Originally Posted by
pepperbelly
My grandparents had swamp coolers. They worked a little but mostly made the sugar clump.
Dad got a window unit in the early ‘70s in the living room but I kept my door shut and my window open. There was a field of alfalfa hay just south of my window and I loved that smell!
Swamp coolers work best with low humidity. Ever see those round coolers you hang on the window of a car? It had a cylindrical straw pad and water in the bottom. You pulled a string which rotated the straw into the water. The air blast from driving forced air into the car.
