Anyone ever used one of these?
 

I've been looking for a good, inexpensive way to cool my bus (both
when I'm driving and camping). Besides costing a bundle, those
tube-shaped, window-hung swamp coolers never really appealed to me.
Seemed like they would be a lot of hassle and don't look too good.

I came across this site: http://www.kooleraire.com/. The concept looks
like a good one for several reasons:

1. It's cheap. {:o)
2. It recirculates the cooler cabin air instead of dragging in hot air
from outside.
3. You can put your food in the cooler and use the A/C at the same
time.
4. If you used sealed ice (e.g. frozen milk jug, pop bottle, etc.), I
think it would actually reduce humidity via condensation instead of
increasing it the way swamp coolers do. This is great news for humid
climates (or humid days in dry climates like NM).

If my mind is working right, I think it wold fit nicely between the
front seats.

-- Christian
'71 Bus -- Turtle

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I dont think it would work. not enought cold ice to cool a big bus .


and it looks just like a plastic container with a fan in, to me !

Why dont you make one yourself and try it ?


Rich


Christian M. Mericle wrote:
> I've been looking for a good, inexpensive way to cool my bus (both
> when I'm driving and camping). Besides costing a bundle, those
> tube-shaped, window-hung swamp coolers never really appealed to me.
> Seemed like they would be a lot of hassle and don't look too good.
>
> I came across this site: http://www.kooleraire.com/. The concept looks
> like a good one for several reasons:
>
> 1. It's cheap. {:o)
> 2. It recirculates the cooler cabin air instead of dragging in hot air
> from outside.
> 3. You can put your food in the cooler and use the A/C at the same
> time.
> 4. If you used sealed ice (e.g. frozen milk jug, pop bottle, etc.), I
> think it would actually reduce humidity via condensation instead of
> increasing it the way swamp coolers do. This is great news for humid
> climates (or humid days in dry climates like NM).
>
> If my mind is working right, I think it wold fit nicely between the
> front seats.
>
> -- Christian
> '71 Bus -- Turtle
>
> Save Darfur -- http://www.savedarfur.org/
> World Vision (Darfur) -- http://donate.wvus.org/OA_HTML/xxwvi...item=107218 2
> ICC (Sudan) -- http://www.persecution.org/Countries/sudan.html

On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:15:32 -0500, Michael Cecil
> wrote:

>On Fri, 20 May 2005 21:42:47 GMT, tricky > wrote:
>
>>I dont think it would work. not enought cold ice to cool a big bus .
>
>Just use dry ice. Hehehe.

That'd be a breath of fresh air, wouldn't it.

-- Christian

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"Christian M. Mericle" > wrote in message
...

> I came across this site: http://www.kooleraire.com/. The concept looks
> like a good one [...]

Some racers use something like that - with a tube coming out and into the
helmet.

"Michael Cecil" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 21:42:47 GMT, tricky > wrote:
>
>>I dont think it would work. not enought cold ice to cool a big bus .
>
> Just use dry ice. Hehehe.

Add water and have a show! Until you suffocate. :(

Looks interesting. I just use a fan mounted beside me, but then I have no
passenger seat and the fan mounts nicely just ahead of the 2 gallon water
jug and the microwave! Go to http://www.allelectronics.com/ to buy a fan
and the cord.... or check out their Pelier effect thermoelectric coolers
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bi...775&type=store
and build an electronic air conditioner! -BaH

"Christian M. Mericle" > wrote in message
...
> I've been looking for a good, inexpensive way to cool my bus (both
> when I'm driving and camping). Besides costing a bundle, those
> tube-shaped, window-hung swamp coolers never really appealed to me.
> Seemed like they would be a lot of hassle and don't look too good.
>
> I came across this site: http://www.kooleraire.com/. The concept looks
> like a good one for several reasons:
>
> 1. It's cheap. {:o)
> 2. It recirculates the cooler cabin air instead of dragging in hot air
> from outside.
> 3. You can put your food in the cooler and use the A/C at the same
> time.
> 4. If you used sealed ice (e.g. frozen milk jug, pop bottle, etc.), I
> think it would actually reduce humidity via condensation instead of
> increasing it the way swamp coolers do. This is great news for humid
> climates (or humid days in dry climates like NM).
>
> If my mind is working right, I think it wold fit nicely between the
> front seats.
>
> -- Christian
> '71 Bus -- Turtle
>
> Save Darfur -- http://www.savedarfur.org/
> World Vision (Darfur) --
http://donate.wvus.org/OA_HTML/xxwvi...item=107218 2
> ICC (Sudan) -- http://www.persecution.org/Countries/sudan.html

On Sat, 21 May 2005 15:38:27 GMT, "Busahaulic"
> wrote:

>Looks interesting. I just use a fan mounted beside me, but then I have no
>passenger seat and the fan mounts nicely just ahead of the 2 gallon water
>jug and the microwave! Go to http://www.allelectronics.com/ to buy a fan
>and the cord.... or check out their Pelier effect thermoelectric coolers
>http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bi...775&type=store
>and build an electronic air conditioner! -BaH

I like the Peltier idea. Sounds like the same thing those 12V coolers
use. I'll look into this idea some more.

-- Christian


>"Christian M. Mericle" > wrote in message
.. .
>> I've been looking for a good, inexpensive way to cool my bus (both
>> when I'm driving and camping). Besides costing a bundle, those
>> tube-shaped, window-hung swamp coolers never really appealed to me.
>> Seemed like they would be a lot of hassle and don't look too good.
>>
>> I came across this site: http://www.kooleraire.com/. The concept looks
>> like a good one for several reasons:
>>
>> 1. It's cheap. {:o)
>> 2. It recirculates the cooler cabin air instead of dragging in hot air
>> from outside.
>> 3. You can put your food in the cooler and use the A/C at the same
>> time.
>> 4. If you used sealed ice (e.g. frozen milk jug, pop bottle, etc.), I
>> think it would actually reduce humidity via condensation instead of
>> increasing it the way swamp coolers do. This is great news for humid
>> climates (or humid days in dry climates like NM).
>>
>> If my mind is working right, I think it wold fit nicely between the
>> front seats.
>>
>> -- Christian
>> '71 Bus -- Turtle

Save Darfur -- http://www.savedarfur.org/
World Vision (Darfur) -- http://donate.wvus.org/OA_HTML/xxwvi...item=107218 2
ICC (Sudan) -- http://www.persecution.org/Countries/sudan.html