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• Re: in lieu of A/C (or in partnership with)
  Historical mailing list - john cianci
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:52:44 +0000
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P><BR>Hey, have you or anyone put a swamp cooler in a van like the old bugs...
• Re: AC conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:22:40 -0500
  Swamp coolers work wonderfully well in the dry west. The humidity added to the air really helps. In the east and south with high...
• Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:14:30 -0700
  ...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: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:40:08 -0500
  ...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: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:52:45 -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...
• Adventures in Air Conditioning 2
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 09:48:01 EDT
  ...It is called a swap cooler and they used to make these for Bugs and older Buses back in the day (now Rocky Mountain...
• Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 13 May 2011 16:09:52 +0000
  ...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: great "personal cooling"device
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:09:29 -0400
  ...Maybe you could put the outdoor fan mister - > http://tinyurl.com/6b4ox7 > - inside the ducting? Theres some pretty nice looking units at > swampy.net...
• Re: A/C
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 12:42:34 -0500
  ...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: An AC idea for driving and camping
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:07:23 -0400
  ...I do like the fact that > > you just leave the whole thing at home in the cooler months. > > > > So here's my idea. Use...
• Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 May 2011 18:22:54 -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: Code Red Air? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:29:05 -0400
  ...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: Reflective tinting ...
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:50:31 -0700
  ...I have a 1600 watt voltage inverter powering a 30" portable swamp cooler. This has all worked well for over 25000 miles. Hope some...
• Re: Portable air conditioning.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Jan 2014 10:22:08 -0500
  ...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: Nevada- A/C or No A/C?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:39:17 -0400
  ...Also, a swamp cooler works great out there, most of the year. You get the same cooling effect when you drive past a farm...
• Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:07:00 -0700
  ...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: Fridge ?
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:52:54 8
  ...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: Front Heater Motor: Lube Dries Out?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 2 Jan 2016 11:21:56 -0700
  That stuff is sold "everywhere" here in Phoenix for swamp cooler maintenance. I always have a couple bottles around. Know nothing about its pedigree...
• Re: great "personal cooling"device
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:11:47 -0700
  ...Maybe you could put the outdoor fan mister - >> http://tinyurl.com/6b4ox7 >> - inside the ducting? Theres some pretty nice looking units at >> swampy.net...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 23 Apr 2007 (#2007-423)
  Historical mailing list - vt
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:12:27 -0500
  ...My entreprenaurial son called his >> brother early on and they set up a tarp and a bunch of coolers filled >> with >> pepparoni and sold...
• Campground Air Conditioning for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 21:48:02 +0000
  ...in temperature....it's the reduction in humidity....that's why swamp cooler things do NOT work in places where it's humid; need...
• Re: Code Red Air? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:10:25 -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: Campground Air Conditioning for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 16:56:25 -0500
  ...in temperature....it's the reduction > in humidity....that's why swamp cooler things do NOT work in places where > it's humid; need...
• Re: An AC idea for driving and camping
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:17:49 -0400
  ...I do like the fact that >> > you just leave the whole thing at home in the cooler months. >> > >> > So here's my idea. Use...
• Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:23:06 -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: A/C
  Historical mailing list - steve meassick
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 20:58:09 +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: great "personal cooling"device
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:05:52 +0000
  ...Maybe you could put the outdoor fan mister - > >> http://tinyurl.com/6b4ox7 > >> - inside the ducting? Theres some pretty nice looking units at > >> swampy.net...
• Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:01:00 -0700
  ...water into the vents onto this "sponge" would create a > rudimentary swamp cooler- but mold would be insane (then again, the > cloth was more...
• Parts CD, was:Oil cooler question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:41:00 -0400
  ...I have received the CD (though I haven't had time to mess with it yet, swamped with work). Cheers: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>REPOST FOLLOWS>>>>>>> From: RF72050...
• Signing Off For About 45 days
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Aug 1996 02:15:58 -0400
  ...Air Conditioning? Yeah, 360 degree airflow - every window and door is open (Fire Dept won't let us run the Swamp Cooler because it...
• Campground Air Conditioning for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Aug 2018 09:50:43 -0400
  ...in temperature....it's the reduction > in humidity....that's why swamp cooler things do NOT work in places where > it's humid; need...
• New AC Compressor for sale for '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dale B
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:27:13 -0700
  ...environment. > Here (SoCal desert) you have the variation of using > a swamp cooler to push > outside air in, and upducts in the ceiling to...
• Re: Parts CD,
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:09:47 -0400
  ...I have received > the CD (though I haven't had time to mess with it > yet, swamped with work). > Cheers: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>REPOST FOLLOWS>>>>>>> > From: RF72050...
• Favorite VW Junkyards & Other Strange Tales (Kinda Long Post)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 01:36:07
  ...The air was cool from the swamp box cooler humming in the window. It felt great. There were several Navajo men sitting around, taking...
• Re: Fixing Vanagon Air Conditioning....trying at least
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 9 Aug 2019 18:00:31 +0000
  ...And I lived here for 4 decades without any A/C - house or cars - just a swamp cooler on the house and 2-60...
• RE: Vanagon Parts Stores
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 02 May 96 09:12:31 CDT
  ...Box 399 Dayton, Tennessee 37321 (423) 775-2131 "Airconditioning" (sort of) Swamp Coolers Allied Trailer Supply 4 models of Swamp Coolers. the C102 1050...