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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:38 PM Original message |
Swamp coolers, do they work? |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. nah they don't work |
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LandOLincoln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, Los Angeles is too humid for swamp (i.e. evaporative) coolers. |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Actually, I'm in Sierra Madre (Pasadena). |
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LandOLincoln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Don't believe it. I've lived in Albuquerque since 1991, after |
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petersjo (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Friends in Arizona-- |
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WyLoochka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 06:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Many Arizonans have a "piggyback" |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. I heard they're energy pigs, too |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:55 PM Original message |
They are actually very efficient. |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, my situation is this: |
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sophie996 (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 06:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. works great for me |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. They work really, really well! |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'm up on the side of a mountain, with few neighbors. |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 06:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I'd go for it. |
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fairfaxvadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good grief, Move!! |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Hmm, maybe I should just pay the power bill... |
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fairfaxvadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 06:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. well, that is a reasonable option... |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. I grew up in El Paso, TX, and everybody had swamp coolers |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not as efficient in LA. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 10:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. They are very energy efficient...it's just a fan in a box. |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 11:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Thanks everybody for your opinions... |
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ZenLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-04 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. They work well in dry climates |
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