It's hot out today, So I closed the doors and turned on my cooler. After working awhile I got to thinking that I hadn't seen any one post about how they cool their work area. Other than the electricity to run the outfit, I got everything for free from scrapping. What I use is this.... I pump water from a well into a truck radiator mounted in the corner of my shop. In front of this, so that it draws air through the radiator is an old fan that came from a scrapped put shop heater. The water then returns to the well, so no pressure really builds up in the radiator. I haven't check lately, but when I first installed it, the first 30 minutes, it dropped the temp down 3 degrees. Then one degree every half hour until I shut it off that night. The well is a old hand dug well and the water usually stays about 50 to 55 degrees. I haven't needed to run the cooler that long but I have dropped the inside temp down by 20 degrees compared to outside. Don't know if this will help anyone, but I figured it won't hurt to post it.
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