"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 19:25:51 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:59:11 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>
>>> I live in an area (Albuquerque, NM) that uses swamp coolers
>>> extensively. I use one: it is a whole house one. It sits on top of
>>> my house and my landlord comes over in the late spring and changes the
>>> pads and services it. It goes off in October here...
>>>
>>> One thing that needs to be noted is that they don't work well with
>>> higher humidity. The humidity here in NM is often in single digits,
>>> except during monsoon season, which is now. Now the humidity is
>>> about 36% and that is high for this area. The swamp cooler is
>>> running right now, and is doing it's best to cool my house down. But
>>> due to the higher humidity, it isn't doing as well as it does when it
>>> is dryer outside.
>>
>>Thanks very much for that. I guess no one is putting you down for using
>>one? A whole house one? How does that work??
>
> It works just as a whole house A/C unit does..except it is a a swamp
> cooler.

Okayyyyyyyyyyy ;-)

>
> They are pretty standard here in this part of the US. It is more
> unusual to have A/C or what we call "refrigerated" air here. And the
> swamp coolers are much less expensive to use.


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