by rootbeer » Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:29 am
No, a swamp cooler does not cool as well as a bona fide air conditioner. A swamper will only lower the temperature in the space in question by about 12 degrees or so. As was stated, it is an inexpensive way to cool air, but it has its limits. Out here, many of the homes use only swampers. It is so dry here, that the humidity they create is actually beneficial. When I run mine (which is essentially every minute I am home), I don't get a spark when I touch my computer case. After sparking my external hard drive about a year ago and losing plenty of good stuff in that sad process, I now always discharge myself before turning on my computer or my external drive.
I failed to mention that when my swamper is running, I have the window in my back bedroom open and two 20-inch fans (running at max rpm) bungeed into the kitchen window, pulling air through the place from rear to front. The cooler is right at the foot of my bed, which is in the living room because my computer and reloading bench is in the back bedroom, one bedroom is used as a storage room (saves me $75 a month in renting a storage locker) and I have no TV or sofa, so the front room is the best place for my pad. I would think with that rate of air exchange, a little chlorine in the air won't be a problem.But I thought I'd put it out for comments, anyway...
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