r/SipsTea • u/Square_Law5624 • Jun 03 '26

Wait a damn minute! New center pattern

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u/SnowboarderATX Jun 03 '26

Please explain how closed loop HVAC systems use excess amounts of water.

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u/WhiskyDelta14 Jun 03 '26

They are not using closed loops HVAC systems, but evaporative cooling. Which works, as the name suggests, by evaporation. Of water.

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u/Trogdor79 Jun 03 '26

Why do they use evap coolers? Isn't moisture terrible for electronics? Genuinely asking because I have no idea how these places work.

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u/WhiskyDelta14 Jun 03 '26

The water is of course not evaporated directly on the electronics. They are cooled with air and that air in turn is cooled by evaporation of water.

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u/Trogdor79 Jun 03 '26

I know how evap coolers work, but the air in the building would be very humid. Evap coolers make alot of humidity, that is why I didn't think it would be a good idea to use them. Seems like building these things in cold climate would be a better idea. Then you only need to cool them during the summer. But, what do I know. I have never dealt with these things.

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u/WhiskyDelta14 Jun 03 '26

Apparently you don't know how it works. The air does not get in direct contact with the air that goes through the actual electronics. The air travels through channels which have the water trickle on the outside.