What You Need to Know about Evaporative Cooling

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Comfort is one thing that many people are willing to pay for. That explains why many homes are furnished with air conditioners, heaters, or fireplaces to make them a more comfortable place to live. But comfort need not be expensive. This is true especially for an evaporative cooler. This is just what budget-conscious consumers need to ensure comfort within their home without spending a fortune.
An evaporative cooler is made to cool the air inside a house or a room through a combination of steady airflow and moisture in the air. This can decrease air temperature by 30 degrees Fahrenheit. It can be used as the only unit for cooling the house or as a complement to the cooling effects of existing air conditioners. This cooling unit works best in dry, low-humidity areas but not in very humid and rainy areas.

Evaporative Cooler Types
Evaporative coolers come in a variety of types, which are distinguished according to where they are installed. Window coolers lower the air temperature of a room or an entire house. Side discharge coolers, which are used to cool an entire house, are mounted on the side of the house in the attic area or on the roof. Down discharge units are also installed on the roof and distribute air downward to cool the entire house.

The pads used in an evaporative cooler serve as a filter trapping dust, allergens, and pollutants from the air. Two types of pads are commonly used for evaporative coolers: rigid media pads and fibre pads. Rigid media pads are longer lasting and easier to maintain than fibre pads. In contrast, fiber pads are cheaper and require more frequent replacement or maintenance. Portable evaporative coolers are designed to cool small rooms and can be moved around in the house. Lastly, mobile coolers are bigger than portable ones and are used in open spaces such as patios and garages.

Evaporative cooling

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Evaporative cooling can bring you a natural cool change into your home whenever you like. Evaporative cooling is one of the cheapest ways to cool your entire home, it is also the freshest and healthiest ways. Sleepless nights due to hot weather can be a thing of the past, and you wont be worrying all night that it's costing you a small fortune to run. Evaporative cooling is an investment and requires some considerations such as: What will my future cooling needs be? Do I need to cool the entire home, or perhaps just one room? Can I afford to run evaporative cooling for days on end if need be?

Evaporative cooling during the summer months will keep the living areas cool throughout the day and the bedrooms cool at night. There are several options which make this possible. Split refrigeration systems perform this task by cooling only the rooms they are placed in. Ducted evaporative cooling, on the other hand, provides whole house cooling through a network of outlets located in the ceiling.

Unlike refrigerated cooling which requires you to keep doors and windows closed to maintain a cooler temperature, evaporative cooling requires you to leave your doors and windows open. This is great news if you have children who are constantly running in and out of the house!

Ducted evaporative cooling comprises a central cooling unit, which is connected to a series of outlets. Positioned strategically throughout the house, these outlets, or ducts, are installed in the ceiling while the cooling unit is installed on top of the roof. Cool fresh air flows through these outlets into every room of your home. The cooling unit fan draws in fresh air from outside your house. (The hotter the air is to begin with, the better the cooling effect.) As it passes through moistened pads, the air is cooled and filtered before flowing through outlets in your rooms - just like a cool, refreshing sea breeze.

Evaporative cooling is based on a totally natural process of air cooled by water which means it won't dry out the air, irritate your skin, throat or eyes, or affect the environment. Evaporative cooling is also up to 50% cheaper to install and three times cheaper to run than refrigerated cooling. In fact, it can cost you less than $1 a night.

Evaporative cooling is the healthiest way to cool your home because it replaces stale old air with clean fresh air many times an hour - remember, you keep your doors and windows open. The air inside your home is never re-circulated which means smells and airborne germs are expelled. But why just benefit from evaporative cooling during summer? Simply turn on your fan and you can remove stale air from your home in the middle of winter, too.

Special Features & Benefits of Evaporative Cooling

Cool air flows through outlets into every room of the house
Warm air is naturally cooled with water - just like a sea breeze
Evaporative cooling is environmentally friendly because it uses no CFC's and only a little power
Only $1.00 a night to run on average
Evaporative cooling completely replaces the stale air inside your home with fresh air.

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