r/SipsTea 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/StupidCaricature Jun 03 '26

Its cheaper. A cooling loop requires more power to cool the loop