Keeping cool under sweltering sun

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Jason Dean, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning special project manager, strips the plastic casing off of copper cable used in a packaged air conditioning system here, May 26. The system is used to maintain cool temperatures surrounding mission essential computer equipment in the Air Terminal Operations Center. Most daily temperatures at Balad AB this month have been either at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Sergeant Dean is deployed from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Keeping cool under sweltering sun

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Jason Dean, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning special project manager, takes a reading from a refrigerant gauge here, May 26. The gauge gives internal diagnostic readings of coolant levels in air conditioning systems. Most daily temperatures at Balad AB this month have been either at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Sergeant Dean is deployed from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Keeping cool under sweltering sun

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Jason Dean, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning special project manager, disconnects old wiring from a packaged air conditioning system here, May 26. Refurbishing an air conditioning system is a four-day process and consists of pulling out all primary and secondary control wiring and then installing new wiring. Sergeant Dean is deployed from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Keeping cool under sweltering sun

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Jason Dean, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning special project manager, pulls out old wiring from a packaged air conditioning system here, May 26. The system is used to maintain cool temperatures surrounding mission essential computer equipment in the Air Terminal Operations Center. Most daily temperatures at Balad AB this month have been either at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Sergeant Dean is deployed from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Keeping cool under sweltering sun

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Jason Dean, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning special project manager, checks the electrical current passing through a packaged air conditioning system with a multimeter, an electronic measuring instrument, here, May 26. Refurbishing air conditioning systems is a four-day process that consists of pulling out all primary and secondary control wiring and then installing new wiring. Sergeant Dean is deployed from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Keeping cool under sweltering sun

Published May 28, 2008