bartmasta asked:
It’s summer and I am having tons of trouble with the heat. I can’t afford AC and I am considering buying a swamp cooler.
I’ve got a few questions on em.
1. How will they affect my room humidity? I don’t know what it is now but I don’t want it to be too humid. If it’s possible I’d like to also point the fan at my computer to cool it a bit, but I’m worried about the humidity.
2. How much will they lower temps? I am planning to use water close to 0′C mixed with some ice to keep it real cool.
3. Are swamp coolers a good way to keep me cool, or possibly even my whole room (it’s small) cool? The one I’m getting is pretty small.
Humidity is around 60% outside, dunno what it is in my room
December 25th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
it depends how humid it is outside, the more moisture outside, the more moisture that ends up inside
they lower temps fairly well
they are OK, not amazing for people who are high maitnence but I don’t htink you are so you should be good
December 26th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Swamp coolers work best in low humidity environments (like the desert). The evaporation of the water cools a heat exchanger, which causes cooling of the circulated water. This is then sent to another heat exchanger, where the air blown across it is cooled and sent to the house vents. And example of this evaporative cooling is how your skin is cooled by sweat when air blows on it.
If the air outside is humid, the water doesn’t evaporate as readily. So, less heat is removed and the chill water isn’t cooled as well.
A swamp cooler won’t reduce the humidity in your room as much as a regular air conditioner.
In ideal climates (high heat, low humidity), they can lower temperatures about 25 to 30 degrees F. But, they are also much cheaper to buy and use about 1/4 the electricity as a standard AC unit.
December 27th, 2009 at 8:48 am
These are used in hot dry climates, like the Texas pan handle, Lubbock area, and the dry parts of Oklahoma and parts of New Mexico.
Where cotton grows.
If one is used, like near the coast, in high humidity, it will mildew your shoes in your closet.
December 30th, 2009 at 3:35 am
If you can feel the humidity, the swamp cooler will make it feel like, well, a swamp.
Also, you would have to leave a door or something open, because they dont have return air, so there is nowhere for the warm air to go when you try to push the cooler air in.