grumpy":2o8jtwl4 said:
:lol: I thought I was doin' good with the water cooler. :lol:
It sounds very intriguing. But how will it be applicable?
How 'large' will the unit/units be?
Keep us posted on your progress...you may be developing
a completely new type of cooling for rabbitry's on a large scale.
grumpy.
You're doing great with the water cooler, grumpy! We tend to have very high humidity here or I'd use a swamp cooler too. Your modification gives it much more cooling capacity.
I think the peltiers would be kept small and for a single cage/hutch. If you wanted to cool a larger area with high humidity, you could just mount a window unit.
Jack":2o8jtwl4 said:
A major issue is the corrosive environment of a rabbitry
I had a fan, in an insulated rabbitry, and it didn't last between the fur and moisture/ammonia...
Jack":2o8jtwl4 said:
I don't know if AL is ok or if it was corroding, or if it was Zinc, just remember one of them was
Ammonia is alkali (ph around 11) so it can be neutralized with an acid. You need a ph of 7 to be neutral. Vinegar is acidic (ph of around 3). I use white vinegar in my rabbit run where the urine collects. Moisture is a bigger problem. If you had zinc and aluminum, the zinc would act as a sacrificial anode and would corrode pretty quickly in a moist environment. The upside is that the corroding zinc would protect the aluminum.
I don't think anything can be done about the fur though.
Miss M":2o8jtwl4 said:
I know it wouldn't be as efficient, but do you suppose using the heat sinks without the fans would work well enough? It used to be done on some low-end computers (maybe it still is), so that's why I wonder. That way, the heat sink would just have to be brushed or vacuumed off now and then, but there would be no moving parts.
Sure, it can be used without the fan. The cooling capacity might be diminished somewhat, but as long as the hot side doesn't get hot enough to burn itself out, it should work fine.
paradox":2o8jtwl4 said:
LOL - I wish we could all just get in a room actually physically together. I bet we could sort this out and have a working prototype for both my cave system and a traditional cage system in no time! Here is my question TMTex. You mentioned putting the unit on the side of the cooler box about halfway up. My boxes are burried except for the lid. If I scoop all the dirt out I lose some of my insulating factor on the boxes which are not actually old drink coolers. I ran out of those and have four "caves" that are just like rubbermaid tubs only thicker. Can we fit it in the lid or does that make it lose functionality?
Second question and forgive me if this is stupid - the condensation that drips from it is pure water right? No danger of chemicals or anything that would hurt the buns? If so then why worry about draining it? Hot glue a small crock below it to catch the drippings and you have a backup water source that they can't tump over.
Actually, after looking at your intro, we might be neighbors. Grab your hubby and I'll grab my wife and we can meet up somewhere.
Putting the coolers on the lids should work fine. I was only thinking of a cooler set up as a room with an opening around the middle. Being on the side would allow for vertical air flow through the fins, but the air would still flow if it was on the lid.
You're correct that the water would be distilled and the drippings could probably be used as water for the bunnies.
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