strongenough78
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Exactly Keith!! I knew someone could put it into words lol. A crisp, fresh feeling.
Swamp/Evaporative Coolers
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lokringbob
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One for a car
Some where in my father's garage is a swamp cooler for a car. It has retractable legs for leveling, it runs on 6 volts and plugged into the lighter. It was used in my grandparents 47 or 48 Chrysler. They lived in west central Kansas (Great Bend area). As far as I know it still runs. If I can find will post a picture for everyone.
Some where in my father's garage is a swamp cooler for a car. It has retractable legs for leveling, it runs on 6 volts and plugged into the lighter. It was used in my grandparents 47 or 48 Chrysler. They lived in west central Kansas (Great Bend area). As far as I know it still runs. If I can find will post a picture for everyone.
cfz2882
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vintage car swamp coolers
i have seen some vintage 40s era car swamp coolers that fit into a window with the
window rolled up to keep the cooler in place-these were cylindrical with the open
end forward to receive ram airflow,water in the pan kept up manually.
i have seen some vintage 40s era car swamp coolers that fit into a window with the
window rolled up to keep the cooler in place-these were cylindrical with the open
end forward to receive ram airflow,water in the pan kept up manually.
I grew up with the Swamp cooolers in far SW Oklahoma. The gave my mother algeries so we were the first to go with a/c had central hert so was added. Problem we were farmers abd workd outside in the heat
The is 50's through th 7-'s and no a/c tractors. Dad would loet mother run it during trh day and some after we got home fromwork but before 9:00 pm off it went and so windy and dusty there mother did not allow windows to ope. I have 2 or 3 fan blowing on me at night and still sweat throught the matress. But during summer we did get up at 3:30 to moved irrigation pipe so got some relief.
Got married at 17 and got a job at the brick plant stacking the brink in the kilns and unstack them when done and coled. This was old brink plant where thy used the behive type kilns. worked the swing shift of 3 midnight heat wise was jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
The is 50's through th 7-'s and no a/c tractors. Dad would loet mother run it during trh day and some after we got home fromwork but before 9:00 pm off it went and so windy and dusty there mother did not allow windows to ope. I have 2 or 3 fan blowing on me at night and still sweat throught the matress. But during summer we did get up at 3:30 to moved irrigation pipe so got some relief.
Got married at 17 and got a job at the brick plant stacking the brink in the kilns and unstack them when done and coled. This was old brink plant where thy used the behive type kilns. worked the swing shift of 3 midnight heat wise was jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
waterwitch
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@strongenough78
I know what you mean. I love that certain scent that only Swamp Coolers with "Aspen" Pads give off. I also like that gust of air that they give. I remember growing up at my Grandmothers house, during the summer when she'd have it turned on. The entire room was animated, the curtains were waving, pictures on the wall rattled, she had to put the sugar bowl on top of the mail and papers that were on the table to prevent them from being blown away! It was wonderful!
I know what you mean. I love that certain scent that only Swamp Coolers with "Aspen" Pads give off. I also like that gust of air that they give. I remember growing up at my Grandmothers house, during the summer when she'd have it turned on. The entire room was animated, the curtains were waving, pictures on the wall rattled, she had to put the sugar bowl on top of the mail and papers that were on the table to prevent them from being blown away! It was wonderful!
I use a Convair Westwind to cool down the upper part of the house when it gets hot. It works, but it also makes a racket.
What also really helps is popping off the back and filling up the water tray with ice and water, then it blows extra cold, like an air conditioner.
These things cost an arm and a leg here because they're imported from Australia. They sold for a few years here and then just suddenly vanished, replaced by a slew of cheaper air conditioners.
I don't really get how a water pump, a fan and a pad of wood shavings can end up becoming more expensive than an air conditioner. :/
We have 15 percent relative humidity here during the summer, so they really work. What I do love about them though is how portable they are.
I bet a domestically produced evaporative cooler would be much cheaper.
What also really helps is popping off the back and filling up the water tray with ice and water, then it blows extra cold, like an air conditioner.
These things cost an arm and a leg here because they're imported from Australia. They sold for a few years here and then just suddenly vanished, replaced by a slew of cheaper air conditioners.
I don't really get how a water pump, a fan and a pad of wood shavings can end up becoming more expensive than an air conditioner. :/
We have 15 percent relative humidity here during the summer, so they really work. What I do love about them though is how portable they are.
I bet a domestically produced evaporative cooler would be much cheaper.
I remember a "Desert Cooler"same as a "Swamp Cooler"In the New Mexico area they were called "Desert Coolers"The house we lived in at Holloman AFB had one on the roof.Each spring Dad would fill it with water.Then in the fall he flushed it out-for the winter.the house had a gas furnace for heat.The cooler unit in that area worked quite well.don't remember any problems with it-was a child at the time.And I remember a similar unit Dad bought for the "Hearse" car we traveled to our cottage in Colorado for the summer.It fit in the window of the car-was on the passenger side-now and then you pulled a string protruding from the unit to wet the pads-and when you did you got a breif blast of water-did feel good when it was hot.If you were riding in the back of the car-that unit didn't do any good.and the "water bag" a canvas bag you dampened the outside of it-then filled with water-It hung from the hood ornament of the car-the water was nice and cold to drink.Summertime trips were adventures back then!The cottage was in Colorado Springs.A good days drive from Holloman AFB.
