Comments on: Swamp Coolers – more cost effective than air conditioning http://greenterrafirma.com/wordpress/swamp-coolers-more-cost-effective-than-air-conditioning/ Common sense, sustainable suggestions & DIY projects to reduce your impact on mother earth. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:20:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bruce Knight http://greenterrafirma.com/wordpress/swamp-coolers-more-cost-effective-than-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Bruce Knight Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:34:06 +0000 http://greenterrafirma.com/wordpress/?p=46#comment-375 Sue, If your estimates come in the SAME for both an evaporative cooler and a central air conditioner, then you need to keep getting estimates. There is considerably less parts to an evaporative cooler - no expensive compressor for example. In addition, your big savings will come from the daily operation of an evaporative cooler, which will use much less electricity. Other sites that include estimates for cost to purchase or operate an evaporative cooler verus AC include: http://www.toolbase.org/TechInventory/TechDetails.aspx?ContentDetailID=749&BucketID=1&CategoryID=6 The above link estimates the cost at $700-$1000 vs thousands for AC and that evaporative coolers cost one quarter as much as AC to operate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooling#Evaporative_cooling Which estimates the operating cost at one eighth to half of the cost to run an AC unit. Sue,
If your estimates come in the SAME for both an evaporative cooler and a central air conditioner, then you need to keep getting estimates. There is considerably less parts to an evaporative cooler – no expensive compressor for example. In addition, your big savings will come from the daily operation of an evaporative cooler, which will use much less electricity.

Other sites that include estimates for cost to purchase or operate an evaporative cooler verus AC include:

http://www.toolbase.org/TechInventory/TechDetails.aspx?ContentDetailID=749&BucketID=1&CategoryID=6

The above link estimates the cost at $700-$1000 vs thousands for AC and that evaporative coolers cost one quarter as much as AC to operate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporative_cooling#Evaporative_cooling

Which estimates the operating cost at one eighth to half of the cost to run an AC unit.

]]> By: Sue http://greenterrafirma.com/wordpress/swamp-coolers-more-cost-effective-than-air-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Sue Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:48:03 +0000 http://greenterrafirma.com/wordpress/?p=46#comment-374 We have a house in Denver and are trying to decide between a swamp cooler and air condidtioning. We are leaning toward the cooler. We have had 3 bids so far and it is the SAME to have the cooler installed as it is for air. The lowest bid was $2500 and the highest has been $6000. My house is around 1500 square feet also so not sure where you got the cost to install a cooler would be $700. Maybe one that goes in the window. We have a house in Denver and are trying to decide between a swamp cooler and air condidtioning. We are leaning toward the cooler. We have had 3 bids so far and it is the SAME to have the cooler installed as it is for air. The lowest bid was $2500 and the highest has been $6000. My house is around 1500 square feet also so not sure where you got the cost to install a cooler would be $700. Maybe one that goes in the window.

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