swamp cooler on bay

dickcharlton · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:53 am Post subject: swamp cooler on bay

I'm considering buying a swamp cooler for my baywindow. I'm wondering if anyone has any pictures of what this looks like mounted. Also does anyone know if it will mount on my bus being that i have ventshades mounted as well.

wayradmike · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:05 am Post subject:

no help here, just wanted to say i've always wanted one. however it would be quite ineffective around here, where the humidity often matches the temperature during the summer.
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mightyart · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:19 am Post subject:

DurocShark · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:48 am Post subject:

I'd love one too. Here in CO it would work wonderfully. But they're always so expensive. Sad

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Hippy Joe · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:59 am Post subject:

Check this out!
This seems like a great idea and it is alot cheaper.
The little window unit you can get anywhere for less than a $100.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=186864

mightyart · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:07 am Post subject:

hope you got a long cord.
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Hippy Joe · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:29 am Post subject:

I would like to replace my 2000 with that.
It would be like a "Air Bus"

IFBwax · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:44 am Post subject:

I agree.. if you're going to do that, get an AC.. cheaper and works everywhere.. where there's power anyway.
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static · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:52 pm Post subject:

mightyart · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:58 pm Post subject:

static · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject:

Would you say then thay are most popular with the "I have this rare part and you don't" folk?

Frankly, I don't drive my VW bus much during the summer months. (Mostly because of the heat, and partly because the campgrounds are filled with children)

I might be more interested in driving during the day if I didn't feel as if I always had my head in a convection oven.

(and the temps in Northern California are nothing compared to those in Texas!)

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tristessa · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject:

salone · Samba Member Joined: February 05, 2004 Posts: 121

here's a piture of mine.

it's not a real good shot of it but it's all i can find.

driving with it on doesn't really make much differance. it works just as well as having the window cracked or the vent wing open. i picked it up cheap and more for looks....

this style mounts to the actual glass. i've seen other that clamp to the door.

IFBwax · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject:

forget the cooler.. that's a darn nice bus!!!!!!
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dickcharlton · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject:

They look awsome. Do you think they would still fit with my ventshades?

BUS_AV8TOR · Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:14 am Post subject:

Desertbusman · Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:17 am Post subject:

Coolers?
They can be absolutely wonderful. It's what I rely on in my house. And I really enjoy it most of the year. We're frequently in the 110's and won't be out of the 100's until October. But they need low humidity. When it gets to 20% or above it's less enjoyable and maybe time to turn on the AC.
The problem is that a "swamp" cooler doesn't cool much. An "evaporative" cooler does. It is the evaporation process that cools the air. Just being drenched with water doesn't cool it just makes the air wet. Technology has really improved how they work. All of the old classic car coolers I see these days don't have the new good pad material and are pretty much operated as a "swamp" cooler keeping the pad drenched. If they were used like an "evaporative" cooler they can do a fair job. But again the other important key is real low humidity. Another funny thing is that we put them on bugs and busses for the nostalgic looks. And the coolers date back mostly to the 50's. They pre-date our Bays by a long time.
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NASkeet · Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:30 am Post subject: VW Type 2 swamp coolers

nemobuscaptain · Samba Member Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 3874

Hmmmm. That would look pretty sweet hanging from my passenger window.
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