What is a swamp cooler? Also known as an evaporative cooler, this device—which is about the same size as a room air conditioner—lowers the temperature in a home simply by adding moisture to the air.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If your traditional window and ceiling fans just aren’t cutting it this summer, and you live in an area ...

It’s a classic Burning Man hack: scale down a residential swamp cooler to a compact, 12-volt bucket that hangs outside your tent on the playa. Instant air conditioning. You need a battery, computer ...

How you can make a simple 'air conditioner' for $30 Oregonian Daves Killen and Cansler endeavor to make a $30 DIY air conditioner with mixed results. If you try this at home, be sure to remove the ice ...

Summer in the Pacific Northwest seems to last five minutes — but those five minutes are intense. When the days heat up, my normal course of action is to take my kids to an air-conditioned mall or ...

As temperatures begin to rise, signaling the change in seasons from spring to summer, many of us seek the comfort of artificially chilled air inside a building. Any unit capable of cooling an entire ...

What’s the coolest thing a person can build with LEGO? Well it’s gotta be an air conditioner, right? Technically, [Manoj Nathwani] built a LEGO-fied swamp cooler, but it’s been too hot in London to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. what is a swamp cooler and why is it better than an ac? Homeowners across the nation survived record heat at the end of June, the ...