cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoMy apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it?message-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareMy apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it?cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoSure but there wouldn’t be enough power, especially if you need things like AC.
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoEvaporative air coolers only need enough power to run the fan.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoUnless you live in a desert, or some other area where added humidity is a bonus then “swap coolers” are doing more harm than good.
minus-squareFondots@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoYou’re thinking too small: water cool your apartment
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThe water can even directly drive the fan!
Sure but there wouldn’t be enough power, especially if you need things like AC.
Evaporative air coolers only need enough power to run the fan.
Unless you live in a desert, or some other area where added humidity is a bonus then “swap coolers” are doing more harm than good.
You’re thinking too small: water cool your apartment
The water can even directly drive the fan!