Anyone know if they still make an air conditioner like this?

[dakata24]

when i was a kid, our family had this air conditioning device (about the size of a mini fridge) that used water to spew out cool air. there was a input thing where youd add the water in the back of the unit.

threw it out years later cuz of abuse from my siblings stuffing paper/etc where you fill it with water..

wouldnt mind getting something like that for the summer..

 

[FoBoT]

its sometimes called a "swamp cooler"
my dad has/had one

check with a really old guy in your neighborhood, he'll know what it is/maybe where to get one

 

[notfred]

you mean a swamp cooler?

dammit... too slow...

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I've often heard of a thing called a box evaporator, could this be it? Works like you said, uses water to cool the room rather than an exchange of hot/cold freon to coils/compressor outside. I've always been keen on finding one, but have never seen one for sale

Did that thing have to have an external part (like outside the house) or was it just something you could stick in the middle of the room? I'd like one.

 

[dakata24]

ah.. swamp cooler.. is that what their called.. ill ask around..

bruno: no external part to stick outside. it was a standalone unit. had rollers to move around the room basically anywhere as long as the power cord was long enuff..

wish we hadnt messed it up so bad..

 

[The Stigenator]

They are known as Desert Coolers or Humidifers.

They still make them, and I know fry's carries them. They are good for dry regions like AZ and interior areas.

 

[dakata24]

<< They are known as Desert Coolers or Humidifers.

They still make them, and I know fry's carries them. They are good for dry regions like AZ and interior areas. >>



dont humidifers spray out a mist though? the one that our family had, just blew pretty cool air.. no water mist..

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Would this thing be like a humidifier? Would they be safe to put in a room with a ton of electronics (computers, monitors, tvs, vcrs, dvd, etc)?

 

[WW]

the formal name is "evaporative cooler"

 

[cressida]

hm... I would like to know where to buy one too.

 

[Jzero]

Never heard of this but I used to hang my Misty Mate on the grill of my fan....that was pretty intense.
Don't do it near electronics, though

 

[dakata24]

found something called the Kool Zone Evaporative Cooler

not sure about the dealer, but price seems reasonable. now if i could find a store that sells this in my area.

 

[cressida]

do these work well?

 

[dakata24]

<< do these work well? >>



i dunno. if you do a search off of epinions and bizrate for "kool zone" they give a link to the store that sells them.. wouldnt see why it wont work..

btw, thanks for the link to the ebay cooler.. abit big though.. the kool zone might fit my room better..

 

[Adul]

they have some here at home depot.

 

[etech]

google "evaporative cooler".

Quite a few links on google.


VW even made a swamp cooler for the bug.
bug cooler, it's the big round canister