You both are right on the money!!
Higher ambient humidity, or much over 100 degrees and the swamp cooler's efficiency drops down to
the point of almost--I say almost-- being worse.
Growing up here in the San Joaquin Valley (that would be that big green patch running down the center of
California), we all grew up with swamp coolers...that's all we had... I think one maybe 2 families had bought an AC by '59 when we moved over to Coalinga (still in The Valley, but a lot more people.)
I slept more nights on the floor under a roof cooler than I did in my own bed (during the summer)....lying on ONE quilt on a cool linoleum covered floor...
Probably why I have to have a fan on when I sleep now...winter or summer.
For the last few years, all the Hoitie-Toities are calling them
"Evaporative Coolers"....trying to make
them sound like AC's poorer relative or something, I guess...
Travel the south and the midwest....they're still called Swamp Coolers out in the country!!!
But Jeez, Dennis.....that's the biggest mother of a swamp cooler I've ever seen....ever !!
Even bigger than the one we had at our maintenance shop at Texaco....and it was a monster !!
Do you have any idea how many CFM of air it moves?
I'm thinking the water bill isn't going to bother you, but if that's 220 three phase (like I think it is), and has
a 3 phase motor to move a gargantuos amount of CFM,
it's your ELECTRIC bill I'd be getting nervous about!!!
with Tom....the Dawg's got the right idea.....
(....awful glad ya didn't call me to "hep" ya
wit da "install", there, Dennis.....I DO 'preciate
DAD!
I TRULY DO !!!! ;D
(bye the bye....I have a (much) smaller one in my bedroom on the dresser)...a little 110v single phase, 3 speed...
I haul a gallon jug of water from the fridge to her, when I go to bed and
"freshen her up" a bit before I crawl in the
sack (sometimes w/ a bucket of ice cubes from the freezer, too....
It DOES save a LITTLE on the AC-induced 12 to 13 hundred dollar monthly electric bill in the sum-sum-summertime
here.
Get her good and cooled down, Big D....I'll be over and hang with ya in the evening times.......WAY into the evening time !!
Good Job, Doright....ya dun proud!!
#A_Toast#