[AT] Vehicle cooling before AC

[Kenneth Gene Waugh]

I never used the coolers in a vehicle, but did use a swamp cooler on my
house in Arizona years ago---with low humidity, they were a big help.
Gene
Elgin, IL

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 7:55 PM ustonThomas Mehrkam <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> My dad had one of those. I remember driving through New Mexico, Arazoia
> ect on vacation. They worked ok as long as you kept water in them and
> pulled the string occasionally.
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> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 4:11 PM, Rena Glover Goss
> <rlgoss at twc.com> wrote:
> Yes.  I remember using one on a trip across Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and
> Colorado.  It brought the temperature down a bit, but not enough to make it
> worthwhile.
>
> Larry
>
> ---- Brian <bcolt1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Yes, they were called swamp coolers. They worked by evaporation, and the
> car had to be moving right along. Thus, they were not much help in humid
> areas, or when moving slowly in traffic. I never actually saw one up here
> in New England, but recall seeing articles about them.
> >
> >
> >   1. OT: Vehicle Cooling before refrigerated A/C (Ray Trimble)
> >
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> > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:43:17 +0000 (UTC)
> > From: Ray Trimble <farmall_1947 at yahoo.com>
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> > Subject: [AT] OT: Vehicle Cooling before refrigerated A/C
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> > Does anyone remember seeing units outside the passenger window a device
> that looked like a canister vacuum cleaner before A/C became common. I
> remember them as a young boy? in the early 50's going to Amarillo. We
> didn't have one just wondering if they really worked. I suppose they could
> offer some cooling if they had ventures in it.
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Gene
Kenneth Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois
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