Quote Originally Posted by Jeanne View Post
I live in Arizona desert, have all my life.. swamp coolers are useless here bc its too hot. Swamp coolers only are blowing air over pads that are wet w warm/hot water. They just dont work. Unless ofcourse you put blocks of ice into the bottom of swamp and even then, it only helps blow cold at night bc day time temps of 116 like we have had over last cpl day still melts the ice blocks quicker than they can help during the day.
Ok I thought they also worked by evaporative cooling, basically pulling heat energy out of the air to evaporate the water, which is why they don't work in humid environments.

I couldn't imagine 116*F and no A/C.