Re: patio misters

Smitty Two wrote:
In article <f65ruu$f81$1@xxxxxxxx>, dpb <none@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
I've been thinking about installing those little misters along the perimeter of the patio awning. Supposedly you can get 20 degrees or so worth of evaporative cooling from them.
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What SteveB said plus -- how dry an area are you in? If normally have high dewpoints they'll not help much, if any noticeable difference. If otoh you're in an area that uses swamp coolers extensively, there's a chance.

Doesn't solve the mineral deposits problem, though, of course...

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actually for the g.f., california central valley. think 114 and fairly dry in the summer. do the pricey ones offer any advantage at all? seems like a lot of extra bucks for a pressurizing pump.

of course, where i grew up, there wasn't too much difference between -20 F and - 40 F. Colder than hell is colder than hell. is heat the same? so maybe cooling from 114 to 100 isn't going to help much anyway; still hotter than hell.

Actually, there is a _big_ difference between 100 and 114F. In SW KS 100F is pretty routine summertime highs and w/ some breeze and low humidities it's not too bad. At 105F, thought it's hot and from 110F and above it's HOT! whatever else there is...

We use misters in the hog houses and all and they do help significantly. Don't have direct experience w/ the HD small types, though, sorry, can't add much direct input there.

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