Up until a year or so ago I had a Taiwanese roommate named Ta-Chien. His name means “Big Thousand” in Chinese. Obviously his mom was thinking of money when she named him, or perhaps she named him after waking up from a very long nap of counting sheep. Anyway, his non-Mandarin-speaking friends have difficulty pronouncing ...
I think I must have been a Depression-era housewife in a past life, because she is my ideal of someone who lives frugally, is largely self-sufficient from the kitchen garden and barnyard chickens, and is clever with what basics she has available. Now that I live on a homestead in the mountains, I’m taking that ...
Swamp coolers, also called evaporation coolers, covert evaporating water into air and provide natural means of cooling. Air 15°-40°F cooler than the outside temperature is then directed into the home, and the warmer air is pushed out through the vents. Size and Selection Before determining the size, count and location of the ducts you need ...
Humidity is a very important factor in cooling a home. Too much humidity makes cooling a more difficult task. In a dry climate, however, humidity is an efficient tool for cooling a room. Swamp air coolers, or evaporative coolers, are cooling machines that use humidity to lower the room temperature in a dry climate. They ...
How do you cool your home? Do you set a fan to blow across a tub of boiling water and expect it to cool anything? Basically, here in New Mexico, that is the most common house design. It’s called a roof mounted swamp (evaporative) cooler. Now this design may work in milder climates. But here ...
