There are still lots of swamp coolers around here in AZ. New ones
are available. Mostly used for replacement .. Newer homes (last
15 years) only have A/C...
Most they are roof mounted and bring in dry air, pass it through a
"waterfall" and distribute the "humidified" air throughout the duct
system of a house.
Downside... The calcium and other "stuff" in the water can build up
and make a mess. Really should have a water "decalcification" system
to go with it. Many homes have both A/C and swamp coolers and use
one or the other depending on how high the temp gets......
Take care,
Chuck
Phoenix AZ.... Only has A/C and keep it at 83F.......
On Jun 8, 2006, at 8:00 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
No, basically its sort of like an AC, sort of. They have different
sizes of them ranging from little table top ones to bigger ones
that sit
outside the window with the air vent sticking in the windows
blowing in.
You basically fill the pan up with water and it pumps the water
up to
the top and trickles down a fiberous material thru which a fan
blows air
with is cooled by the flowing water. They can actually work pretty
well. You have to refill it with water every so often.
Steve MacSween wrote:
Okay, now you have me interested but confused.
Is this a dehumidifier you're talking about?
Mac
on 6/8/06 10:45 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Didnt know people still used those things. We called them water
coolers
here. I remember when I was a kit many folks used to use those
things
before they had AC, in fact, we used to use one as well.
Desert Rat wrote:
What I appreciate the most about dry heat is the fact that all I
need
to cool our place is an evaporator cooler for pennies a day
instead of
$ per hour if I had to use the A.C. Other day it was 114 and
never had
to use AC. Now, when we get the monsoons in August and humidity
goes
over 40%, the cooler doesn't work.
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