Stand-Alone Coolers Fight Summer Heat (General Shelters)

2000 - Volume #24, Issue #3, Page #27

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Stand-alone, portable evaporative coolers aren't new but sales have been picking up in recent years as farmers have discovered they're a relatively inexpensive way to keep livestock û and people - cool.
  The wheeled units operate on standard 110-volt electricity and require only a standard garden hose to supply the water they use. A fan blows hot air through specially-designed "cooling pads", which use evaporation to cool the air off.
  According to the manufacturers, the units run a lot cheaper than air conditioning and provide relief in places where air conditioning isn't practical, such as machine shops, barns, etc., and you can easily move them from place to place. What's more, they can also be used to cool people off at family reunions, picnics, or any other outdoor meeting. Here's a rundown on three different models.
General Shelters says its Port-A-Cool evaporative cooler drops the air temperat
ure as much as 20 degrees while only adding back an average of less than 2 perc
ent humidity to the air. It has a 78 percent evaporative efficiency rate compared to a conventional "swamp cooler's" 30 percent efficiency rate.
  Water is pumped to the top of the rig, where a spray bar soaks cooling pads made from a specially-treated corrugated cardboard material.
  Comes with a 9 1/2-gal. water reservoir, or you can order an optional, wheeled Port-A-Filler tank to create a totally portable 50-gal. water supply. Available with 36, 24, or 16-in. dia. fans. A 36-in. belt-driven, 3-speed unit sells for $3,712.25 (Canadian) plus S&H. The unit weighs only about 240 lbs. so you can haul it around in your pickup.
  The Port-A-Filler tank sells for $612.25 plus S&H (Canadian).
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, General Shelters, Box 2108, Center, Texas 75935 (ph 800 695-2942; Website: www.generalshelters.com) or Cool Shelters Corp., 1451 Erin St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 2S9 (ph 204 975-2665; fax 204 783-8887; E-mail: cool@coolshelters.com; Website: www.coolshelters.com).

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Stand-Alone Coolers Fight Summer Heat (General Shelters) LIVESTOCK Miscellaneous 24-3-27 Stand-alone, portable evaporative coolers aren't new but sales have been picking up in recent years as farmers have discovered they're a relatively inexpensive way to keep livestock û and people - cool. The wheeled units operate on standard 110-volt electricity and require only a standard garden hose to supply the water they use. A fan blows hot air through specially-designed "cooling pads", which use evaporation to cool the air off. According to the manufacturers, the units run a lot cheaper than air conditioning and provide relief in places where air conditioning isn't practical, such as machine shops, barns, etc., and you can easily move them from place to place. What's more, they can also be used to cool people off at family reunions, picnics, or any other outdoor meeting. Here's a rundown on three different models. General Shelters says its Port-A-Cool evaporative cooler drops the air temperat ure as much as 20 degrees while only adding back an average of less than 2 perc ent humidity to the air. It has a 78 percent evaporative efficiency rate compared to a conventional "swamp cooler's" 30 percent efficiency rate. Water is pumped to the top of the rig, where a spray bar soaks cooling pads made from a specially-treated corrugated cardboard material. Comes with a 9 1/2-gal. water reservoir, or you can order an optional, wheeled Port-A-Filler tank to create a totally portable 50-gal. water supply. Available with 36, 24, or 16-in. dia. fans. A 36-in. belt-driven, 3-speed unit sells for $3,712.25 (Canadian) plus S&H. The unit weighs only about 240 lbs. so you can haul it around in your pickup. The Port-A-Filler tank sells for $612.25 plus S&H (Canadian). Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, General Shelters, Box 2108, Center, Texas 75935 (ph 800 695-2942; Website: www.generalshelters.com) or Cool Shelters Corp., 1451 Erin St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 2S9 (ph 204 975-2665; fax 204 783-8887; E-mail: cool@coolshelters.com; Website: www.coolshelters.com).

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