Believe it or not!
I actually had one of the hang on evaporative coolers that I used on a 49
Pontiac coupe.
The passenger window rolled up to hold it in place and the forced air
pushed the water up over the excelsior pads.
The faster I went, the wetter I got.
Great invention and Western Auto sold them by the 2's because they
weren't good then and I can't see that adding a 12v blower would make any
massive improvement in an overall piece of junk.
It was one of those things that made you a weirdo in the 50s and 60s and
I think that might still stand as the rule.
I just added two 6" computer fans back above my head to cool my brain
while sitting in traffic .......... yes I'm weird.

Stan Wilder
1983 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:52:27 -0500 Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM> writes:
> > anyone tried an Evaporative cooler?
>
>
> Evaporative coolers will only work in an area of very low humidity.
> I found
> wet towels to be very effective last June while touring New Mexico
> in my 85
> Westy without a working air conditioner and with the heater valve
> stuck
> open.  :o)  They would dry in no time at all and, in the process,
> become so
> cold it would almost be painful to put them on my arms or neck!  If
> you're
> driving in the hot, muggy Midwest, I doubt that evaporative coolers
> would be
> of much (any) value.
>
> > Now all I need is a solar panel
>
> A 50 or 75 watt solar panel will install very nicely on the
> fiberglass roof
> of a Westy.  Check out my web site for details.
>
> http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1/westy/westy.htm
>
>
> Dave in KC
>

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