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Underground air conditioning
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| I am planing on building a home in New England. I remember reading a
Popular Science or Mechanic from around 1960 about a "free air
conditioning system. What was done was pipe or vent was buried in the
ground about five feet down. I do not remember how long the pipe/vent
was, I would guess 1 to 2 hundred feet. The pipe/vent was connected to
the house in the basement and vents in the roof allowed hot air to
escape drawing in the cooler air from the buried pipe/vent. Of course
the distant end of the pipe/vent was terminated with a air intake from
above ground.
New England might work well for such a system. The concerns I have
are: 1, it just does not work well enough to be worth the expense and
2, what humidity it might add to the house.
Does any one have any comments on such an idea?
Abe
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| Dom O'Rigato 2006-04-12, 11:21 am |
| On 2006-02-23 17:04:36 -0500, "wabky" <wabky@yahoo.com> said:
> I am planing on building a home in New England. I remember reading a
> Popular Science or Mechanic from around 1960 about a "free air
> conditioning system. What was done was pipe or vent was buried in the
> ground about five feet down. I do not remember how long the pipe/vent
> was, I would guess 1 to 2 hundred feet. The pipe/vent was connected to
> the house in the basement and vents in the roof allowed hot air to
> escape drawing in the cooler air from the buried pipe/vent. Of course
> the distant end of the pipe/vent was terminated with a air intake from
> above ground.
>
> New England might work well for such a system. The concerns I have
> are: 1, it just does not work well enough to be worth the expense and
> 2, what humidity it might add to the house.
>
> Does any one have any comments on such an idea?
>
>
> Abe
Dang, that'd be a pretty neat system. Here's some sites I dug up, just
based on a few searches, that might help you (although I suspect you're
looking for more practical opinions from someone who has actually
constructed this and can give you a more objective, experiential
opinion)... one of those links (p2pays.org) is actually a whitepaper
from university of Florida outlining the matter. Anyway, hope it helps!
http://mb-soft.com/solar/saving.html
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/08/07683.pdf
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Dom
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