Raise your hand!
#51
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: So Plymouth, NY
Posts: 2,502
Just gotta ask....what is a swamp cooler?
Well, it's going to be 112 here today. Granted no humidity, but we will be getting monsoons soon and it will be very humid. It only gets down to 80 degrees at night. Thank goodness for swamp coolers (until, of course, we get the monsoons). Even though it is 81 in my house when I get home from work at night with the cooler running on high all day. Luckily I have dual cooling (swamp and refrigeration), but the electric bill keeps me from running the AC for more than a couple hours at night to cool it down enough to fall asleep. We won't see cool weather until well into October. The joke here is "don't go away for a long weekend or you will miss Spring and Fall".
#52
Also called evaporative (or evap) coolers. It is a LARGE metal box with a huge drum inside. One side is completely open and has various types of pads that have water running down them constantly. The drum pulls air through the wet pads and forces it inside the house through your ductwork. They work wonderfully when there is no humidity, but not when the humidity gets up at all. And they only cool about 20% lower than the outside air temp. So pretty much useless when the temperature hits 110 or more.
I actually turned on my AC last night, but after about 2 hours it was hotter than when I turned it on. So it looks like I will be calling an AC repairman soon. Thank God for the swamp.
I actually turned on my AC last night, but after about 2 hours it was hotter than when I turned it on. So it looks like I will be calling an AC repairman soon. Thank God for the swamp.
#53
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: So Plymouth, NY
Posts: 2,502
Also called evaporative (or evap) coolers. It is a LARGE metal box with a huge drum inside. One side is completely open and has various types of pads that have water running down them constantly. The drum pulls air through the wet pads and forces it inside the house through your ductwork. They work wonderfully when there is no humidity, but not when the humidity gets up at all. And they only cool about 20% lower than the outside air temp. So pretty much useless when the temperature hits 110 or more.
I actually turned on my AC last night, but after about 2 hours it was hotter than when I turned it on. So it looks like I will be calling an AC repairman soon. Thank God for the swamp.
I actually turned on my AC last night, but after about 2 hours it was hotter than when I turned it on. So it looks like I will be calling an AC repairman soon. Thank God for the swamp.
#54
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Holmen, WI
Posts: 6,459
We'd never thought about it before. Like I said, this is so NOT like our usual bill. But if it keeps up, I can see budge plan in my future! Is everybody else's as crazy as ours?
#55
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Holmen, WI
Posts: 6,459
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
littledentist
Main
21
03-22-2013 03:36 AM
stitchinwitch
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
99
04-10-2010 10:30 AM
RedGarnet222
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
34
03-28-2010 03:21 PM