an hours labor plus parts but to get it fixed could run 100’s of dollars. if it works, get a pocket thermometer and put it in the vent on the drivers side of the car and keep an eye on it when driving. if it gets below 50 degrees on a hot day, its doing fine. if it gets below 44 degrees its perfect
Jan 28
I’m 27 years old, married for 3 years, no kids yet (but want one within the next year and a half), and am curious about joining a branch of the military. Mainly what sparks my interest in it is the confidence building and persona strengthening which joining the ranks can do for a person. I feel that strengthening as a person will help my relationships: marriage, social and parental (in the future), and I need some sort of conditioning as such. So I thought of the military.
I have already completed a 4 year college, so I am not in need of secondary education, unless it applied to flight school or something like that. I don’t know how it works with the Air Force or the Navy or Marines. I’m kind of naive and kiddish and I feel I need something to spark a reality for me, to help me become more responsible with adult realities in the world. Am I thinking the wrong thing here? Is the military out of my league? Does it required too many years’ commitment or would it interfere with my family plans in the near future?
Aim High
The Marines are not Mentally stable much less family friendly. From what i gather reading your post, I’d say You need to look in to the Air Force Reserves or Air National Guard maybe even Army National Guard. It all depends on what your hubby does for a living, rather you want to move, and what your degree is in.
Unless your hubby is a Ex-convict, who makes a living smuggling guns, drugs, or illegal aliens, has a drinking problem, and anger management issues. In that case you’d love the Marines.
Jan 28
It is a 2009 Renault Megane Coupe.The Air Conditioning comes on automatically upon starting and remains on until the car has heated up. This appears to increase the fuel consumption, so I always turn it off.
I would rather if it didn’t come on in the first place.
Check to see on what setting the air direction control is set to, normally if you have it set to windscreen de-misting then the air-con will come on.
Ja.
Jan 20
You sit in your favorite recliner, the sweat running down your back as you fan yourself with the newspaper. “Blast this 100-degree heat and humidity,” you think to yourself. “If only I had some Air Conditioning, this wouldn’t be so bad.” This is the plight of anyone who lives in an apartment or a rental home during the height of summer. Who wants to invest money in a permanent air conditioner that you will need to leave behind when you move out? Well, there is finally a great solution to this dilemma: get a portable air conditioner. You will be able to cool off in your apartment or rental home, and then when you are ready to leave, your handy portable air conditioner can come with you, too.
One of the nice features of portable air conditioners is that you can find them in several sizes, so you can get just the right one to meet your cooling needs. If you have a small place, there are portable air conditioners that can beautifully cool 200 square feet. For larger areas, you can find great portable units that will maintain a comfortable temperature in 500 square feet, and any range in between. As the name implies, these air conditioners can move because they have coasters on the bottom that allow them to roll effortlessly from place to place. If you want to cool the bedroom at night, and an office area in the morning, you can do it all with a portable air conditioner.
If you have allergies, then air quality is a huge issue for you. Many portable air conditioners can actually improve the air circulation in rooms with poor ventilation, and can use ionizers and filters to trap impurities from the air. Dehumidifiers are also available in some units.
Some of the portable air conditioners are very small, and run very quietly, which is a plus if you have it in the bedroom and you are trying to sleep. They come in manual and remote control varieties.
A permanent air conditioner can be a big power waster. In contrast, you will enjoy cost savings due to the efficient manner in which portable air conditioners function. Many recycle the moisture captured in the room, and use that water to cool the cooling coils. This helps the unit to run more economically, because it is not over-taxed by the demands placed on it.
Probably the best part of having a portable air conditioner is the fact that when you decide to move out of your apartment or rental home, the air conditioner will be going with you. No more money down the drain–now your super-functional portable air conditioner is yours to keep.
Susan Slobac
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/cooling-off-in-apartments-or-rentals-130440.html
Jan 12
Swamp coolers are a great and inexpensive way to cool off your automotive shop in the summer.
A swamp cooler is essentially a large fan with water-moistened pads in front of it. The fan draws warm outside air through the pads and blows the now-cooled air throughout the house. The pads can be made of wood shavings - wood from aspen trees is a traditional choice - or other materials that absorb and hold moisture while resisting mildew. Aspen wood pads, also called excelsior, need to be replaced every season or two, and generally cost $20 to $40 for a set.
Small distribution lines supply water to the top of the pads. Water soaks the pads and, thanks to gravity, trickles through them to collect in a sump at the bottom of the cooler. A small water pump circulates the collected water back to the top of the pads. Then the process begins over again.
Since water is continually lost through evaporation, a float valve - much like the one that controls the water in a toilet tank - adds water to the sump when the level gets low. Under normal conditions, a swamp cooler can use between 3 to 15 gallons of water a day.
A large fan draws air through the pads, where evaporation drops the temperature approximately 20 degrees. The fan then blows this cooled air into the house. Small units can be installed in a window, blowing cooled air directly into a room. Larger units can blow air into a central location, or the air can travel through ductwork to individual rooms.
Normal Air Conditioning is a closed system, taking air from inside a house and recycling it. For air conditioning to function properly, doors and windows should be closed. Swamp coolers, however, take air from outside the house. For a swamp cooler to work properly, the cooled outside air must be allowed to escape. By choosing which doors or windows in your home you leave open, you can to help direct the flow of cooled air to areas where it is needed.
Cooper Miller
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/how-a-swamp-cooler-works-134999.html
Jan 9
what is the purpose of the transducer- i dont know what the transducer is
A transducer is a device that converts one type of energy to another. The conversion can be to/from electrical, electro-mechanical, electromagnetic, photonic, photovoltaic, or any other form of energy. While the term transducer commonly implies use as a sensor/detector, any device which converts energy can be considered a transducer.
Jan 9
Its a Carrier water cooled condenser type, chilled water acu system for a Dehumidifier system. Used at the urea fertilizer bulk store. System not running.Suspected TRV defective. Ordered to change new filter drier (block filter) and change new TRV (TRAE30HW90 6A ), purge the affected area. charged in gas-R22 and run system. Continue to charge in gas to LP 60 psi and HP 225 psi, load was 38.5 amps. Require 41 amps @ LP 70 psi, HP 250 psi approx. nominal ratio. At 38.5 Amps the equalizing line started to frost (icing). This shows that there is liquid flow to the return line. At this point the amps drop to 34 amps and LP 38 psi in a period of 20 min.The other system combined to the same chiller is running good with HP 240 psi, LP 68 psi @ 41 amps.
I also tried charging up more gas but the gas did not want to go in. Continued to run system as it is and there was no change.
Whats the remedy to this condition? Tks, Allan
Sounds like you have a partial blockage in the system. You say the equalizing line is frosting. How far back does this start? The start point may be where the blockage is.
Jan 9
totally different branches i know.
I’m interest in the Air Force because right now i’m finishing up my associates degree in Computer Science and i think the Air Force can provide the best experience for such field. This will help me in the future if i decide to re-enter the civilian life. Besides that the living conditions are supposed to be the best compared to other branches and i could enlist as an E-3 opposed to an E-2 from the Marine Corps. One of the problems is that i’m a perm resident and that most of the jobs that i like require citizenship for security clearance. I would have to go in as something like paper pusher and "try" to switch out when i get my citizenship through the faster naturalization process of the military(war time: 1 day, peace time: 1 year).
The Marine Corps are the best of the best at what they do, they are Marines not soldiers. If i were to join the Marine Corps it would be a 03X(0311 - reserve and wait for an opening in rifleman). I’m the type of person who wants to physically be the best in hands to hands combat, weapons, etc. Being the best, excelling faster than anyone, and overcoming my opponent. Having the chance to be in the center of the action is something that not many people get to have and i would love to get that opportunity, going on missions and what not.
Anyways in short i really can’t decide what branch to join… another small factor that would decide where to go would be my wish list. If i could, based on the military’s need i would favor being stationed in Japan… so not sure which branch has the highest chance of that. I know both branch have a high amount of bases(huge base on okinawa for Marine Corps and okinawa + mainland for AF)
The Marines actually have relatively few bases.
Anyways… It seems like you’d rather have the AF job, but you can’t because of the citizenship issue.
If that is the case… then you could:
A. Do Marines for four years. Obtain your citizenship. Decide if you like it. If you do, then stay. If you don’t, then re-enlist in the Air Force in one of the jobs you want.
B. Do Air Force for the entire time. Retrain once you get your citizenship. Take the job you want.
C. Do Marines the entire time.
Personally, I know that my father did Marines for four years. He then went to the AF for 28. He really liked the AF after the Marines and said it was a huge change, because the AF was so relaxed. It probably wouldn’t be a good idea to go from AF to Marines. And you don’t seem to have a reason to.
That being said, the Marines are a really great thing. My dad has told me stories about how it made him a stronger person. [Both mentally and physically.] He was able to not back down from situations that once would have scared him.
