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Portable Swamp Cooler for GH?
Hi Everyone,
Before I get in to my question for y'all... let me just toot my horn about FINALLY moving my plants in to my gh on July 18! Many of you helped me in the past few months with my questions about venting, shading, etc. Sooooo helpful and thank you very much! I did end up with Aluminet shade cloth suspended over the gh and it does a GREAT job keeping the heat down about 15F from what it was without it. My Jaybird AquaFog 400 is doing a pretty decent job keeping the humidity where I want it. I'll be posting another question about humidistats since I am having some issues with that. So far, so good with the plants. That weekend and for a few days in to the following week we had a bit of a heat wave here (outside temps reaching 80-90F)and I struggled to keep the max temp in the gh under 100F. The Jaybird couldn't really keep up either; especially during the hottest part of the day between noon and 4PM. Now for the past ten days we've had a a lot of coastal fog so heat has not been a problem. I am thinking on those occasional days I need a swamp cooler to help out. I'd rather not do a permanent mount through the polycarbonate if possible, and was looking at the WisperCool Shop Swamp Cooler Model SC3500 made by AdobeAir out of Phoenix. I can find it online for as low as $299.00. It's rated to cool up to a 400 sq. ft. area at 3500 CFM. My gh is 240 sq. ft. Anyone had any experience with this model or use a portable swamp cooler? The people from Adobe say it probably would do what I want it to (lower the temps another 10-15F and help keep the air more humid). It can be connected to a thermostat. I have a Santa Barbara GH deluxe model and it has the side vents and roof vents. With any portable model you would need to place it near an side vent opening to take in outside air. I think that would work, wouldn't it? Any advice or info would be appreciated! Lori Santa Cruz, CA |
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Portable Swamp Cooler for GH?
Lori,
Just a couple of comments: If the Jaybird unit is inside the greenhouse, it won't do a lot of good for cooling. Evaporative cooling is negatively affected by increased humidity, so the basic scenario is that when it is first turned on, the fogger cools the relatively dry air in the GH. As it continues to work however, the RH is increased and the cooling effect is decreased, so that at some point you get a negligible cooling effect. Even if the vents are open to let in drier, fresh air, it still is better for humidification than for cooling. I went to the AdobeAir website and looked at the one picture I could find of the Whispercool shop cooler (I didn't see a model number), and if the one you're looking at is like the one on wheels in the garage, I would recommend placing it outside of the greenhouse and venting the output in rather than placing it in the GH and hoping it will take in enough outside air to do the trick. Placing it inside sets up more-or-less the same situation as is happening with the fogger. Also, in my own experience, if a swamp cooler is used, you get a better overall cooling effect if you only have sufficient venting open to directly relieve the input from the cooler. In other words, if the fan on the swamp cooler blows 2000cfm into the greenhouse, the outlet vents should be close to only allowing that volume to leave. Having lots of other ventilation open allows a lot more hot, outside air in. Folks who use power ventilation and swamp coolers (or wet walls) end up drawing 100% of their ventilation air in through the cooler. In the first greenhouse I had with a swamp cooler, the 3500 cfm blower blew into the GH from one end, and I closed all of the vents except for the 2-foot square screen in the door, and I'm sure I could have gone with less of an opening. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. "Lori Siegmund" wrote in message om... Hi Everyone, Before I get in to my question for y'all... let me just toot my horn about FINALLY moving my plants in to my gh on July 18! Many of you helped me in the past few months with my questions about venting, shading, etc. Sooooo helpful and thank you very much! I did end up with Aluminet shade cloth suspended over the gh and it does a GREAT job keeping the heat down about 15F from what it was without it. My Jaybird AquaFog 400 is doing a pretty decent job keeping the humidity where I want it. I'll be posting another question about humidistats since I am having some issues with that. So far, so good with the plants. That weekend and for a few days in to the following week we had a bit of a heat wave here (outside temps reaching 80-90F)and I struggled to keep the max temp in the gh under 100F. The Jaybird couldn't really keep up either; especially during the hottest part of the day between noon and 4PM. Now for the past ten days we've had a a lot of coastal fog so heat has not been a problem. I am thinking on those occasional days I need a swamp cooler to help out. I'd rather not do a permanent mount through the polycarbonate if possible, and was looking at the WisperCool Shop Swamp Cooler Model SC3500 made by AdobeAir out of Phoenix. I can find it online for as low as $299.00. It's rated to cool up to a 400 sq. ft. area at 3500 CFM. My gh is 240 sq. ft. Anyone had any experience with this model or use a portable swamp cooler? The people from Adobe say it probably would do what I want it to (lower the temps another 10-15F and help keep the air more humid). It can be connected to a thermostat. I have a Santa Barbara GH deluxe model and it has the side vents and roof vents. With any portable model you would need to place it near an side vent opening to take in outside air. I think that would work, wouldn't it? Any advice or info would be appreciated! Lori Santa Cruz, CA |
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Portable Swamp Cooler for GH?
Lori,
Just a couple of comments: If the Jaybird unit is inside the greenhouse, it won't do a lot of good for cooling. Evaporative cooling is negatively affected by increased humidity, so the basic scenario is that when it is first turned on, the fogger cools the relatively dry air in the GH. As it continues to work however, the RH is increased and the cooling effect is decreased, so that at some point you get a negligible cooling effect. Even if the vents are open to let in drier, fresh air, it still is better for humidification than for cooling. I went to the AdobeAir website and looked at the one picture I could find of the Whispercool shop cooler (I didn't see a model number), and if the one you're looking at is like the one on wheels in the garage, I would recommend placing it outside of the greenhouse and venting the output in rather than placing it in the GH and hoping it will take in enough outside air to do the trick. Placing it inside sets up more-or-less the same situation as is happening with the fogger. Also, in my own experience, if a swamp cooler is used, you get a better overall cooling effect if you only have sufficient venting open to directly relieve the input from the cooler. In other words, if the fan on the swamp cooler blows 2000cfm into the greenhouse, the outlet vents should be close to only allowing that volume to leave. Having lots of other ventilation open allows a lot more hot, outside air in. Folks who use power ventilation and swamp coolers (or wet walls) end up drawing 100% of their ventilation air in through the cooler. In the first greenhouse I had with a swamp cooler, the 3500 cfm blower blew into the GH from one end, and I closed all of the vents except for the 2-foot square screen in the door, and I'm sure I could have gone with less of an opening. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. "Lori Siegmund" wrote in message om... Hi Everyone, Before I get in to my question for y'all... let me just toot my horn about FINALLY moving my plants in to my gh on July 18! Many of you helped me in the past few months with my questions about venting, shading, etc. Sooooo helpful and thank you very much! I did end up with Aluminet shade cloth suspended over the gh and it does a GREAT job keeping the heat down about 15F from what it was without it. My Jaybird AquaFog 400 is doing a pretty decent job keeping the humidity where I want it. I'll be posting another question about humidistats since I am having some issues with that. So far, so good with the plants. That weekend and for a few days in to the following week we had a bit of a heat wave here (outside temps reaching 80-90F)and I struggled to keep the max temp in the gh under 100F. The Jaybird couldn't really keep up either; especially during the hottest part of the day between noon and 4PM. Now for the past ten days we've had a a lot of coastal fog so heat has not been a problem. I am thinking on those occasional days I need a swamp cooler to help out. I'd rather not do a permanent mount through the polycarbonate if possible, and was looking at the WisperCool Shop Swamp Cooler Model SC3500 made by AdobeAir out of Phoenix. I can find it online for as low as $299.00. It's rated to cool up to a 400 sq. ft. area at 3500 CFM. My gh is 240 sq. ft. Anyone had any experience with this model or use a portable swamp cooler? The people from Adobe say it probably would do what I want it to (lower the temps another 10-15F and help keep the air more humid). It can be connected to a thermostat. I have a Santa Barbara GH deluxe model and it has the side vents and roof vents. With any portable model you would need to place it near an side vent opening to take in outside air. I think that would work, wouldn't it? Any advice or info would be appreciated! Lori Santa Cruz, CA |
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Portable Swamp Cooler for GH?
Lori,
Just a couple of comments: If the Jaybird unit is inside the greenhouse, it won't do a lot of good for cooling. Evaporative cooling is negatively affected by increased humidity, so the basic scenario is that when it is first turned on, the fogger cools the relatively dry air in the GH. As it continues to work however, the RH is increased and the cooling effect is decreased, so that at some point you get a negligible cooling effect. Even if the vents are open to let in drier, fresh air, it still is better for humidification than for cooling. I went to the AdobeAir website and looked at the one picture I could find of the Whispercool shop cooler (I didn't see a model number), and if the one you're looking at is like the one on wheels in the garage, I would recommend placing it outside of the greenhouse and venting the output in rather than placing it in the GH and hoping it will take in enough outside air to do the trick. Placing it inside sets up more-or-less the same situation as is happening with the fogger. Also, in my own experience, if a swamp cooler is used, you get a better overall cooling effect if you only have sufficient venting open to directly relieve the input from the cooler. In other words, if the fan on the swamp cooler blows 2000cfm into the greenhouse, the outlet vents should be close to only allowing that volume to leave. Having lots of other ventilation open allows a lot more hot, outside air in. Folks who use power ventilation and swamp coolers (or wet walls) end up drawing 100% of their ventilation air in through the cooler. In the first greenhouse I had with a swamp cooler, the 3500 cfm blower blew into the GH from one end, and I closed all of the vents except for the 2-foot square screen in the door, and I'm sure I could have gone with less of an opening. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. "Lori Siegmund" wrote in message om... Hi Everyone, Before I get in to my question for y'all... let me just toot my horn about FINALLY moving my plants in to my gh on July 18! Many of you helped me in the past few months with my questions about venting, shading, etc. Sooooo helpful and thank you very much! I did end up with Aluminet shade cloth suspended over the gh and it does a GREAT job keeping the heat down about 15F from what it was without it. My Jaybird AquaFog 400 is doing a pretty decent job keeping the humidity where I want it. I'll be posting another question about humidistats since I am having some issues with that. So far, so good with the plants. That weekend and for a few days in to the following week we had a bit of a heat wave here (outside temps reaching 80-90F)and I struggled to keep the max temp in the gh under 100F. The Jaybird couldn't really keep up either; especially during the hottest part of the day between noon and 4PM. Now for the past ten days we've had a a lot of coastal fog so heat has not been a problem. I am thinking on those occasional days I need a swamp cooler to help out. I'd rather not do a permanent mount through the polycarbonate if possible, and was looking at the WisperCool Shop Swamp Cooler Model SC3500 made by AdobeAir out of Phoenix. I can find it online for as low as $299.00. It's rated to cool up to a 400 sq. ft. area at 3500 CFM. My gh is 240 sq. ft. Anyone had any experience with this model or use a portable swamp cooler? The people from Adobe say it probably would do what I want it to (lower the temps another 10-15F and help keep the air more humid). It can be connected to a thermostat. I have a Santa Barbara GH deluxe model and it has the side vents and roof vents. With any portable model you would need to place it near an side vent opening to take in outside air. I think that would work, wouldn't it? Any advice or info would be appreciated! Lori Santa Cruz, CA |
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Portable Swamp Cooler for GH?
A great reply Ray, I am wondering if you do green-house calls? *g*
I need help with mine too. I have a swamp cooler that runs on a thermostat & timer. I have vents that open with those Bayliss heat sensitive contraptions? Also have a fan that pulls fresh air in at night. Keep up the good work. Cheers Wendy On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:33:23 -0400, Ray wrote: Lori, Just a couple of comments: If the Jaybird unit is inside the greenhouse, it won't do a lot of good for cooling. Evaporative cooling is negatively affected by increased humidity, so the basic scenario is that when it is first turned on, the fogger cools the relatively dry air in the GH. As it continues to work however, the RH is increased and the cooling effect is decreased, so that at some point you get a negligible cooling effect. Even if the vents are open to let in drier, fresh air, it still is better for humidification than for cooling. I went to the AdobeAir website and looked at the one picture I could find of the Whispercool shop cooler (I didn't see a model number), and if the one you're looking at is like the one on wheels in the garage, I would recommend placing it outside of the greenhouse and venting the output in rather than placing it in the GH and hoping it will take in enough outside air to do the trick. Placing it inside sets up more-or-less the same situation as is happening with the fogger. Also, in my own experience, if a swamp cooler is used, you get a better overall cooling effect if you only have sufficient venting open to directly relieve the input from the cooler. In other words, if the fan on the swamp cooler blows 2000cfm into the greenhouse, the outlet vents should be close to only allowing that volume to leave. Having lots of other ventilation open allows a lot more hot, outside air in. Folks who use power ventilation and swamp coolers (or wet walls) end up drawing 100% of their ventilation air in through the cooler. In the first greenhouse I had with a swamp cooler, the 3500 cfm blower blew into the GH from one end, and I closed all of the vents except for the 2-foot square screen in the door, and I'm sure I could have gone with less of an opening. |
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A great reply Ray, I am wondering if you do green-house calls? *g*
I need help with mine too. I have a swamp cooler that runs on a thermostat & timer. I have vents that open with those Bayliss heat sensitive contraptions? Also have a fan that pulls fresh air in at night. Keep up the good work. Cheers Wendy On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:33:23 -0400, Ray wrote: Lori, Just a couple of comments: If the Jaybird unit is inside the greenhouse, it won't do a lot of good for cooling. Evaporative cooling is negatively affected by increased humidity, so the basic scenario is that when it is first turned on, the fogger cools the relatively dry air in the GH. As it continues to work however, the RH is increased and the cooling effect is decreased, so that at some point you get a negligible cooling effect. Even if the vents are open to let in drier, fresh air, it still is better for humidification than for cooling. I went to the AdobeAir website and looked at the one picture I could find of the Whispercool shop cooler (I didn't see a model number), and if the one you're looking at is like the one on wheels in the garage, I would recommend placing it outside of the greenhouse and venting the output in rather than placing it in the GH and hoping it will take in enough outside air to do the trick. Placing it inside sets up more-or-less the same situation as is happening with the fogger. Also, in my own experience, if a swamp cooler is used, you get a better overall cooling effect if you only have sufficient venting open to directly relieve the input from the cooler. In other words, if the fan on the swamp cooler blows 2000cfm into the greenhouse, the outlet vents should be close to only allowing that volume to leave. Having lots of other ventilation open allows a lot more hot, outside air in. Folks who use power ventilation and swamp coolers (or wet walls) end up drawing 100% of their ventilation air in through the cooler. In the first greenhouse I had with a swamp cooler, the 3500 cfm blower blew into the GH from one end, and I closed all of the vents except for the 2-foot square screen in the door, and I'm sure I could have gone with less of an opening. |
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Portable Swamp Cooler for GH?
A great reply Ray, I am wondering if you do green-house calls? *g*
I need help with mine too. I have a swamp cooler that runs on a thermostat & timer. I have vents that open with those Bayliss heat sensitive contraptions? Also have a fan that pulls fresh air in at night. Keep up the good work. Cheers Wendy On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:33:23 -0400, Ray wrote: Lori, Just a couple of comments: If the Jaybird unit is inside the greenhouse, it won't do a lot of good for cooling. Evaporative cooling is negatively affected by increased humidity, so the basic scenario is that when it is first turned on, the fogger cools the relatively dry air in the GH. As it continues to work however, the RH is increased and the cooling effect is decreased, so that at some point you get a negligible cooling effect. Even if the vents are open to let in drier, fresh air, it still is better for humidification than for cooling. I went to the AdobeAir website and looked at the one picture I could find of the Whispercool shop cooler (I didn't see a model number), and if the one you're looking at is like the one on wheels in the garage, I would recommend placing it outside of the greenhouse and venting the output in rather than placing it in the GH and hoping it will take in enough outside air to do the trick. Placing it inside sets up more-or-less the same situation as is happening with the fogger. Also, in my own experience, if a swamp cooler is used, you get a better overall cooling effect if you only have sufficient venting open to directly relieve the input from the cooler. In other words, if the fan on the swamp cooler blows 2000cfm into the greenhouse, the outlet vents should be close to only allowing that volume to leave. Having lots of other ventilation open allows a lot more hot, outside air in. Folks who use power ventilation and swamp coolers (or wet walls) end up drawing 100% of their ventilation air in through the cooler. In the first greenhouse I had with a swamp cooler, the 3500 cfm blower blew into the GH from one end, and I closed all of the vents except for the 2-foot square screen in the door, and I'm sure I could have gone with less of an opening. |
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Portable Swamp Cooler for GH?
On 30 Jul 2004 21:58:16 -0700, Lori Siegmund wrote:
Hi Everyone, Before I get in to my question for y'all... let me just toot my horn about FINALLY moving my plants in to my gh on July 18! Many of you helped me in the past few months with my questions about venting, shading, etc. Sooooo helpful and thank you very much! I did end up with Aluminet shade cloth suspended over the gh and it does a GREAT job keeping the heat down about 15F from what it was without it. My Jaybird AquaFog 400 is doing a pretty decent job keeping the humidity where I want it. I'll be posting another question about humidistats since I am having some issues with that. So far, so good with the plants. That weekend and for a few days in to the following week we had a bit of a heat wave here (outside temps reaching 80-90F)and I struggled to keep the max temp in the gh under 100F. The Jaybird couldn't really keep up either; especially during the hottest part of the day between noon and 4PM. Now for the past ten days we've had a a lot of coastal fog so heat has not been a problem. Hi Lori, I purchased a portable swamp cooler from Home Depot. I didn't use the stand with wheels. I set it on some 2x4's at the existing opening. It is made of plastic. It has a 6 gal water storage tank. They should make them with on/off floats so that you don't have to fill up all the time. Ray is correct, you do need to pull in outside air through the back of them. Over the years, I have replaced many "metal" box fan type coolers, because of corrosion! Seems like more & more are made of plastic these days. Also misters under the benches or on the floor help to cool & keep up the humidity. Cheers Wendy I am thinking on those occasional days I need a swamp cooler to help out. I'd rather not do a permanent mount through the polycarbonate if possible, and was looking at the WisperCool Shop Swamp Cooler Model SC3500 made by AdobeAir out of Phoenix. I can find it online for as low as $299.00. It's rated to cool up to a 400 sq. ft. area at 3500 CFM. My gh is 240 sq. ft. Anyone had any experience with this model or use a portable swamp cooler? The people from Adobe say it probably would do what I want it to (lower the temps another 10-15F and help keep the air more humid). It can be connected to a thermostat. I have a Santa Barbara GH deluxe model and it has the side vents and roof vents. With any portable model you would need to place it near an side vent opening to take in outside air. I think that would work, wouldn't it? Any advice or info would be appreciated! Lori Santa Cruz, CA |
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On 30 Jul 2004 21:58:16 -0700, Lori Siegmund wrote:
Hi Everyone, Before I get in to my question for y'all... let me just toot my horn about FINALLY moving my plants in to my gh on July 18! Many of you helped me in the past few months with my questions about venting, shading, etc. Sooooo helpful and thank you very much! I did end up with Aluminet shade cloth suspended over the gh and it does a GREAT job keeping the heat down about 15F from what it was without it. My Jaybird AquaFog 400 is doing a pretty decent job keeping the humidity where I want it. I'll be posting another question about humidistats since I am having some issues with that. So far, so good with the plants. That weekend and for a few days in to the following week we had a bit of a heat wave here (outside temps reaching 80-90F)and I struggled to keep the max temp in the gh under 100F. The Jaybird couldn't really keep up either; especially during the hottest part of the day between noon and 4PM. Now for the past ten days we've had a a lot of coastal fog so heat has not been a problem. Hi Lori, I purchased a portable swamp cooler from Home Depot. I didn't use the stand with wheels. I set it on some 2x4's at the existing opening. It is made of plastic. It has a 6 gal water storage tank. They should make them with on/off floats so that you don't have to fill up all the time. Ray is correct, you do need to pull in outside air through the back of them. Over the years, I have replaced many "metal" box fan type coolers, because of corrosion! Seems like more & more are made of plastic these days. Also misters under the benches or on the floor help to cool & keep up the humidity. Cheers Wendy I am thinking on those occasional days I need a swamp cooler to help out. I'd rather not do a permanent mount through the polycarbonate if possible, and was looking at the WisperCool Shop Swamp Cooler Model SC3500 made by AdobeAir out of Phoenix. I can find it online for as low as $299.00. It's rated to cool up to a 400 sq. ft. area at 3500 CFM. My gh is 240 sq. ft. Anyone had any experience with this model or use a portable swamp cooler? The people from Adobe say it probably would do what I want it to (lower the temps another 10-15F and help keep the air more humid). It can be connected to a thermostat. I have a Santa Barbara GH deluxe model and it has the side vents and roof vents. With any portable model you would need to place it near an side vent opening to take in outside air. I think that would work, wouldn't it? Any advice or info would be appreciated! Lori Santa Cruz, CA |
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On 30 Jul 2004 21:58:16 -0700, Lori Siegmund wrote:
Hi Everyone, Before I get in to my question for y'all... let me just toot my horn about FINALLY moving my plants in to my gh on July 18! Many of you helped me in the past few months with my questions about venting, shading, etc. Sooooo helpful and thank you very much! I did end up with Aluminet shade cloth suspended over the gh and it does a GREAT job keeping the heat down about 15F from what it was without it. My Jaybird AquaFog 400 is doing a pretty decent job keeping the humidity where I want it. I'll be posting another question about humidistats since I am having some issues with that. So far, so good with the plants. That weekend and for a few days in to the following week we had a bit of a heat wave here (outside temps reaching 80-90F)and I struggled to keep the max temp in the gh under 100F. The Jaybird couldn't really keep up either; especially during the hottest part of the day between noon and 4PM. Now for the past ten days we've had a a lot of coastal fog so heat has not been a problem. Hi Lori, I purchased a portable swamp cooler from Home Depot. I didn't use the stand with wheels. I set it on some 2x4's at the existing opening. It is made of plastic. It has a 6 gal water storage tank. They should make them with on/off floats so that you don't have to fill up all the time. Ray is correct, you do need to pull in outside air through the back of them. Over the years, I have replaced many "metal" box fan type coolers, because of corrosion! Seems like more & more are made of plastic these days. Also misters under the benches or on the floor help to cool & keep up the humidity. Cheers Wendy I am thinking on those occasional days I need a swamp cooler to help out. I'd rather not do a permanent mount through the polycarbonate if possible, and was looking at the WisperCool Shop Swamp Cooler Model SC3500 made by AdobeAir out of Phoenix. I can find it online for as low as $299.00. It's rated to cool up to a 400 sq. ft. area at 3500 CFM. My gh is 240 sq. ft. Anyone had any experience with this model or use a portable swamp cooler? The people from Adobe say it probably would do what I want it to (lower the temps another 10-15F and help keep the air more humid). It can be connected to a thermostat. I have a Santa Barbara GH deluxe model and it has the side vents and roof vents. With any portable model you would need to place it near an side vent opening to take in outside air. I think that would work, wouldn't it? Any advice or info would be appreciated! Lori Santa Cruz, CA |
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I picked up a portable cooler from Graingers a few years ago. It cost $110 at
the time and was the same model being sold by Charlie's Greenhouse supply. Although these types of coolers do not work all that well on the east coast because of the humidity it does manage to reduce the tempreture by about 15 degrees. I install it in front of the screen door entrance to the greenhouse. The only issue is having to fill the reservior since it does not have a direct connection to a water source or a float valve but one could easily be installed. It has a three speed fan and a pump to saturate the pad with water. The reservior is made of plastic and after four years use there is only a little rust on the outside corners of the metal at the base. |
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I picked up a portable cooler from Graingers a few years ago. It cost $110 at
the time and was the same model being sold by Charlie's Greenhouse supply. Although these types of coolers do not work all that well on the east coast because of the humidity it does manage to reduce the tempreture by about 15 degrees. I install it in front of the screen door entrance to the greenhouse. The only issue is having to fill the reservior since it does not have a direct connection to a water source or a float valve but one could easily be installed. It has a three speed fan and a pump to saturate the pad with water. The reservior is made of plastic and after four years use there is only a little rust on the outside corners of the metal at the base. |
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I just checke out the Adobe unit you are looking at and according to the
information on the web site of one of their dealers the model you are interested in cannot be operated continuously. In fact it is limited to as little as two hours. Do a search on Adobeair on Google and you will find the dealer. The next model up from Adobe at over $400 can be operated continuously but at that price you would be better off with a permanent one rather than a portable device. I'd check out Graingers for some pricing since they also sell permanent high quality units. |
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I just checke out the Adobe unit you are looking at and according to the
information on the web site of one of their dealers the model you are interested in cannot be operated continuously. In fact it is limited to as little as two hours. Do a search on Adobeair on Google and you will find the dealer. The next model up from Adobe at over $400 can be operated continuously but at that price you would be better off with a permanent one rather than a portable device. I'd check out Graingers for some pricing since they also sell permanent high quality units. |
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I'd check out Graingers for some pricing since they also sell permanent
high quality units. I checked out the Grainger site. You can get a quality evaporative cooler for under $400 that has a 3000CFM capacity. They have a number of models available. |
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