Mini Swamp Cooler (Arctic Air) - Legit?
I live in HOT area of So Cal Desert! We enjoy camping in Southwest states in summers. It can get hot (100-110f). My AC is a 13.5 in a 25' trailer (29' overall). Have any of you used this prod...
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BobsYourUncle wrote:
Back in the day before I could afford AC I made my own simple swamp cooler.
A plastic tub, couple blocks of ice, and a fan. Done.
It actually worked amazingly well.
Gotta have a supply of block ice though. Works better than just water.
Blowing air across a block of ice is not a swamp cooler.
Swamp coolers rely on evaporation. The phase change from liquid to gas absorbs heat.
They work well in low humidity environments as evaporation can occur rapidly absorbing lots of heat. They do add humidity to the air but that's often a good thing in arid environments.
In a humid environments, evaporation occurs much more slowly to the point where they offer negligible cooling and they make the already muggy air even more moist.
