Comments on: Grandparents Carking It In The Heat? Install Renewable Energy!

By: Ronald Brakels

Ronald Brakels — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:27:00 +0000

Evaporative coolers certainly work well in large parts of Australia, as it’s a mostly dry heat in temperate Australia. They are quite popular, but they don’t dominate. One reason they are nor more popular might be because our heftier electrical standards make it easier to install a small room air conditioner and they can provide cheaper heating in winter than the electrical resistance heating that is normally used here. Also there’s a lack of water problem, although I imagine that’s also true in Arizona. Solar/electric hybrid air conditioners are available here, but according to the single ad I have here for them on my ironing table, on price they don’t seem to compare well to a rooftop PV system plus electric air conditioner at the moment.

By: Bill Miller

Bill Miller — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:03:00 +0000

Just wondering if “swamp coolers” would work in your neighourhood. They are the “bomb” here in much of Arizona. Hot but not too much humidity and yer good. It does take some power to run the pump and fan, but much less than an AC compressor.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:45:00 +0000

It’s also been pasted into a bunch of our comment threads (i.e. spammer in town).

By: Otis11

Otis11 — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:40:00 +0000

That video is poorly put together and overlooks many, many facts.

By: Ronald Brakels

Ronald Brakels — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 08:42:00 +0000

I love the smell of spam in the morning.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 08:10:00 +0000

The video below might give some clues why solar colectors are not
a good idea