"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When summer heat kicks in and your space can’t accommodate a bulky window AC, an evaporative cooler (also ...

Which swamp cooler is best? When summer breezes get hot, and there isn’t an air conditioner available, a swamp cooler can help. Swamp coolers don’t provide the frosty chill of air conditioning, but ...

Swamp coolers provide one of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to stay comfortable in the heat. Also known as evaporative air conditioners, these machines take in warm outside air and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If your traditional window and ceiling fans just aren’t cutting it this summer, and you live in an area ...

If you live in a dry climate — especially in the West and Southwest — air conditioning isn't your only option for keeping a room cool. A portable evaporative cooler (aka "swamp" cooler) does basically ...

Back in the day—before Facebook made it possible to embarrass yourself even when drinking alone—I worked at the Clinton Street Theater. It was there I encountered my first evaporative (aka swamp) ...

Tuesday marked the official start of summer and triple-digit temperatures made it the hottest day in the Grand Valley for the year...so far. "It's hot, and it's dry, and it's miserable," said Fruita ...

Q: I have a swamp cooler that no longer works. It blows air, but the air is not cool. The unit used to make a trickling noise but no longer does. What can be done to bring the cool air back? A: Swamp ...

Earlier this year I replaced my swamp cooler controller. What I had was one of those sucky cheap controllers that has a rotary dial, you manually turn it to start the pump to wet the pads, then ...