Here's a chart to help you determine if the evap cooler will work for you

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Apr 23, 2019
3:03:35pm

Kauai 3rd String

Here's a chart to help you determine if the evap cooler will work for you

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Kauai

Bio page: Kauai
Joined: Oct 22, 2018
Last login: May 18, 2024
Total posts: 4,670 (4 FO)

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any experience with an evaporative cooler in utah?

v1k0u6

4/23/19 2:55pm

Cheap to run. Less effective than AC. Some elevated mold risk.

TaiJuan

4/23/19 2:56pm

I have not enjoyed using them. Window AC units all the way, baby.

Cougarrr

4/23/19 2:57pm

Here's a chart to help you determine if the evap cooler will work for you

Kauai

4/23/19 3:03pm

They work okay until it gets humid (summer "thunder-bumper" times). You need

StarMan

4/23/19 3:04pm

Plan on eating the entire bag of chips once you open them, otherwise they'll be a soggy mess if they hang around for any

foofcoug

4/23/19 3:06pm

Super cheap to run and are sufficient.

4/23/19 3:10pm

True RE: leaks on the shingles/roof. Just make sure you have a hose hooked

StarMan

4/23/19 3:13pm

Embarrassingly it took me too many years to realize that thing had threads.

4/23/19 3:45pm

My neighbors had the leaking thing. Ours never had any significant problems.

Game Changer

4/23/19 3:16pm

Sufficient only if you hang out in the hallway where the vent is.

WJCougar

4/23/19 4:36pm

I grew up in a house with an evaporative cooler. Not super effective, but

Game Changer

4/23/19 3:13pm

i live in utah & have one. it's cheap to run & does the trick most of the time,

fi3sta

4/23/19 3:35pm

I took mine off and put in a skylight.

John Doe

4/23/19 4:09pm

Everyone has them where I live (northern NM) though it seems the last few years

4/23/19 3:45pm

We had one the first 13 years we had our house. Here's all you need to know:

squidmark

4/23/19 3:48pm

Just had mine removed after 25 years. Looking forward to experiencing central air.

John Doe

4/23/19 4:05pm

Distribution of cold air is usually an issue. Typically they blow into a single

mudpupper

4/23/19 4:21pm

A heat pump is basically a central AC running in reverse. It's used in lieu of

Josef K

4/23/19 4:59pm

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