From: Floyd Petri (fpetri@eastex.net)
Date: Mon Sep 26 2005 - 09:56:57 PDT
Yes Noel I know all those tricks. I was born before air conditioning was
invented and I have have had a few water coolers in my day too. I have hung
wet towels on our bunks in the barracks for fans to blow through too.
Thanks.
Floyd
Retired Sergeant U.S. Army
----- Original Message -----
From: "noel shelley" <noel@shelley1722.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 4:25 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] After Action Report for Hurricane Rita in East Texas
> Hi Floyd ,
> Another variation on the hose and mist trick ! In an
> opening
> eg a window where there is air flow hang a sheet , towel etc and keep ti
> wet
> , the latent heat of evaporation will cool the air ! If you can rig a
> frame
> to support an absorbent sheet e.g.cheesecloth ,linen cotton ,towel, with
> the
> bottom in a bowl of water , in front of a fan better still !
> As for stale gas, mixing volatiles with it may help , you might try minor
> carb adjustment and or backing the timing off a little to improve running
> .
>
> Good Luck , Noel
>
>
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
> To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Fri Oct 28 2005 - 23:27:13 PDT