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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 14:51:23 -0700
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- From: JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS
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- Subject: Sweatin' it out
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- Doris remembers:
- >that we had what was called a "water cooler," a window-mounted fan with a
- >water hose fed into the back of it. The fan blew over the water and this
- >allowed cool air to circulate rather than warm air. These could not be
- >used in humid areas, however.
- Was this an 'evap'[orative] cooler', aka a "swamp cooler", or something else?
- They still sell them around here, as the RH is under 55% for 50 weeks of the
- year and they are *infinitely* cheaper to run than AC...
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- John, who can't believe he didn't have AC in his vehicles until 3 years ago.
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