Evaporative coolers are an eco-friendly, cost-effective, and efficient way to cool indoor or outdoor spaces. These coolers are commonly used to cool outdoor spaces such as garages, patios, covered porches, or warehouses.
Evaporative Coolers: How They Work And What Their Benefits
Residential evaporative cooling air coolers use natural evaporation to cool the air. Warm, stale air is drawn to the cooler and then it passes through water-saturated media pads. This cools the air and adds moisture before it is released into your home. They can reduce the temperature of air by up to 33 degrees F.
Evaporative Cooler Benefits
Why are evaporative coolers superior to other cooling options? There are many benefits to evaporative coolers:
Cost-Effective Heating
Evaporative coolers cool down your air. They don’t circulate the air like fans. Air conditioners that use refrigerants and compressors, which can increase energy costs, are the traditional way to cool your air. Swamp coolers require only water, a fan, and a pump to cool your space.
Portable Design
Portable Evaporative cooler can be used in harsh environments like garages, patios, and warehouses. They can also be easily rolled into place thanks to their heavy-duty wheels.
Evaporative coolers can be used indoors and outdoors as fans, or they can be used with water.
Adds Moisture To Air
Evaporative cooling naturally humidifies the dry atmosphere, which reduces dry-air symptoms like itchy eyes or chapped throat. This can be done without water droplets, such as those from misting fans.
The Best Environments To Use Evaporative Coolers
When used outdoors or semi-outdoors, swamp coolers provide efficient and effective cooling. They can be used indoors under dry and hot conditions. Find out more:
Semi-Outdoor Applications
Evaporative coolers can be used in outdoor areas regardless of humidity. They are suitable for spaces such as garages, covered porches, and workshops.
To allow fresh air to circulate through your garage, open the garage doors slightly.
Indoor Applications
Evaporative coolers are safe to use indoors in dry, hot areas. In humid climates, they are not recommended for indoor usage. Indoors, no matter the climate, you will need fresh air (such as an open window).
Industrial & Commercial Applications
Evaporative coolers are a great way to add cooling comfort to commercial spaces. They provide powerful airflow (CFM), can be large and rugged, cost-effective to operate, and easy to transport. You can find them in warehouses, commercial events spaces, festivals and sporting events, loading docks, barns, and many other places.
Other Indoor Cooling Options
If you live in humid climates and are looking for an economical alternative to central air conditioning systems that can be used at a lower cost, then consider portable air conditioners.
Cooling Media Replacement And Cleaning
To avoid dirt, dust, and mold buildup, the evaporative medium should be cleaned once per month using lukewarm water with mild detergent.
Depending on the model, you may need to replace your media. A disinfectant spray can be used to remove any mineral buildup or mildew from the media.
Seasonal Shutdown
After you are done using the swamp cooler for the season drain the tank, disconnect the water line and cover it. Use the fan-only mode (if it is available) for between 30-60 minutes to dry the media and device before you store them.
