Pretty Cheap House Cooling?

[ebacherville]

hmmm using well water may be a idea , just return the water to the well.. any one heard of doing this at all?

[ebacherville]

little googling gave me this...
Cheap: How to Get Free Air Conditioning From Your Water System

[taco]

that is interesting....
what part of wv u from?

[MazdaMatt]

diverting water before it goes to the hot water tank, toilet, etc is a good idea. Basically any place that does not require COLD water could have its supply diverted to a rad first. The kitchen tap is the only place that I can think of that i'd use COLD water from without turning on the hot tap a little.

[ajax_6531]

How about a weave of large diameter tubing spread throughout your yard underground? As the water flows, the greater surface area of contact between the tubing and the outside would be more efficient in heat transfer. You can use whatever you want without the worry of freezing as long as it's buried below the frost line. Be sure to insulate anything above the frost line and in the air.

[BrianAbington]

Originally Posted by Coyote X

But I did manage to find a potentially endless supply of 55 gallon barrels for free

If that is the case...get them all...use what you need to experiment on your system...then take the rest of the endless supply to a metal recycler...and make some extra money.

In omaha scrap metal is selling for about 190 a ton.

[iHero]

I'd be worried about the tank leaking -- how about a boatload of tubing in layers in a long skinny trench?

How can you incorporate a cheap windmill and solar reflector into this?

[Coyote X]

We don't get wind here I think the record for the town is 50mph wind. Normally the wind is maybe 1-2mph at best and before a storm we might get 5-10mph wind.

I don't really have a plan for when a barrel gets old enough to leak but I figure I can get an easy 5-10 years out of them if I make sure they are coated well with undercoating or something else similar.

But before I can do any of it I have to get caught up on all the other random work that needs done around here. Really I probably won't get started trying this out till spring.