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Old 07-06-2012, 11:02 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by basjoos View Post
Or you could go back to the time tested technology of the icebox...
The other issue with iceboxes is dealing with the water that is created as the ice melts, but I wonder if that could be reused for an evaporative cooling system. Perhaps some sort of semi-automated fan and an absorbent material that the melt water runs through could become a swamp-cooler.

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