Re: hot water
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: hot water
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:16:57 EDT
In a message dated 6/29/99 12:13:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rado1000@hotmail.com writes:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to refine my watering/cooling system this year. Here's a
> question. When I've got a hose stretched across the yard and the sun is
out
> and it's hot, the water that comes out at first could brew a good cup of
> coffee, it's so hot. Then, depending on the weather & humidity I may only
> turn it on for a minute or two. I'm trying to cool the plants, not cook
> them. What's the most efficient way to keep that water from being so hot??
> If I did this with PVC would the water stay cooler than in a garden hose?
> What about if I put the hose through the fattest PVC pipe I could find, so
> the hose would be in the pipe rather than in direct sun, plus have a
little
> air around it inside the pipe? Maybe I need to plant a row of little
> umbrellas and lay the hose under them???
>
> Last year the hose was in shade almost the whole way, and I just propped a
> board so it shaded the hose where it was in the sun, but at our new patch
> it's a longer distance in the sun.
>
> Thanks,
> Beth
>
Beth, the problem is mainly because the hose color is probably dark. A white
PVC pipe would work really well. It woudl both reflect the sun and not absorb
heat, and it would add a layer of air which would insulate it.
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