[Noisebridge-discuss] Searching for parts

[Christie Dudley]

I'm doubtful of that fan.  Most fans that offer more than a light breeze
indicate airflow in terms of CFM or somesuch.

Christie
---
Pigs can fly given sufficient thrust.
    - RFC 1925


On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:15 PM, David Kelso <david at kelso.id.au> wrote:

> Thanks for the towel idea - how's the airflow through them?
>
> Re fans, I found this at radioshack yesterday, but I'm guessing it's
> not going to be strong enough
> http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102823
> Checked at home depot, discount builders, and cole, but they don't
> have anything similar. Gah.
>
> I checked out Kragen - the optima batteries are very pretty, but damn
> expensive. They don't really have anything else appropriate, so I
> might just go for it. The UPS battery would probably work if I was
> more organized.
>
> david
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I played around with this last year and I came up with some interesting
> > things:
> >
> > - I tried it with PC muffin fans, which work "OK".  I'd definitely go for
> > something bigger, although I like how quiet these things are.
> >
> > - 100% Cotton towels make awesome wicking things.  The meshy dishtowels I
> > think would be best for air flow.  They are available 3 for $1 at any
> dollar
> > store. I couldn't get my putzy little fans to dry them out.
> >
> > - The batteries that are taken out of UPSs during servicing are the best
> > cheap solution for this sort of application, so long as you don't get too
> > big a fan.  Anyone SAs here know any UPSes that are due for their
> > annual/semi-annual servicing?
> >
> > Christie
> > ---
> > Pigs can fly given sufficient thrust.
> >     - RFC 1925
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM, David Kelso <david at kelso.id.au> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey all
> >> I'm building the world's most ghetto swamp cooler for burning man, and
> >> I'm missing a few parts. I'm still not completely down with which
> >> stores stock what in this fine country, so I was hoping someone could
> >> give me leads on where to find:
> >> - a 12v 3-4" 1-2A fan
> >> - a deep cycle battery
> >> - a wicking / evaporation filter
> >>
> >> thanks!
> >> david
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
> >> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> >> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
> >
> >
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/attachments/20090827/e0dcc806/attachment-0003.html>