Dehumidifier and swamp cooler

8/16/24:

Emptied the "evaporative cooler" to find mosquito larvae. Well, there won't be any of that anymore.



8/15/24:

No swamp cooler today while I use the mini-split to run off all that excess water in the cooler. I guess I could have used the dehumidifier. Too lazy I guess. The mini-split can do it better, but it will use a lot of juice in the process.

3:50 PM

Ran the swamp cooler along with the dehumidifier again, but this time without the solar power. It collected 150 oz. of water, which went back into the cooler.

It got warmer in here, alright. But it wasn't all that bad. About 84 degrees. With a nice wind off that swamp cooler, which includes a bit of evaporated water that cooled the air to about 78 degrees, made it all seem like not such a big deal.

There's likely to be a lot of water coming off the mini-split. I'll check that tomorrow morning.

8:44 AM The idea was to limit the amount that the mini-split was needed so as to economize upon its operation. The mini-split uses 1200 watts when the compressor engages, and that is a lot. On the other hand, the dehumidifier uses only 300 watts, and could conceivably be powered with the solar power resources I have available.

But there's a problem with the solar power end of the deal. At present, I don't charge and discharge at the same time. Therefore, if the battery is being used to power the dehumidifier, the solar panels are on stand by. This is the prime part of the day, so there's a problem right there. The solar panels are being lost all during that time.

That could be as much as three hours. A way to improve upon this state of affairs? I could run a pair of wires from the main battery to the lead acid battery, and let the big battery charge the little battery while the big battery is also being charged. This would be no problem to set up. But the little battery could discharge faster than the big battery can charge it back up.

That's another conundrum. The obvious solution would be to add another big battery, and do the same thing. It could work for at least the three hours and maybe a couple more since it is constantly being replenished.

The problem here is that I don't want to keep buying this stuff.

I've got to choose quickly. Time doesn't stand still. Before you know it, the seasons will change.