On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:59:11 +0100, "Ophelia"
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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> > On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 19:05:03 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > > wrote:
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> >> On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 07:56:15 -0700, sf > wrote:
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> >> >You can buy window units for $50 on sale, but stand alone room air
> >> >conditioners are more expensive and begin around $300. Personally,
> >> >I'd get a ductless unit if it was an issue - but in reality a fan
> >> >works just fine when the temps hit 80° at my house (I need moving
> >> >air). If it was any hotter on a regular basis, I'd be spending real
> >> >money to fix the problem.
> >>
> >> We don't have AC. We have never seen the need for one. Our temps
> >> drop to 60 overnight. You leave the windows open. In the morning,
> >> you put the window fan on high at one end of the house and another fan
> >> blowing out at the other end. Open all doors and windows. Keep an
> >> eye on the temps. When outside and inside temps equal at 70 or so,
> >> close everything up. Keep a fan going. You will be good until about
> >> 8 at night when you open everything up again. You just have to be
> >> bright enough and not too lazy in order to manage. On the other hand,
> >> if you just want a reason to shop on the Internet, a swamp cooler
> >> fills the bill
> >> Janet US
> >
> > Agree. That's how that goes 99% of the time in my microclimate,
> > except I have zero experience with a swamp cooler so I can't comment
> > on aspect. A regular , super cheap, fan bought on sale at the
> > drugstore works for me.
>
> I hadn't heard of swamp coolers before but from what I read, they are very
> popular in various part of USA. If they work then I don't understand the
> put downs about it. We 'pays our money and takes our choice' as we are wont
> to say! My money, my choice!

Now it's coming out that swamp coolers put humidity into the air which
is the last thing you'd want in the Midwest and South. I think it's
true for the East coast too. They have high humidity with soaring
temperatures. Makes it hard to breathe. The Southwest and West have
low humidity (so little that it's never discussed unless you're
talking to someone from back East), so a swamp cooler would work out
here. There's good and bad with both situations. The good part for
the West is higher temps are easier to take (that's why old people
move to the Southwest). Slightly inland, it can hit 80 and you'd
never know it was that hot if you didn't look at a thermometer, but it
also means less rain - so water is metered, expensive and sometimes
rationed.

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