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PamE
03-30-2005, 07:11 PM
They just gave dh an early birthday present.... a new swamp cooler!!!!! 8o Fil had ordered one for his apartments and it was the wrong size. He decided to give it to us instead. Woooo hoooo!!! Our old one was probably 30 years old or so and we've been babying it along for the past few summers, dreading the time it would really die. :lol:

Who knows, with this new, effecient model maybe I won't complain about the heat as much this summer! :newwink:
AnnW
03-30-2005, 07:22 PM
Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JAK
03-30-2005, 07:31 PM
That's the best!!! :yippee:
littlesista06
03-30-2005, 09:26 PM
Congrats!!!
KarlaB
03-30-2005, 10:20 PM
What a wonderful surprise and treat!!! Enjoy!! :yippee:
angie r
03-31-2005, 12:24 AM
How nice of them!! Congrats!
Diane
03-31-2005, 12:30 AM
That was nice... :) What wonderful in-laws you have.

Diane...
Beth/TX
03-31-2005, 12:51 AM
What a great gift! Enjoy!
imamama
03-31-2005, 08:16 AM
That's awesome!! A nice cool summer for you guys!! Yea!!
BevJ
03-31-2005, 08:56 AM
How generous.
Melody
03-31-2005, 09:26 AM
Very nice! Enjoy :)
Toby
03-31-2005, 10:27 AM
Ok, Ok, I am Canadian so I need a translation...what is a "Swamp Cooler"?
Is that like a sump pump? And Why would you need one in Arizona?
Confused
Toby :roll:
Diane
03-31-2005, 10:57 AM
Toby... Here it is as it was explained to Fern/I by (I think) Pam when I asked what a swamp cooler was. LOL

Copy and pasted from another post...

Diane and Fern a swamp cooler is a box that looks like your AC units on the outside. On the inside there are four pads (usually made of aspen "threads" or excelsior), a "spider" (tubes that squirt water onto the pads) and a squirrel cage (a motor-driven fan that blows air through the water-soaked pads and into the vent system of your house). It cools by adding humidity to the air, thus the "swamp" part (I have yet to understand where the "cooler" comes from!!!). You get the same affect by putting a wet towel in front of a fan and it works okay as long as there's zero humidity. (HA!) Our hottest months are June, July and August. Those are also our highest humidity/monsoon months! Basically unless you live in a dry, dry climate... swamp coolers suck!
PamE
03-31-2005, 12:07 PM
Yup! That's a swamp cooler! I'm anxious to see how the "new and improved" models really work. I'm thinking Antarctic, but will settle for not melting down into my shoes. :lol: Even that may be a tad unrealistic since they all have the same basic function.
Toby
03-31-2005, 06:32 PM
Well, I learned something today, thanks for the translation. We up here in Siberia would never even think of cooling with humidity. The humidity is deadly in the summer here but make for spectacular thunderstorms.
Does this machine cost the same as regular air conditioning ? Is it cheaper to run? More environmentally sensitive/better fuel efficiency?
Will tell my hubby about this one, as he would be interested in the tech part?
Cheers and thanks again for the translation..
Toby
PamE
03-31-2005, 07:10 PM
Well, I learned something today, thanks for the translation. We up here in Siberia would never even think of cooling with humidity. The humidity is deadly in the summer here but make for spectacular thunderstorms.
Does this machine cost the same as regular air conditioning ? Is it cheaper to run? More environmentally sensitive/better fuel efficiency?
Will tell my hubby about this one, as he would be interested in the tech part?
Cheers and thanks again for the translation..
Toby

I believe the cost of the machine is less and monthly operating costs are definitely much less. Uses less electricity. The only extra is the water you use, which barely shows up on the monthly bill. :)