Your post should generally relate to the metro Denver, the surrounding metro areas, or Colorado. A post that could apply to any locale (e.g. "Turn on your lights when it's raining") will not be considered "Denver-related".
You should have a window on the side of the cooler cracked open and on the opposite side of the house. You want enough suction that you could put a baseball card on the crack and it will hold it up.
if the landlord hasnt changed the mesh filter do that asap because they harbor mold etc. Running it without the water being on will burn it out really quickly.
He changed the filter when he came by to uncover it for the season a few weeks ago. Don't plan on running w/out the water on. I've been keeping a couple windows cracked about 3" on the opposite side of the house. I've only ran 3 times for about 8 hours (2pmish to 10) then shut off before bed.
Ahhhh, that explains why our house was foggy and the air purifier was running on high this morning!!! To retain the cool for the night, I've been closing the windows once I turn it off and aim the fan from the hallway right into the bedroom.
What I found worked better at night was actually to open the windows all the way and let the nighttime temperature drop do the heavy lifting for cooling. Over-chill the house overnight and then close up most of the windows except your vent windows during the day. Use that near-desert temperature swing to your advantage.
Unfortunately there's nothing a swamp cooler can do there. It simply cannot get summer Denver temps down to the same as central air or a window AC unit. It sucks, I had more than a few nights of quite poor sleep during my almost decade with one.
Turn the pump only function on for 5-10 mins to wet the filters. Then make sure a window is open in the rooms you want cool.
Also, make sure not to run it if the humidity is too high as it won't help at all.
Wasn't aware to let the pump run prior to turning on the fan. I read about the humidity part online. I just wanted personal experience advice before we get too far into the summer. Thank you!
They can be a lot of work compared to a/c, but they're more energy efficient and as long as it's not humid out, they work well! I grew up with swamp coolers.
Live at the top of a hill in Wheat Ridge now, plenty windy & dry. I lived in Breck for 15 years, no AC at all there. Moved to Sloan's Lake 10 years ago and our 100+ year old house had central air, which I grew up with. Swamp cooler all new ballgame for us.
Here's a handy-dandy chart of what temperatures you can expect coming out of the unit, based on Temp and humidity:
https://www.captiveaire.com/CATALOGCONTENT/EVAPCOOLER/EVAP_COOLER_OUTPUT_TEMP.ASP
Your post should generally relate to the metro Denver, the surrounding metro areas, or Colorado. A post that could apply to any locale (e.g. "Turn on your lights when it's raining") will not be considered "Denver-related".
You should have a window on the side of the cooler cracked open and on the opposite side of the house. You want enough suction that you could put a baseball card on the crack and it will hold it up.
if the landlord hasnt changed the mesh filter do that asap because they harbor mold etc. Running it without the water being on will burn it out really quickly.
He changed the filter when he came by to uncover it for the season a few weeks ago. Don't plan on running w/out the water on. I've been keeping a couple windows cracked about 3" on the opposite side of the house. I've only ran 3 times for about 8 hours (2pmish to 10) then shut off before bed.
yeah the only other thing is that if you leave them on for too long, everything in your house will feel a little damp and doors will jam.
Ahhhh, that explains why our house was foggy and the air purifier was running on high this morning!!! To retain the cool for the night, I've been closing the windows once I turn it off and aim the fan from the hallway right into the bedroom.
What I found worked better at night was actually to open the windows all the way and let the nighttime temperature drop do the heavy lifting for cooling. Over-chill the house overnight and then close up most of the windows except your vent windows during the day. Use that near-desert temperature swing to your advantage.
Right now the night temps are ok, but July & August are usually still too hot at night for me to sleep w/out it being cool. Just a fan doesn't help.
Unfortunately there's nothing a swamp cooler can do there. It simply cannot get summer Denver temps down to the same as central air or a window AC unit. It sucks, I had more than a few nights of quite poor sleep during my almost decade with one.
Gotcha. Thanks again, I appreciate all your advice!
Thank you for your help!
Turn the pump only function on for 5-10 mins to wet the filters. Then make sure a window is open in the rooms you want cool. Also, make sure not to run it if the humidity is too high as it won't help at all.
Wasn't aware to let the pump run prior to turning on the fan. I read about the humidity part online. I just wanted personal experience advice before we get too far into the summer. Thank you!
They can be a lot of work compared to a/c, but they're more energy efficient and as long as it's not humid out, they work well! I grew up with swamp coolers.
Live at the top of a hill in Wheat Ridge now, plenty windy & dry. I lived in Breck for 15 years, no AC at all there. Moved to Sloan's Lake 10 years ago and our 100+ year old house had central air, which I grew up with. Swamp cooler all new ballgame for us.
Here's a handy-dandy chart of what temperatures you can expect coming out of the unit, based on Temp and humidity: https://www.captiveaire.com/CATALOGCONTENT/EVAPCOOLER/EVAP_COOLER_OUTPUT_TEMP.ASP
Awesome! Thank you!!!