Re: NANFA-L-- my darters/cooling

Bill Flowers (billflower-in-gmail.com)
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:57:15 -0500

The heat exchange would also depend on the flow of the water through
the tube/pipe. The slower the flow the more cooling to a point.
Supposedly-in-a 4 fot depth, the earth stays about 54 degrees year
round.

Bill Flowers

On 6/28/05, Mysteryman <bestfish-in-alaweb.com> wrote:
> Jim Graham wrote:
>
> > Nick,
> > Do you have any idea how much tubing you would have to bury to be
> > effective.
> >
> It would take a lot, and it would have to be deep, but it could
> certainly be efficient . I don't know how long it would have to run
> before it was cheaper than running an air conditioner, but eventually
> that break even point should be reached.
>
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