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

Apr 23, 2019
3:13:19pm

Game Changer Playmaker

overall it was decent. It had absolutely zero effect on anything else in the house. Does not change the humidity levels in your home significantly.

Report problem with this ad

Game Changer

Bio page: Game Changer
Joined: Feb 21, 2016
Last login: Apr 18, 2020
Total posts: 9,027 (38 FO)

Report problem with this ad

Messages

Author

Time

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.

Cachanilla83

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.

Cachanilla83

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

Windward_Coug

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

Report problem with this ad

Posting on CougarBoard

In order to post, you will need to either sign up or log in.

Report problem with this ad