cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days 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-square98fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down120
arrow-up1391arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoSure but there wouldn’t be enough power, especially if you need things like AC.
minus-squareFondots@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoYou’re thinking too small: water cool your apartment
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoThe water can even directly drive the fan!
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoEvaporative air coolers only need enough power to run the fan.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days 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-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThat’s true. Humidity is a negative here in the summer, would like more in the winter. How about pumping really cold water through radiators? Not as much cooling as AC, but with free cold water…
Sure but there wouldn’t be enough power, especially if you need things like AC.
You’re thinking too small: water cool your apartment
The water can even directly drive the fan!
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.
That’s true. Humidity is a negative here in the summer, would like more in the winter.
How about pumping really cold water through radiators? Not as much cooling as AC, but with free cold water…