I was just wondering if anyone has ever tried to build there own swamp cooler. I've never actually seen one, but doesn't seem like it would be too hard to reproduce the effects right. Keep in mind this is for functionality rather than looks.
David
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hillbilly
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Do you mean swamp cooler as in a cooling system for a garage? The type you would find in say a supermarket or such? If so, I have built one and it worked fine. There are a few pro's and cons to them if you want it for a garage .... if not sorry can't help you as that's the only type of swamp cooler I know of....go from here I guess. 
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Jeff T
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I know what you mean.Try to look at an original one for a VW.They shouldn't be too hard to make.Look on ebay.They have them there off and on fairly cheap. JT
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The window swamp coolers are really just a tube with an intake up front (don't forget the overflow vent near the back), an outlet into the car window, and a roll of absorbent material on a screen and a water well at the bottom.
The tricky thing is keeping the roll of material wet. In the manual jobs, the roll is on a spring that is works like a window shade - you pull on a sash cord to roll the material through the water and it flips back. I suppose an electric pump could be used to keep it wet just as the home window units use.
Swamp coolers only work in very dry conditions. I used to live in the high-plains desert where they were super effective. (In fact, refrigeration auto AC hardly worked at all there.) But in other climates all they do is make the environment even more muggy.
I still have an auto window model - Sears made them way back when. Can't use it now that I live in Minnesota.
The tricky thing is keeping the roll of material wet. In the manual jobs, the roll is on a spring that is works like a window shade - you pull on a sash cord to roll the material through the water and it flips back. I suppose an electric pump could be used to keep it wet just as the home window units use.
Swamp coolers only work in very dry conditions. I used to live in the high-plains desert where they were super effective. (In fact, refrigeration auto AC hardly worked at all there.) But in other climates all they do is make the environment even more muggy.
I still have an auto window model - Sears made them way back when. Can't use it now that I live in Minnesota.
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Badbug19
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I live in West Texas, and just about anything would be better than what i have now, nothing. The hot air blowing in the window is almost as bad as having the windows up some of the time
David
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