paying for elect.

I stay a couple months back East and pay. My cost are very low running both ACs and. The admin fees where more than the cost was. All going to depend on how much per KWH they charge. My bill was $15 max both months and almost that much to read the meter.

Indio in the summer will probably cost you $150+. The good news is if you were just to the west you wouldn't have Imperial as your electrical provider, you would have Edison which charges something like $.37 KWH because they get to charge a summer premium which borders on insane.

"camp104"....Depending on how long you'll be staying there and what they allow, they make some nice looking plastic swamp coolers. You could get a small one and disguise it near a window. In the dry heat of Indio it would probably work pretty well.

The average May temps in Indio in May will be 53 for low and 113 for high. In June, the average low is 60 and the high is 117. Expect to pay a lot for electricity.

Save the money on the swamp cooler and spend it on the cost of electricity. Swamp coolers aren't going to help you much in an RV. Good luck!

gemsworld wrote:
The average May temps in Indio in May will be 53 for low and 113 for high. In June, the average low is 60 and the high is 117. Expect to pay a lot for electricity.

Save the money on the swamp cooler and spend it on the cost of electricity. Swamp coolers aren't going to help you much in an RV. Good luck!

Gem.... you are talking about extreme temps.... that's not the normal.

A swamp cooler would work quite well in those temps. The rule of thumb is that the temp and humidity added together should be below 130 degrees, otherwise, the swamp cooler should work well.

If we are in the desert in the summer storing our coach in the storage garage, I thought about getting a portable air conditioner. We have a 30 amp plug but our coach would need more than one air running. We also have a 15 amp plug which the portable air will plug into.

i'll check the choices out soon.

MM.

Indio/Palm Springs in the summer is HOT. Not just hot, but HOT. Ask the park what to expect in electric costs, they will probably have an average based on other residents. Swamp coolers do not work well in the desert, extreme heat and very low humidity and you get instant evaporation. Better to spend time and a little money on solar shielding. Make an insert for vents, get reflective shields, even the silver windshield shields, and fit them in every window. My friend purchased silvered reflective rolls from HomeDepot. If you have an RV frig, don't expect it to keep ice or ice cream. The Desert is Hot, sometimes not so hot, like your lucky when it is in the 90's.
Sorry for all the good news. Happy Trails.

High heat and low humidity make a/c's not work so well...not very much moisture in the air for the a/c to cool, but that's just the desert. We were averaging $160/mo running 2 a/c's in IL. last summer...expensive at $0.22/kwh vs. $0.14 in TX.

1971duster340 wrote:
High heat and low humidity make a/c's not work so well...not very much moisture in the air for the a/c to cool, but that's just the desert. We were averaging $160/mo running 2 a/c's in IL. last summer...expensive at $0.22/kwh vs. $0.14 in TX.

I kinda know what you are saying but I don't think this makes sense. We get pretty good humidity in the summer her in Nebraska, nothing like way down south. When it is humid I do notice the great comfort of the air conditioner more, but the AC still lowers the temp to the desired temperature.

I would buy two of these ......20' Camping World misters and put one on your awning and the other on your roof between the air conditioners. It will cool your roof and the air around it making your ACs work better and have to cool less inside the MH. Two of these will use just over 1 gallon/hour if you are paying for water too.


For less money you could buy two of these .....pool misters for the roof and put them on a simple sprinkler timer as each uses over 10 g/h. You could also just buy the Tornado misting head and make your own for a lot less if you are handy.

If that is so then swamp coolers do not work anywhere. My (limited) understanding is that they do not work where humidity is high.

kalynzoo wrote:
Swamp coolers do not work well in the desert, extreme heat and very low humidity and you get instant evaporation.