Evaporative Cooler on the Roof??
I was driving back from Virginia City NV today. On hiway 50 just east of Carson City, I saw an older bus conversion with a very large evaporative cooler on the roof.....must have been about 4 feet h...
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A friend of mine in TEMPE AZ got one of these evaporator coolers for his small trailer... His game plan was to use solar panel storing into a battery and run this on his desert trips...
All that needs powered is a 12VDC water pump and blower fan...
Should reduce the outside air by 15-20 degrees I would imagine...
Probably doesn't weight very much either...
When we lived in Tempe AZ back in the 60s this was the way to cool your house back then. Every house had one on its roof... Play games with windows cracked open and enjoy the cool breeze. Changing out the filters however you had to arm yourself to the gills for protection from black widow spiders living in the swamp cooler hehe...
Roy Ken
All that needs powered is a 12VDC water pump and blower fan...
Should reduce the outside air by 15-20 degrees I would imagine...
Probably doesn't weight very much either...
When we lived in Tempe AZ back in the 60s this was the way to cool your house back then. Every house had one on its roof... Play games with windows cracked open and enjoy the cool breeze. Changing out the filters however you had to arm yourself to the gills for protection from black widow spiders living in the swamp cooler hehe...
Roy Ken
