TurboKool swamp cooler

[zetron]

It is 118 and 109 degrees outside by two of my remote thermometers. One is obviously in the sun the other in the shade. Inside at my desk it is 90.5 at the TurboKool it is 86 and the relative humidity is 30 percent. The outside humidity is probably in the area of 10 percent.

The TurboKool uses from 3 to 5 gallons of water/day. My motorhome is 24 feet 6 inches long and the TurboKool has worked well, giving a difference as high as 26 degrees between the inside and outside temperatures here in Arizona's Sonaran desert.

I have 7 solar panels on the roof of the motorhome. My electrical intake at peak is approximatelly 26 amps at 15 volts. I do not use all that energy now. I am working on a Peltier ice maker that I hope will soak up some of the extra electricity. There are three solar arrays: aft consists of 3 4.5 amp panels, fore consists of the same, and the single starter battery panel is only 1.7 amps.

The fore array can now be switched DIRECTLY to the TurboKool. This does not mean much except from 10:00 to 3:00, when the TurboKool will be REDLINED at 15.2 volts and approximately 10 amps! That IS AN OPTION now. And of course the sun has to be shining fircely for this option. If one let the TurboKool run off the fore array all the time it would not turn the fan in the twilight hours.

Another consideration is the hardness of the water you feed the TurboKool. Here in central Arizona the TDS in the water I am using is approximatelly 1500PPM. Every two weeks or so I am required to remove the cover and fan motor and clean the filter. I have an extra filter I pop in at that time. With my handy-dandy cleaning solution I can clean the filter in just 15 minutes.

I have installed a reverse osmosis system from GE in the motorhome. It works on as low as 40psi water pressure and removes 95 percent of the TDS. Experements with feeding the TurboKool directly from the RO unit have had various results. The RO pressure tank holds about two and one-half gallons. This is not enough for a typical day of TurboKool cooling and the RO system, once the tank is depleted produces water very slowly. I am installing a second freshwater tank with the option of filling it with RO water and using the in-house pump to pump the water to the TurboKool. With two 37 gallon fresh water tanks my RO system would need a whole week to fill them both.

Does anyone know if there are restrictions on using RO units in certain RV parks? I noticed one park in 10 years that had a sign restricting RO use.

I would recommed the TurboKool to everyone, if you do any traveling into low humidity areas. It has expanded my boodocking range in the summer tremedously.

David/zetron

[zetron]

It is 118 and 109 degrees outside by two of my remote thermometers. One is obviously in the sun the other in the shade. Inside at my desk it is 90.5 at the TurboKool it is 86 and the relative humidity is 30 percent. The outside humidity is probably in the area of 10 percent.

The TurboKool uses from 3 to 5 gallons of water/day. My motorhome is 24 feet 6 inches long and the TurboKool has worked well, giving a difference as high as 26 degrees between the inside and outside temperatures here in Arizona's Sonaran desert.

I have 7 solar panels on the roof of the motorhome. My electrical intake at peak is approximatelly 26 amps at 15 volts. I do not use all that energy now. I am working on a Peltier ice maker that I hope will soak up some of the extra electricity. There are three solar arrays: aft consists of 3 4.5 amp panels, fore consists of the same, and the single starter battery panel is only 1.7 amps.

The fore array can now be switched DIRECTLY to the TurboKool. This does not mean much except from 10:00 to 3:00, when the TurboKool will be REDLINED at 15.2 volts and approximately 10 amps! That IS AN OPTION now. And of course the sun has to be shining fircely for this option. If one let the TurboKool run off the fore array all the time it would not turn the fan in the twilight hours.

Another consideration is the hardness of the water you feed the TurboKool. Here in central Arizona the TDS in the water I am using is approximatelly 1500PPM. Every two weeks or so I am required to remove the cover and fan motor and clean the filter. I have an extra filter I pop in at that time. With my handy-dandy cleaning solution I can clean the filter in just 15 minutes.

I have installed a reverse osmosis system from GE in the motorhome. It works on as low as 40psi water pressure and removes 95 percent of the TDS. Experements with feeding the TurboKool directly from the RO unit have had various results. The RO pressure tank holds about two and one-half gallons. This is not enough for a typical day of TurboKool cooling and the RO system, once the tank is depleted produces water very slowly. I am installing a second freshwater tank with the option of filling it with RO water and using the in-house pump to pump the water to the TurboKool. With two 37 gallon fresh water tanks my RO system would need a whole week to fill them both.

Does anyone know if there are restrictions on using RO units in certain RV parks? I noticed one park in 10 years that had a sign restricting RO use.

I would recommed the TurboKool to everyone, if you do any traveling into low humidity areas. It has expanded my boodocking range in the summer tremedously.

David/zetron

[bill h]

We use a Swampy portable 12 volt cooler that is pretty good, too.

Dave, what is the handy-dandy filter cleaning solution?

[zetron]

The filter gets encrusted with calcium salts which can be removed with a solution of white viniger, oxalic acid and citric acid.

One gallon of white viniger, 1 cup oxalic acid, and one cup of citric acid. You can get the oxsalic and citric acids from chemical supply places on the internet for reasonable prices. The citric acid along with a buffer of sodium citrate can be used as a low pH cleaning solution for you RO membrane, for a high pH cleaning solution I would suggest sodium hydroxide (Lye of as high purity as possible to get. These techniques will keep tghe TurboKool filter clean and keep you from having to replace RO filters.

There is also an easy inexpensive way to replace filters. Jut pick up Swampcooler pad and cut it up to fit the swampcooieryoy useThen finialyd sew it together to fit the cooler you are using ew the ends

[Doggie]

Has anyone tried any of the lower priced swamp coolers? I see a bunch on eBay for under $200.

[RKW]

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