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Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle is offline
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Default Alright, swampers
wrote:

I forgot to mention that swamp coolers seem to use just as much
electricity as air conditioners do, now that A/C efficiency is
so much higher than it was in the EER 7 days.

Not quite as much... Refrigerated air has a compressor and a fan that run in
cycles. Swamp coolers have a fan and a very small pump that run continuously.

Swamp coolers will always be cheaper to run, but given the limited water supply,
annual maintenance, sensitivity to humidity and relatively small temperature
drop, refrigerated air is definitely more comfortable and convenient.
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