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Does anyone recommend evaporative cooler ? I know aircon is much better but I wanted something that makes air a bit humid to help with my severe dry eyes. (aussie.zone)
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[–] quicklime@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Sorry for chasing a side point, but I wanted to mention this group that provides a ton of information on dry eye syndrome beyond the very limited resources that my optometrist showed me.

https://www.notadryeye.org/

As for evaporative coolers:

  1. they work well when the ambient humidity is low. If the day turns more humid outdoors, they just make noise and don't help. The drier your heat tends to be the more you'll get out of one.

  2. be prepared for any effects of the additional humidity you would be adding to your home. If you're not careful you could cause mold and mildew problems. It's best to use one of these only in the hottest few hours and turn it off well before sunset, leaving time for the place to air out. Or if your area is hot enough for AC overnight, you may want to run a cooler only in cycles, leaving time in between to ensure manageable indoor humidity. If the outside temperature happens to drop quickly enough you can end up with condensation and damp indoors.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Something to add is that you need good ventilation in and out of the house or room that you're using the cooler in. Place it at the window, draw air from outside, push the cooled air into the room, leave a door or an opposing window open so that the humid air can exit.

Or vice versa, cooler in a doorway, window open. Just make sure you have a flow through ventilation through the area.

If you use one in a closed room you'll rapidly end up with a very humid room and no cooling effect.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I was using it in a closed room but after keeping it near the door and also opening a window it made a huge difference. Thank you so much

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