16:58 Tips is to place the fan 0.5meter from the window. This will increase the air exchange between inside and outside. When the fan is placed in the window, like it is now, it will just move the outside air. This is due to that the fan collect air from the sides. Do a test and you should be able to feel the cool air come inside a lot faster.
Thanks! I heard about that and forgot about it. I tried it out for a few minutes during the heat Wave and put it back in the window. I will try it today for a longer period of time.
I live in Los Angeles and it has been HOT AF the last few days. Have you looked at Vevors swamp coolers? The design of those interests me because they contain a reservoir for cold packs and even a very small solar system can power a freezer. So if you can just freeze water bottles and cycle them you can improve the efficiency of a swamp cooler drastically and im pretty sure running a swamp cooler and a freezer is still lower wattage than running an AC depending on many factors and assuming access to water isnt an issue. I would be willing to bet though that freezing water bottles in your swamp cooler would improve the temps by maybe 10 degrees? Might be being too optimistic.
It's worth a try I guess. I don't know if it would do anything or not. Because then you have to put heat back into the room from the refrigerator to cool warm water back down.
Yup! I thought it would put it up very high but blow in cooler air, it's blowing in warmer air, and less humidity. So I guess about the same. I looked at some online graphs for these coolers, and the temperature outside, and the humidity, and what I was getting inside the house checks out, at least from what I see, so that's good! (:
You used to say how hot your room was some years back when you'd be in SuperSight's chats, and I wondered if you were exaggerating a bit. -- You weren't. 😆
Dude looking at that you might want to check for legionnaires 😂 mini split heat pumps are cheap as shit now and no chance of bacteria contamination flowing through your lungs but to each is own.
@@Need_a_trailboss I haven't heard much of a problem with bacteria and evaporative coolers. My main issue is the electricity price. I need to get solar. I am paying over $500 a month. Electricity is 65 cents per kilowatt-hour during the day 75 cents per kilowatt hour in the peak hours and for a few hours at night it's about 45 cents per kilowatt hour.
Thats a disgusting unit, having said that, i lived 25 yrs w swamp coolers in west Texas, they work well, hint dont put that fan in the window to draw air out, just crack that window about 3 inches and create a presser in the house an it will draw the air under pressure out, cracking the top and not the bootom is better as its pulling the air across the room and drawing the heat that rises out. And you need more water in the bottom of the cooler,if you have a leah take jb weld and patch the leak(hole)water level should be above the round bottom of the pump, about 2 to 3 inches in the bottom of the unit. Good units have grease fittings on the bearings, but the bearings can be replaced, and a pully size change can make it blow harder, ie move more air. But hey im just a idiot, dont listen to me
That is a good idea about the leak! I tried caulk, but the tubes I had where dry, so I gave up and forgot about it, I'll patch it soon! It's not really disgusting, it has new pads, I cleaned it. It's just very rusty. But not full of mold at least! What does more water at the bottom do? The fan does actually seem to help, as with just the window open, the low CFM unite I have doesn't have enough strength to push a decent amount of air into that room to cool it down. After the test I got a portable swamp cooler, and put that in the room (still with the fan in the window), and I ran the portable cooler along with the window one, and that helped cool the bedroom down to the same temperature as the living room, if not a tad cooler. So I'll do that on the very hot days.. Although now it's so cool out I almost don't need the cooler, it was 75F today.
Blowing all that rusty air into your “home” probably not good for your lungs. I’m not sure if I’m shocked that it kind of works or the condition of things…😮 🎉🎉
@@YoungVeteran2023 it's not really blowing rust into the house. The rust is staying where it is. I would say it is pretty impressive for what it is. It's an undersized cooler but for the heat it's doing pretty good. What do you mean by "home"? (:
16:58 Tips is to place the fan 0.5meter from the window. This will increase the air exchange between inside and outside. When the fan is placed in the window, like it is now, it will just move the outside air. This is due to that the fan collect air from the sides. Do a test and you should be able to feel the cool air come inside a lot faster.
Thanks! I heard about that and forgot about it. I tried it out for a few minutes during the heat Wave and put it back in the window. I will try it today for a longer period of time.
I live in Los Angeles and it has been HOT AF the last few days. Have you looked at Vevors swamp coolers? The design of those interests me because they contain a reservoir for cold packs and even a very small solar system can power a freezer. So if you can just freeze water bottles and cycle them you can improve the efficiency of a swamp cooler drastically and im pretty sure running a swamp cooler and a freezer is still lower wattage than running an AC depending on many factors and assuming access to water isnt an issue. I would be willing to bet though that freezing water bottles in your swamp cooler would improve the temps by maybe 10 degrees? Might be being too optimistic.
It's worth a try I guess. I don't know if it would do anything or not. Because then you have to put heat back into the room from the refrigerator to cool warm water back down.
Interesting how the cooler doesnt push the humidity up so much.
Yup! I thought it would put it up very high but blow in cooler air, it's blowing in warmer air, and less humidity. So I guess about the same.
I looked at some online graphs for these coolers, and the temperature outside, and the humidity, and what I was getting inside the house checks out, at least from what I see, so that's good! (:
You used to say how hot your room was some years back when you'd be in SuperSight's chats, and I wondered if you were exaggerating a bit. -- You weren't. 😆
Some days it can get much hotter inside, but that's before I got the swamp cooler. (:
Dude looking at that you might want to check for legionnaires 😂 mini split heat pumps are cheap as shit now and no chance of bacteria contamination flowing through your lungs but to each is own.
@@Need_a_trailboss I haven't heard much of a problem with bacteria and evaporative coolers. My main issue is the electricity price. I need to get solar. I am paying over $500 a month. Electricity is 65 cents per kilowatt-hour during the day 75 cents per kilowatt hour in the peak hours and for a few hours at night it's about 45 cents per kilowatt hour.
Thats a disgusting unit, having said that, i lived 25 yrs w swamp coolers in west Texas, they work well, hint dont put that fan in the window to draw air out, just crack that window about 3 inches and create a presser in the house an it will draw the air under pressure out, cracking the top and not the bootom is better as its pulling the air across the room and drawing the heat that rises out. And you need more water in the bottom of the cooler,if you have a leah take jb weld and patch the leak(hole)water level should be above the round bottom of the pump, about 2 to 3 inches in the bottom of the unit. Good units have grease fittings on the bearings, but the bearings can be replaced, and a pully size change can make it blow harder, ie move more air. But hey im just a idiot, dont listen to me
That is a good idea about the leak! I tried caulk, but the tubes I had where dry, so I gave up and forgot about it, I'll patch it soon!
It's not really disgusting, it has new pads, I cleaned it. It's just very rusty. But not full of mold at least!
What does more water at the bottom do?
The fan does actually seem to help, as with just the window open, the low CFM unite I have doesn't have enough strength to push a decent amount of air into that room to cool it down.
After the test I got a portable swamp cooler, and put that in the room (still with the fan in the window), and I ran the portable cooler along with the window one, and that helped cool the bedroom down to the same temperature as the living room, if not a tad cooler. So I'll do that on the very hot days.. Although now it's so cool out I almost don't need the cooler, it was 75F today.
Blowing all that rusty air into your “home” probably not good for your lungs.
I’m not sure if I’m shocked that it kind of works or the condition of things…😮
🎉🎉
@@YoungVeteran2023 it's not really blowing rust into the house. The rust is staying where it is.
I would say it is pretty impressive for what it is. It's an undersized cooler but for the heat it's doing pretty good.
What do you mean by "home"? (: