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Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | Posted at 15:51 on 4th July 2008 On 4th July 2008 06:34, Lyn Greenaway wrote:
Hi Lyn: Evaporative cooler. It's mounted on the roof and has water pipes runnig up to it. It wets these pads that look like straw and then has a fan that sucks the air in and cools it. Unlike air conditioning you keep the windows open in the house to allow the air to circulate. It uses a lot less electricity than refrigeration, but doesn't work at all when it's humid. |
Sue H Posts: 8173 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | Posted at 15:59 on 4th July 2008 Sorry Lyn, I didn't see your question. Our swamp cooler is mounted on the side of the house as opposed to the roof, but still just as effective. Noisy though, so we turn it off at night and use oscillating (I love that word) fans. |
chili5 Posts: 424 Joined: 5th Jul 2008 Location: Canada | Posted at 13:50 on 5th July 2008 On 1st July 2008 03:45, Sue H wrote:
:( The fire's are so sad. I heard about them from a friend and it's so hard to live in parts of California. Today it's a nice day out, I haven't checked the temperature yet but it's probably in the low 20's today. Nice day for a picnic :) |
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | Posted at 19:47 on 5th July 2008 Thanks Ruth and Sue, I've learnt something new AGAIN today! Shall I say it?? ummmm .....thats the pwer of POE! (It's catching LOL) The weather today has been quite good here, not that warm really, and a bit on the windy side with a couple of showers, a bit like we expect in mid summer LOL |
| Sue H Posts: 8173 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | Posted at 21:00 on 5th July 2008 We are still in the 90's, gearing up for the 100's next week. Hubby and I took his sister to the big town today to catch a flight. Left at 2:45 AM, drove two and a half hours there, dropped her off and drove the two and a half hours back. On the way home the smoke was so bad we couldn't even see the mountains that are about a mile from the road. I can't imagine how much worse it is to actually be there in California. |
| chili5 Posts: 424 Joined: 5th Jul 2008 Location: Canada | Posted at 23:14 on 5th July 2008 I have two friends that live in California and they said that it's really hard to live there. The air quality is so bad, it's hard to breathe outside. |
| L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | Posted at 15:53 on 6th July 2008 Raining here off and on today, been a little windy too but made for a really exciting F1 !!! LOL |
| chili5 Posts: 424 Joined: 5th Jul 2008 Location: Canada | Posted at 16:23 on 6th July 2008 Really sunny today again but not going out today that I know of |
Denzil Tregallion Posts: 1764 Joined: 26th May 2008 Location: UK | Posted at 16:28 on 6th July 2008 Awful thats what it is and all |
| Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | Posted at 17:18 on 6th July 2008 Hot! That's what it is and all here. |
