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Re: A/C
Historical mailing list - Helge Weissig
Sat, 7 Jan 2017 07:07:29 -0800
...while driving as well as parked.I do not think a swamp cooler will work.It would be nice to cool the front, but...
Re: AC While Camping
Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:43:08 -0700
...I > removed the swamp cooler yesterday, and patched the roof hole. > > Every time I mention it people ask this so I will say it...
Re: Air Conditioner
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:05:25 -0600
...http://www.swampy.net/im30.html > > > It has a BIG separate Igloo cooler that it pipes > > cool > > > water from. That cooler looks like it...
Re: swampy? cooler.....
Historical mailing list - bueses
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:00:23 -0600
...22 PM, Mark C wrote: >>> >>>> okay, what about this? >>>> >>>> http://www.swampy.net/im30.html >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jake >> 1984 Vanagon GL >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" >> www...
Re: great "personal cooling"device
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:17:46 -0700
...You have a small cooler with a snap on top, like a "Little Playmate" lunch cooler. This is filled with ice and water. The...
Re: What kind of AC is this?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 06:04:19 -0500
...It is commonly called a swamp cooler. There are > wetpads in the interior which needs water. Air is rammed into the assembly as > you...
Re: Front Heater Motor: Lube Dries Out?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 2 Jan 2016 17:42:03 -0700
...PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> >>> A swamp cooler is an evaporative cooler with a fan. Way different from a roof turbine...
Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:35:31 -0400
...It is tempting to rig some sort of > swamp cooler in the intake- just a slop-proof trough for ice and > water with a...
Re: Fwd: An AC idea for driving and camping
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:54:59 -0500
Swamp coolers work great in arid climates like Arizona, new Mexico, Nevada and other very dry parts. Work by introducing water spray, mist or...
Re: Portable air conditioning.
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:45:48 -0600
First hand experience with "Swamp Coolers". They work by wetting a mat of some sort with a mist and blowing air through it. The...
Why plug the dash air intake screen?
Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:14:15 -0400
...water into the vents onto this "sponge" would create a rudimentary swamp cooler- but mold would be insane (then again, the cloth was more...
Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences 12 volt ac more seriously-Note
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Sun, 15 May 2011 11:11:31 -0700
...Rooftop A/C Experiences Swamp Coolers really only work in very dry climates. I had one in my house in New Mexico and it...
Re: Air Conditioner
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 22:50:41 -0600
...http://www.swampy.net/im30.html > It has a BIG separate Igloo cooler that it pipes cool > water from. That cooler looks like it...
Ventilation system questions - Aircooled Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
Tue, 25 Apr 2000 20:24:26 EDT
...As a separate question, has anyone successfully installed an evaporative cooler ("swamp cooler") in their Vanagon? It's hot and dry in the summer...
Re: Front Heater Motor: Lube Dries Out?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 2 Jan 2016 19:01:03 -0600
...PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>> >>>> A swamp cooler is an evaporative cooler with a fan. Way different from a roof turbine...
Portable air conditioning.
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:16:28 -0800
...So, I am thinking of a "swamp cooler". I saw one online, a "GoCool 12V Portable Semi Truck Cab Air Conditioner For Camping Tent...
Re: AC While Camping
Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:10:32 -0400
...I >> removed the swamp cooler yesterday, and patched the roof hole. >> >> Every time I mention it people ask this so I will say it...
Re: Air Conditioner
Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 20:23:11 -0800
...http://www.swampy.net/im30.html It has a BIG separate Igloo cooler that it pipes cool water from. That cooler looks like it...
Re: Silcone Coolants lines ???Re: 85 Gl Auto Tranny 5/8" Coolant Hoses to Tranny Cooler Busted-
Historical mailing list - TC
Thu, 31 May 2007 16:00:23 -0700
...to Tranny Cooler Busted- > Guys no thoughts on Silcone > any one use em at all 2ply 4ply 6plys ?? > > > alligators in the swamp I was...
Re: "Swamp Cooler" questions
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:39:39 -0500
...Just how well that is, though, I don't know. >Someone once told me they can make the air feel "cooler", but I don...
Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:56:10 -0700
...Evap coolers, whether in the form of a couple-a terra cotta pots or in the form of swamp coolers, are a good choice...
Re: Finally, some pictures...
Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:48:56 -0700
...Here are the pictures I promised of the forced air swamp coolers for your car. The first (ac1) is strictly forced air and is...
Re: ADBQ
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 4 May 2003 13:57:19 -0700
...In hot weather I run my swamp cooler a lot and the aux bat gets pretty low after a few days. Then I start...
Re: Z-Sticks
Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:30:29 -0500
I have tried this approach with Swamp Coolers. These are those evaporative water cooling units seen on houses in the dry Southwest. They corrode...
Re: Portable air conditioning.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:18:06 -0500
...First hand experience with "Swamp Coolers". They work by wetting a mat of some sort with a mist and blowing air through it. The...
Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences 12 volt ac more seriously-Note
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 15 May 2011 15:06:03 -0400
...Rooftop A/C Experiences > > Swamp Coolers really only work in very dry climates. I had one in my house > in New Mexico and it...
Re: about "Under the Bus" (fwd)
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Mon, 27 May 1996 21:28:24 -0700 (PDT)
...The typical > threads about swamp coolers, rust factors, etc. soon ensued. But I was > wondering, couldn't a person get one of the humidifier...
Re: about "Under the Bus"
Historical mailing list - No Quarter
Sun, 26 May 1996 13:13:25 -0500 (CDT)
...The typical threads about swamp coolers, rust factors, etc. soon ensued. But I was wondering, couldn't a person get one of the humidifier...
Re: How to Keep Cool in Your Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 16:19:26 -0600
...Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Miller, Ryan wrote: > I'd suggest a swamp cooler of some sort, but with the humidity where you are > I...
Re: Silcone Coolants lines ???Re: 85 Gl Auto Tranny 5/8" Coolant Hoses to Tranny Cooler Busted-
Historical mailing list - TC
Fri, 1 Jun 2007 20:53:45 -0700
...to Tranny Cooler Busted- > > > > Guys no thoughts on Silcone > > any one use em at all 2ply 4ply 6plys ?? > > > > > alligators in the swamp I was...
RE: Pla-Cool Air Cooler?
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Wed, 03 Apr 1996 15:11:00 -0800 (PST)
...Would I be inviting disaster to use it? Sounds like a swamp cooler. My mobile home in Colorado had one, a lot bigger than...
Re: Still keeping cool in your VW - I made it Friday
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:13:11 -0500
...Stan Wilder On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:33:08 -0600 John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> writes: > Just one more glorified swamp cooler...
Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
Historical mailing list - Michael Rasmussen
Fri, 13 May 2011 05:40:31 -0700
...am wondering if anyone here has installed a roof-mount RV swamp cooler (12V, my first choice) or low-profile AC unit on their...
spring vs gear clamps on silicone hose Re: Silcone Coolants lines ???Re: 85 Gl Auto Tranny 5/8" Coolant Hoses to Tranny Cooler Busted-
Historical mailing list - TC
Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:06:19 -0700
...to Tranny Cooler Busted- > > > > > > > Guys no thoughts on Silcone > > > any one use em at all 2ply 4ply 6plys ?? > > > > > > > alligators in the swamp I was...
Fwd: An AC idea for driving and camping
Historical mailing list - Bill Gibson
Sun, 8 Jul 2007 19:19:25 -0700
...Edward Maglott <emaglott@buncombe.main.nc.us> I use a swampy in southern arizona; works great in our <dry> air for blowing cooler air...
Re: BEHR aftermarket air conditioning system.
Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 12:09:00 -0600
...If your traveling into drier climes try a swamp cooler, they do really work. If your traveling around Ontario, lower the windows, open the...
Re: Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:57:52 -0700
...Here (SoCal desert) you have the variation of using a swamp cooler to push outside air in, and upducts in the ceiling to vent...
Re: air-condition retrofit
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:04:21 -0400
...Any recommendations?? The only thing you could get that would run on 12v (within reason and given a Vanagon) would be a swamp cooler...
Re: A/C was re: What is camping anyway?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:31:31 -0500
...On a much simpler (and only marginally effective) note, back in the day, there were swamp coolers to hang on cars. A metal cylinder...
Re: [WetWesties] Portable air conditioning.
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:53:38 -0800
...Sent from my iPad > On Jan 20, 2014, at 9:58 AM, Brandon <brandon314@gmail.com> wrote: > > Swamp coolers work okay, but aren't...
Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
Thu, 12 May 2011 19:53:15 -0700
...I am wondering if anyone here has installed a roof-mount RV swamp cooler (12V, my first choice) or low-profile AC unit on...
Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:40:02 -0500
...Evap coolers, whether in the form of a > couple-a terra cotta pots or in the form of swamp coolers, are a good > choice...
Re: Fridge ?
Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 15:08:02 -0600
...This is causing air to flow through a small hidden swamp cooler cast into normally wasted space. A little electric fan silently blows air...
Re: spring vs gear clamps on silicone hose Re: Silcone Coolants lines ???Re: 85 Gl Auto Tranny 5/8" Coolant Hoses to Tranny Cooler Busted-
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:50:14 -0400
...to Tranny Cooler Busted- > > > > > > > Guys no thoughts on Silcone > > > any one use em at all 2ply 4ply 6plys ?? > > > > > > > alligators in the swamp I was...
Re: Portable air conditioning.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:26:04 -0500
...So, I am thinking of a "swamp cooler". I saw one online, a "GoCool 12V Portable Semi Truck Cab Air Conditioner For Camping Tent...
Code Red Air? (NVC)
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:25:06 -0700
...Completely kills the swamp coolers. Some people just drive their cars around so they can have some A/C- or at least they did...
Re: Beware- plastic is like glass in these subzero temps...
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:15:28 -0800
...We've had the swamp cooler on in the afternoon every day this week. Go figger. Cya, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Vickey" <vickrail...
Re: [WetWesties] RE: Finally, some pictures...
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:19:23 -0600
...Finally, some pictures... > > Here are the pictures I promised of the forced air swamp coolers for > your > car. The first (ac1) is strictly forced...
Re: Antifreeze WAS: stainless steel coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Fri, 7 May 2010 13:40:45 -0700
...thing using the water here, and maybe some pics of used swamp cooler pads. There's a good reason that two of the main...
Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:30:53 -0700
...Evap coolers, whether in the form of a >> couple-a terra cotta pots or in the form of swamp coolers, are a >> good choice...
Re: A/C was re: What is camping anyway?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:43:58 -0700
...and only marginally effective) note, back in the day, > there were swamp coolers to hang on cars. A metal cylinder with some sort > of...
Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:35:10 -0230
...water into the vents onto this "sponge" would create a > rudimentary swamp cooler- but mold would be insane (then again, the > cloth was more...
Re: Removing interior heat (was window tint physics)
Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
Sun, 9 Mar 2003 11:07:40 -0800
...Personally, I am still thinking of the ol' swamp-cooler idea. it really works well, and you could probably figute out a way to...
Re: Portable air conditioning.
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:29:49 -0800
...not both for the money. > > So, I am thinking of a "swamp cooler". I saw one online, a "GoCool 12V > Portable Semi Truck Cab...
Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Sun, 15 May 2011 15:32:55 -0400
...am wondering if anyone here has installed a roof-mount RV swamp cooler (12V, my first choice) or low-profile AC unit on their...
Re: Coolant
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:53:08 -0800
...I service several swamp coolers every year that I'll wind up getting some 30 pounds of mineral out of some of them, including...
Re: A/C
Historical mailing list - steve meassick
Sat, 7 Jan 2017 17:27:02 +0000
...while driving as well as parked.I do not think a swamp cooler will work.It would be nice to cool the front, but...
Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Fri, 13 May 2011 08:41:29 -0700
...am wondering if anyone here has installed a roof-mount RV swamp cooler > (12V, my first choice) or low-profile AC unit on their...
Re: Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued - live and learn
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:23:53 -0700
I always get a chuckle when I see some of the older RVs around here that somebody put a garage-sized swamp cooler on...
Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 15 May 2011 17:31:22 -0700
...am wondering if anyone here has installed a roof-mount RV swamp cooler (12V, my first choice) or low-profile AC unit on their...