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Old 2007-07-10, 04:56 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by cody View Post
analogy burn
I'm not knocking swamp coolers, they're awesome for places like Reno, since they work really well for cheap in low humidity environments... but they can't do more than 15-20 deg cooler than ambient, and they don't de-humidify... two things you get with a real heat-pump A/C.

I'd love a swamp cooler in my garage... but I don't think I could live without a real A/C in the house, regardless of how much more "expensive" they are to operate.
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