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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
mmm mould spores. I live in the UK where its way too humid to consider trying this inside. Pumping water through silicone pipes around my legs and a reservoir with an ice bottle in it did an alright job to help cool off after exercise though. Not sure how sustainable it would be to run long term, think I need another source of cool.
I have wondered how cool the ground is if you dug down 50cm or so and put the pipes there to cool down. But at that point I would be using a huge amount of pipes to get it anywhere with no idea if it would even work very well.
rapchee@lemmy.world 2 days ago
i believe a few meters down it’s a constant 10-15 °C, they do use it in “ground heat exchangers”, cool in the summer, warmer in the winter
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
A few meters down is a lot to dig with a spade compared to 50cm which is still quite a bit of digging really.
I do wonder what kind of temperature the water in a pond would be and if I could use that to dump heat into from my house.