When it comes time to cool your home during warmer months, you may think your only options are an air conditioner or a box fan, but there’s a third choice: an evaporative cooler. These coolers ...

If you live in an area that frequently has 30 percent or greater humidity, an evaporative cooler will not always be better or more efficient than air-conditioning. Everything we're about to say ...

When water evaporates, it removes heat from the air, making the temperature drop. How much heat can an evaporative cooler remove from the air? If you live in a hot, arid climate — somewhere that ...

A swamp cooler, also known as an evaporative cooler, pulls air into a container and over water or ice, causing an energy exchange in which the heat in the air is absorbed by the surface of the ice ...

Sometimes called an evaporative cooler, these efficient appliances can help beat the heat in certain climates and may be a better option than air conditioning for some homes. With record-breaking ...