[Bong cooler] Using a large body of water to sink heat

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[Bong cooler] Using a large body of water to sink heat

09 January 2009, 5:06pm

One of the reasons I used a reasonably large reservoir for version 2 of the bong cooler setup was in the hope that the extra water and surface area would assist in passive sinking of the heat, beyond the evaporative cooling process.

I was thinking earlier today that if your room was in the right place you could create a water feature and use that as your sink pond AND evaporative cooler... of course in Australia we're in a drought at the moment which means that water features aren't the most popular things. (It's probably illegal to top them up in most areas)

Here's the large reservoir idea taken to extremes - Water Cooling Computers With A Swimming Pool