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Misting Can Help You Stay Cool in Summer

Written by Author on April 28th, 2010

Summer is just around the corner and it’s a good time to think of ways to remain cool if you are located where it gets sizzling hot. In areas like Phoenix, Arizona, where it gets seriously hot, folks have mastered how to contend with the high temps, and some of the smarter residents have got “stayin’ cool” down to a science.

One of the easiest tactics to stay cool is to “just add water!” In the American Southwest, there are lots of pools! If you don’t have a pool, then go for the lakes – Phoenix is known for having many more watercraft per household than just about almost any other place in the nation! Or go tubing down the river.

They declare it’s a “dry heat,” but residents of Arizona learned a long time ago how to cool things off with water. Back in the days before air conditioning, many people used “swamp coolers” to cool off their buildings. A swamp cooler blows moist, cool air through a building, which cools things off as the water evaporates. It’s called evaporative cooling, and it’s much less expensive to run than air conditioning. It works very well during the dry months, but not so well during the rainy monsoon season in late summer. Smart people make use of the evaporative cooler to spend less cash until the monsoon, then they switch on the air conditioning.

Out-of-doors, evaporative cooling works well, even in the humid time of year. That’s the reason so many folks in Phoenix set up mister systems. These types of systems spray water into the air and can cool off a outdoor patio or enclosed place relatively well, particularly if the air is moving. Outdoor mister fans can easily cool things down as much as 30 degrees (fahrenheit). You are likely to see mister systems at just about all restaurants with outside patios, and various other service that calls for people to be outdoors in the heat. Many locals who have a backyard patio set up a mister system to enjoy their backyard more in the summer months.

Although they don’t demand very much attention, you need to carry out some periodic servicing to make certain your mist system will perform properly once you need it. In the Fall, it merely means draining the water from the lines and also disconnecting the lines for the winter season.

In Spring, before the Summertime temperature happens, you are going to need to reconnect the system, examine the water pump (or water source) to check that it’s doing the job, and examine the mister system lines for leaks. If your mister system utilizes stainless steel mist tubing, this won’t be much of a problem. Simply check the joints and connectors for leaks. If you’re using plastic lines, you’ll want to inspect the total system for cracks and breaks.

The next thing to perform is to confirm the mist system nozzles aren’t blocked. If you are located in a locale that has hard water, the mister nozzle could be clogged by mineral deposits. It may be possible to just clean the deposits from the surface of the nozzle, but if the deposits are inside the misting nozzle spray hole, you will have to find a pin or an item tiny enough to poke through it to clean out the clog. Be careful not to expand the orifice! What the majority of expert mist system dealers do is just change out all the misting nozzles since it’s simpler and usually takes a lot less time than to try to clear out every mist nozzle, and the price of mist system nozzles is pretty minimal when you purchase them in bulk.

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