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Tenants report extra fees, eviction threats among barriers to cooling in new national survey

Aloysius Wong · CBC News

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[–] Plibbert@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

Small tip to my northern neighbors. Swamp coolers. Essentially a fan blowing across a medium of water. Crazy low power consumption compared to AC. The only caveat is humidity. It works by essentially exchangeing water for thermal energy. So if its already humid it won't work. But if the humidity is below %40, you can cool a room by up to 6 or 7 C

TIL: Most of Canada is humid, had no clue. Thought countries near the arctics didn't have to worry about that.

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

There's some concern about cleaning the sponge/absorbance medium as that's a fantastic area for mold growth.

Not a barrier but something for consideration

[–] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

True true. I always look fo the ones that use the cardboard medium. Those are cheap and easy to replace. I have no idea how often to replace them, I've never used one for more than 2 days.

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