Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Great explanation of AC systems for dummies

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> The contraption in the belt isn't so hard, its the shirt thats hard. My thought is to run vein sized tubes through the threads that either are made of, or contain a heat conducting material, and tie these to the "cool" tubes. Another problem though, what do you do with the heat? A heat sink around the belt would release the heat right back onto the person. In the case of some of us, dunlap disease would be really painful (Dunlap: n. Portion of belly which 'done lapped' over the belt.)

I've thought of using water tubes to cool clothing before but I guess 
you could cross that with a lil a/c unit. Hrm, I don't think you'd want 
to have the actual coolant running around the shirt but you could 
transfer the coolness from the coolant tubes in the belt into the water 
tubes of the shirt. Might be better than trying to use lil fans to blow 
cool air through the shirt.

Hrm the heatsink around the belt would only release the heat to the 
outside so it shouldn't go directly back in if the clothing was 
insolated enough. You might have to be careful with your arms I guess. I 
hadn't thought about people who lapped over their belt. I'm not sure 
it'd be a problem. You don't need to make the system move as much heat 
as say a household a/c unit so the surface could be kept fairly cool. 
Sweating cools your body but you don't burn yourself if you touch the 
outside of a sweating person.


-- 
So long and thanks for all the fish.

Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://kavlon.org

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