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doug yes (Dougg)
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Username: Dougg
Post Number: 8
Registered: 1-2007
Posted From: 4.235.254.45
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 8:47 pm: | |
JC wrote:..."For boon docking and driving (no dash air), I installed a evaporative (swamp) cooler in the roof near the front. Works very well in dry climate out West. The pump and fan work off the same 12 volt motor that draws very little. The water supply runs from the bathroom sink's cold water line. You just have to have the water pump on for pressure. JC"
Can you tell us about your swamp cooler? What make/model/cost? How much water does it use? -D |
John MC9 (John_mc9)
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Username: John_mc9
Post Number: 208
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 66.217.107.74
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 9:10 pm: | |
A surreal moment~~~~
(did I miss something??) |
JC Alacoque (Jc_alacoque)
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Username: Jc_alacoque
Post Number: 26
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 154.11.109.30
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 11:27 am: | |
TurboKool.com. I got it from Bachman Enterprises in Gardnerville, NV, 775 265 3003. US$ 592.00. It may use a gallon or two a day of water. When I first installed it, it worked great with the bus sitting, but would not draw air on the hway at speed, because the air intake grill faces backwards, creating a vacuum that the fan could not overcome. I could've turned it around, but instead I built a ram air scoop that works great. While driving, the louvers are pointed forward toward me and the front seat passengers. Of course, a swamp cooler does not work in humid heat, but it serves our purpose out west where the climate is usually dry. |
John Feld (Wvobus)
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Username: Wvobus
Post Number: 12
Registered: 2-2005
Posted From: 204.184.224.5
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 6:19 pm: | |
they only work in dessert climates, og no use in the rest of the world, |
Gus Causbie (Gusc)
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Username: Gusc
Post Number: 301
Registered: 11-2005
Posted From: 65.136.46.82
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 6:47 pm: | |
It's interesting that they now use a pump and fan. In the old days the cooler was also the water reservoir and just hung over the edge of an auto window. The auto motion provided the air movement, no fan, no water connection, no electrical hoolup. I guess this is progress but not sure??
The ones for houses were much larger, like a window AC today. They had pumps and fans and worked great in the desert. |
Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
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Username: Drivingmisslazy
Post Number: 1835
Registered: 1-2001
Posted From: 75.108.87.29
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 7:51 pm: | |
They did not work very good either, LOL. About the same as the Desert Dog bag you hung on the front bumper so that the air from driving would cool the water in the bag. That did not work very good either.
Richard |
doug yes (Dougg)
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Username: Dougg
Post Number: 9
Registered: 1-2007
Posted From: 4.235.252.229
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 10:18 pm: | |
I saw 4' diameter swamp coolers on rollers in two auto repair shops in Gainesville Florida, a very humid city, (the stadium is called The Swamp) and they worked well. But I surmise that in an enclosed bus in a humid place they might make life drippy. |
Jeffrey Smith (Greenhornet)
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Username: Greenhornet
Post Number: 13
Registered: 12-2006
Posted From: 198.136.32.74
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 1:23 pm: | |
Here is a deal that our fleet maintenece uses outside. It is hooked up to a garden hose and they use it here in the summer in very humid conditions 90+. Ours is taller, about 4' tall and moves a lot of air. The mechanics love it. This one might fit the bill. Looks like it would fit nice in a bay.
http://www.tpicorp.com/NewsMiscDocuments/EVAP-12%20Flyer.pdf |
Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
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Username: Bob_greenwood
Post Number: 703
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 64.136.49.228
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 1:31 pm: | |
THERE....is where the problem STARTS... it MUST be out in free air.NOT CONFINED... it WILL NOT work in a confined space |
Gus Causbie (Gusc)
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Username: Gusc
Post Number: 303
Registered: 11-2005
Posted From: 206.40.238.19
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:58 pm: | |
Jeff,
Since it shows that it is made for office and work spaces it should be ideal for a bus if the wheels were removed. It should work well to cool down the bus, be turned off and then the AC be turned on.
I couldn't find any cost listed, do you know what it costs? |
Jeffrey Smith (Greenhornet)
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Username: Greenhornet
Post Number: 14
Registered: 12-2006
Posted From: 198.136.32.74
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 7:21 pm: | |
Not sure of the costs. They had a toll free number on the main page though. Just put it up for information only. Never dealt with them myself. |
JC Alacoque (Jc_alacoque)
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Username: Jc_alacoque
Post Number: 27
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 161.184.42.149
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 9:46 am: | |
The TurboKool works quite well. It allows us to drive down the hway with the windows closed. The air flow has to be right on you to be effective. It is also great for boondocking. The coach has solar panels, no gen. We use the roof air when we are pluged in. I could be running the roof AC with an inverter, but I would've had to either move it to the front or install a second one. So I went with the swamp cooler. Works for us. |