If you’re fairly new to Arizona, you may have heard a lot about evaporative coolers and you may be wondering what they’re used for. At one time, the coolers were the way that most of the state’s ...

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It first spoke to us on a bright spring morning, saying the same thing it always says: Drip, drip, drip. It was coming from inside the bedroom. Water was sheeting down the windows and more water still ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When GerRee Anderson and her husband bought their Wheat Ridge home a couple of years ago, its aging metal evaporative cooler was working, but earlier this ...

To learn about ways to improve the cooling (and heating) of your home, visit GarfieldCleanEnergy.org or call CLEER at 704-9200. No longer willing to settle for uncomfortably hot homes, Garfield County ...

Back in the day—before Facebook made it possible to embarrass yourself even when drinking alone—I worked at the Clinton Street Theater. It was there I encountered my first evaporative (aka swamp) ...

I recently visited Moab, Utah, and found that many people there use “swamp coolers” rather than conventional air-conditioning systems. Moab is in a near-desert environment and has frequent ...

Dear Ken: My wife and I go round and round on this one. I’m from the Southwest and think a swamp cooler is all we need. She’s from back East and wants central air. Will you break the tie? — Gary ...

Ok guys<BR><BR>I live in Arizona, and we have a swamp cooler on the house (evaporative cooling).<BR><BR>The swamp cooler keeps the house 75-80 degrees when the outside temperature is below 110 degrees ...