# Do "Swamp Coolers" exist?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-swamp-coolers-exist/66066>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 21, 2001, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-swamp-coolers-exist/66066 "2001-05-21T08:00:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-swamp-coolers-exist/66066/21 "2001-05-28T20:18:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by techchick68 \*  
> \*\*I lived in Grand Junction, Colorado. Almost as hot as Phoenix but well, not quite AS hot 105ºF was not unheard of but the mid to upper 90s were pretty typical through the summer months.
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> And one more tidbit, I used to work in construction when I lived in GJ, about half the homes I worked with had swamp coolers the rest had AC. \*\*

I forgot you had lived there. I was there from 1964-1986.

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**Author:** ![Theo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Theo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theo)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-swamp-coolers-exist/66066/22 "2001-05-28T21:44:59Z")

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Yup, I lived in Arizona for four years and we had a swamp cooler. It doesn’t cool as much as an A/C but costs MUCH less to run. I’m sure you know, living in Florida, how much an A/C costs to run in hot climes.

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