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BenB wrote:

Keith Tanner wrote: For most of us, that is descriptive enough that we now have pictures in our heads. It's a force-fed evaporative cooler.

Thanks for the info! My grandfather had one on his house. I think he once said it was one of the first AC units installed in Hollis, OK.

Hell I have one on my house (thinking of moving it to the shop because I have actual modern AC now) and my mom has one on her house as well. They work quite well actually. My grandparents would drop a block of ice in theirs on REALLY hot days.

On an unrelated note one of these is for sale near me for $800, it needs engine work...I am avoiding it.

rebelgtp wrote:

BenB wrote:

Keith Tanner wrote: For most of us, that is descriptive enough that we now have pictures in our heads. It's a force-fed evaporative cooler.

Thanks for the info! My grandfather had one on his house. I think he once said it was one of the first AC units installed in Hollis, OK.

Hell I have one on my house (thinking of moving it to the shop because I have actual modern AC now) and my mom has one on her house as well. They work quite well actually. My grandparents would drop a block of ice in theirs on REALLY hot days. On an unrelated note one of these is for sale near me for $800, it needs engine work...I am avoiding it.

Evaporative "swamp" coolers are standard issue around here. We have two on our house and the ones on the FM shop are massive. They run 24/7 in the summer and cost very little - a small pump and the motor for the fan. Never thought about the ice block, I might have to try that. Obviously, they work better in low-humidity areas like ours. Atlanta, this time you lose!

rebelgtp wrote: On an unrelated note one of these is for sale near me for $800, it needs engine work...I am avoiding it.

Dude. The 6.2 is extremely simple and pretty damned reliable. You should just give in.

My 6.2-powered truck rocked:

Keith Tanner wrote:

rebelgtp wrote:

BenB wrote:

Keith Tanner wrote: For most of us, that is descriptive enough that we now have pictures in our heads. It's a force-fed evaporative cooler.

Thanks for the info! My grandfather had one on his house. I think he once said it was one of the first AC units installed in Hollis, OK.

Hell I have one on my house (thinking of moving it to the shop because I have actual modern AC now) and my mom has one on her house as well. They work quite well actually. My grandparents would drop a block of ice in theirs on REALLY hot days. On an unrelated note one of these is for sale near me for $800, it needs engine work...I am avoiding it.

Evaporative "swamp" coolers are standard issue around here. We have two on our house and the ones on the FM shop are massive. They run 24/7 in the summer and cost very little - a small pump and the motor for the fan. Never thought about the ice block, I might have to try that. Obviously, they work better in low-humidity areas like ours. Atlanta, this time you lose!

I had one on the roof of my shop when I moved in here. I got it fixed up, turned it on one day, and decided that I had never, not once in my life, ever been wetter...

mmMMMM Swap coolers....

aircooled wrote:

In reply to 914Driver: That reminds me of my favorite tavern men's room graffiti ever:

First "artist":
I berkeleyed your mother!

Response:
Go home, dad, you're drunk.

And now a desperate bid to regain a bit of class...

RossD wrote: mmMMMM Swap coolers....

It is a battle. I just had to replace one of mine, it was only 35 years old.

But you know what? I'm okay with the swamp cooler rusting, because this doesn't happen around here.

Duke wrote:

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Ransom wrote: In reply to 914Driver: That reminds me of my favorite tavern men's room graffiti ever: First "artist": *I berkeleyed your mother!* Response: *Go home, dad, you're drunk.* And now a desperate bid to regain a bit of class...

BenB wrote: I think he once said it was one of the first AC units installed in Hollis, OK.

What was Christmas like there?

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