Air conditioner mister, apparatus and method
An apparatus includes a housing that includes a front face, a rear face, a front-face cut out on the front face, a rear-face cut out on the rear face, a front-face screen to cover the front-face cut out, and a rear-face screen to cover the rear-face cut out. A box insertable between the front face and the rear face. The box includes a plurality of wicks behind the front face of the housing when the box is inserted in the housing. The box includes a water connection fitting coupled to the plurality of wicks through a controllable valve. The controllable valve has an open position and closed position.
1. A system comprising:
a misting sub-system for cooling an air conditioner at a location to affect the run time of the air conditioner;
a cloud-based server wirelessly coupled to the misting sub-system;
wherein the cloud-based server is configured to:
receive reports from the misting sub-system regarding environmental conditions at the location and the run time of the air conditioner;
prepare analyses of the reports to identify monetary savings produced by the misting sub-system; and
provide the analyses to a user.
2. The system of claim 1 further comprising:
a plurality of additional misting sub-systems for cooling a respective plurality of air conditioners to affect the run time of respective air conditioners, where the plurality of air conditioners are at a plurality of respective locations;
the plurality of additional misting sub-systems being wirelessly coupled to the cloud-based server;
wherein the cloud-based server is further configured to:
receive reports from the plurality of additional misting sub-systems regarding environmental conditions at the respective locations and the run time of the plurality of air conditioners;
prepare analyses of the reports to identify settings for the misting sub-system; and
set the misting sub-system per the identified settings.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein:
the reports from the plurality of additional misting sub-systems include the current cost of power and the current cost of water at the respective locations of the respective additional misting sub-systems; and
the analyses of the reports from the plurality of additional misting sub-systems includes an analysis of a trade-off between the consumption of power and the consumption of water.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the analyses of the reports describe the efficiency of the air conditioner.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the analyses take into account make and model information regarding the air conditioner.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein:
the cloud-based server comprises a plurality of cloud-based servers.
7. A method performed by a cloud-based server comprising:
receiving reports from a misting sub-system regarding environmental conditions at a location and a run time of an air conditioner at the location;
preparing analyses of the reports to identify monetary savings produced by the misting sub-system; and
providing the analyses to a user;
wherein the misting sub-system is for cooling the air conditioner at the location to affect the run time of the air conditioner; and
wherein the cloud-based server is wirelessly coupled to the misting sub-system.
8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:
receiving reports from a plurality of additional misting sub-systems regarding environmental conditions at a plurality of respective locations and the run time of the plurality of air conditioners at the plurality of respective locations;
preparing analyses of the reports to identify settings for the misting sub-system; and
setting the misting sub-system per the identified settings;
wherein the plurality of additional misting sub-systems is for cooling the respective plurality of air conditioners to affect the run time of the respective air conditioners; and
wherein the plurality of additional misting sub-systems are wirelessly coupled to the cloud-based server.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein:
the reports from the plurality of additional misting sub-systems include the current cost of power and the current cost of water at the respective locations of the respective additional misting sub-systems; and
the analyses of the reports from the plurality of additional misting sub-systems include an analysis of a trade-off between the consumption of power and the consumption of water.
10. The method of claim 7 wherein the analyses of the reports describe the efficiency of the air conditioner.
11. The method of claim 7 wherein the analyses take into account make and model information regarding the air conditioner.
12. The method of claim 7 wherein:
the cloud-based server comprises a plurality of cloud-based servers.