Now I do not believe new houses even offer them as options. Post# 591533, Reply# 12 at 06:03 (3,548 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)Įvaporative coolers were predominant here for decades. I knew friends whose systems had poor bleed arrangements, leading ago around 5-10L (or more) per hour of wastage, in Perth, that wasn't good (water restrictions etc).īut today with people wanting both heating and cooling, they are probably losing popularity in regards to reverse cycle systems, which can heat, cool, dehumidify, fan and automate the temperature - who wants to separate costly installations (ours cost around $6000 for around 12 vents - imagine doing that with ducted gas heating AND the Cooler - you could buy a complete reverse cycle system for around $2K less today!) But you are right, they are cheap to run (generally). Our particular unit had 2-3 repairs in the 6 years we had it, mainly the fan or filter pads. Our installer recommend just running Fan mode in humid weather, as the humidity would supposedly do the cooling. Only bigger industrial/commericial systems seemed to be useful in that weather. Swamp/Evaporative coolers just don't work in Perth, Australia. Post# 591436, Reply# 3 at 20:39 (3,548 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) So, reverse cycle ducted system are becoming far more prevalent now, as you don't need separate systems to do different jobs - far smarter in my opinion! If you have ducted swamp coolers, then you might have a COMPLETELY SEPARATE ducted gas heater. Then there is the fact that they are useless in humid weather! Then, the are just as good as having dinner under the sprinklers.īesides, having in this country we either have central heating or individual heaters. I'd NEVER have one again - they use far too much water to be economical with today's water rates rising like volcano smoke - and I tell you some units water leak like old British cars do oil or the bleed valves are set up incorrectly (not sure how tho), so tonnes of water is dribbling thru the drain. It got freezing inside at night, but only due to cooler summer nights. In Perth, we had one (fully ducted), but it was always wet and horrid inside, and generally the best cooling came from being under the air vent.

They are VERY common in Australia, but as the climate changes, they are starting to lose effectiveness. When it comes to cooling your house, these things are generally rubbish. Sorry to be off topic, but when I saw this, I had to say something.

Is a vintage swamp cooler worth