Mist Systems Can Help You Stay Cool in the Hot Months of Summer
Posted April 29th, 2010 by adminOne of the easiest means to stay cool is to “just add water!” In the desert, there are lots of pools! If you don’t have a pool, then go for the lakes - Phoenix is known for having many more boats per capita than just about almost any other location in the nation! Or go tubing down the river.
They say it’s a “dry heat,” but Phoenicians realized a years ago how to cool things off with water. Back in the times prior to air conditioning, many people used “swamp coolers” to cool off their homes. A swamp cooler blows wet, cool air through a building, which cools things off as the moisture evaporates. It’s called evaporative cooling, and it’s much less pricey to operate than air conditioning. It performs quite well through the dry months, but not really so well during the wet monsoon season in late summer. Smart folks make use of the evaporative cooler to save cash right up until the monsoon, then they switch on the air conditioning.
Outdoors, evaporative cooling is effective, even in the monsoon time of year. That is definitely why so many folks in Arizona put up mister systems. These types of systems spray water into the air and can cool off a outdoor patio or enclosed area relatively well, particularly if the air is moving. Outdoor fan misters may chill the air down around 30 degrees (fahrenheit). You’ll notice mister systems at just about all dining establishments that have outside patios, and various other facility that requires people to be outside in the heat. Many home owners who have a backyard patio set up a mister system in order to enjoy their backyard more in the summertime.
Although they don’t demand much care, you should perform some seasonal maintenance to make certain your misting system will perform correctly whenever you need it. In the Fall, this simply means draining the water from the lines as well as disconnecting the system for the winter.
In Spring, just before the Summer heat happens, you will need to hook up the lines, check the water pump (or water source) to check that it’s functioning, and examine the mister lines for leaks. If your misting system uses stainless steel mist tubing, this shouldn’t be much of a issue. Just examine the joints and connectors for leaks. If you’re working with plastic tubing, you’ll want to test the whole system for splits and ruptures.
The next thing to carry out is to make sure the mister system nozzles aren’t blocked. If you dwell in a region that has hard water, the nozzle could be blocked by mineral deposits. It may be feasible to just simply scrape the debris off of the surface of the misting nozzle, but if the deposits are in the mister nozzle spray hole, you’ll have to find a pin or an item small enough to poke through it in order to clear out the clog. Be careful not to expand the orifice! What many professional mister system suppliers do is simply replace all the nozzles because it’s easier and takes a lot less time than to attempt to clear out each nozzle, and the price of misting nozzles is pretty minimal when you purchase them in bulk.