Lucky me!

115 today. Wonder how effective the swamp/evaporative cooler will be? I have a slight concern.

I just love summers in SW AZ and monsoon seasons.

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KenK
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Oren wrote in news:4mt5oadfh915hcrcifs69i5cd4b6klmf1p@

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20% - thank goodness.

Yes, I know. I've had one for ~30 years. Actually, if it's only 105 or less it will work at a bit highers %s. At least for me - reasonable heat doesn't bother me that much/ I was raised in Chicago summers when the only A/Cs were in movie theaters.

We've been there for a week or two.

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KenK

Hot and dry, not too hard in the shade. Used to go down to PHX in my working days often taking whole family for a few months. I wokred for Honeywell(only career I had after mil. service), so used to go down there. Likewise it is cold and dry in winter up here, not too bad.

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Tony Hwang

Main reason my wife will never talk me into moving to AZ

here in Wis. it's presently 64

for me that's perfect

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philo

In my experience when the humidity is low swamp coolers give up to a

30 degree drop. My AC neighbors keep their thermostat near 80 to save on the bill. At 105 my swam cooler can give me 75.

I have a piggy-back. A combo AC/swamp cooler in one unit. When the humidity is up I use the AC. Otherwise the swamp cooler keeps the house cool and a quarter of the cost.

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J0HNS0N

I never have to shovel sunshine off my driveway...

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J0HNS0N

My old neighbor had some respiratory problem and on his doctor's suggestion he moved to PHX. There his symptom got worse and had to move back. I heard some pollen flying around in the desert was the problem.

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Tony Hwang

It used to be the cure, until all the people moved in and started planting non-desert landscaping.

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taxed and spent

As to snow, I don't have to shovel it off my driveway, because I don't have one. My parking space directly abuts the alley.

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philo

Yep!

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philo

Don't those contribute to the global humidification crisis?

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R. P. McMurphy

Happy 115th birthday, old timer.

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Stormin Mormon

Sounds perfect to me too.

Here, we've had too much rain. Most of the time it's either raining or hot & sticky.

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Mark Lloyd

Last year I had my wiring upgraded so that I could put in central air.

Now realize I will probably never add it since we rarely get more than a few exceedingly hot days a year...and the windows A/C can handle that.

Most years the A/C never even gets put in.

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philo

That makes us even then. I don't have an alley.

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J0HNS0N

Funny.

I didn't get my first AC unit until I was in my 50s. When I was a kid most everybody had coolers. We thought we were lucky to have them because the old timers told of how in the old days they hung wet sheets on the porch to stay cool.

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J0HNS0N

philo wrote in news:mm1g81$l87$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

Same here. I haven't used mine in two or three years that I can remember. Gets exciting when I need it - wondering if it will still work!

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KenK

Mine is under 20 years old and I maybe put it in the window every five years or so.

I had one that was 40+ years old, that I put out for the metal scavengers...It was one heavy SOB

the newer one is quite a bit lighter

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philo

HA!!!!

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philo

philo wrote in news:mm1n74$i78$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

I'm surprized the Freon hasn't leaked out by now.

Mine stays in the window the year around. I just don't turn it on some summers. Too heavy for me to install and uninstall it even if I wanted to.

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KenK

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