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Author Re: Cooling attic (and home) by spraying water on roof (shingles)- good/bad?
Chas Hurst

2005-06-28, 12:25 pm


"Phil Scott" <philscott@philscott.net> wrote in message
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> "Chas Hurst" <hurst1@comcast.not> wrote in message
> news:0uednRz508PCbCLfRVn-1w@comcast.com...
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> Yes they do... but they discharge 100% relative humidity
> air...but its outside so its fine...the water in the process
> is cooled and that cool water is used to cool most often the
> condensers on large tonnage refrigerated AC systems. that
> water typically runs 65 to 80 degrees F... sufficiently cool
> to cool condensers but not cool enough to be used directly for
> conditioning air (below 40F is required)
>
> Phil Scott


Well you really lost me now. Hasn't this suggestion of water ON the roof
been about water on the outside of the house?
So the humidity created by a watered roof would be outside, just as with a
cooling tower.

Chas Hurst


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