If you can't make one of those fit, use the el-cheapo version. Get one of those
plastic spray bottles and fill it with ice water. When things get too hot, just
give a few squirts down into the footwells. The air flowing through the vents
will fog it right back at you.
Daniel Neuman wrote:
> Hello Again,
> Was looking through a catalog and came across something that might
>prove very interesting for people who live in HOT-DRY areas.
> It's a swamp cooler for a car!!!!! Now I know that installing a true ac unit
>in a roadster would be an expensive pain in the you-know-what but this looks
>cheap and easy.
> Its called the coolstar and they sell them in kits ready made for
>cars.. course not a roadster but they have Nissan trucks and sentras listed…
> What it is is a pad that goes in your cowl air intake. It has a
>moisture sensor that is hooked to a sprayer and a water bag(looks like a 67.5
>kangaroo bag). You flip a switch and the sprayer keeps the pad wet. You then
>just turn on your fan and instant cool (probably not COLD) air. The kit is
>complete and does not look too hard to install. The only problem is probably
>modifing the pad to fit in our cowls. The company whos' catalog I was looking
>at has a web site with a picture and a description www.realgoods.com Type in
>CoolStar in their little search engine. Right now they are closing them out
>at 99 bucks each.
> This might be just the thing for someone whos lives in a dry hot
>place. Now from spending time in the Nevada desert I know that swamp coolers
>work pretty darn well when its dry.
> Here's a question.. Does anybody have any idea just how dry it has to
>be for these things to work?? Sure would love to have something like this on
>the long hot drive to shasta..but I don't know if California is dry enough??
>Anybody have any ideas??
> Daniel 69 2000
> SF CA
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