What’s the coolest thing a person can build with LEGO? Well it’s gotta be an air conditioner, right? Technically, [Manoj Nathwani] built a LEGO-fied swamp cooler, but it’s been too hot in London to ...

A looming, torturous summer is preparing to bear down on many of us, making this dirt-cheap swamp cooler build an attractive hack to fend off the heat. Though this is a pretty standard evaporative ...

How you can make a simple 'air conditioner' for $30 Oregonian Daves Killen and Cansler endeavor to make a $30 DIY air conditioner with mixed results. If you try this at home, be sure to remove the ice ...

Back in the day—before Facebook made it possible to embarrass yourself even when drinking alone—I worked at the Clinton Street Theater. It was there I encountered my first evaporative (aka swamp) ...

Never heard of a swamp cooler? You're not alone. Sometimes called an evaporative cooler, these efficient appliances can help beat the heat in certain climates and may be a better option than air ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When GerRee Anderson and her husband bought their Wheat Ridge home a couple of years ago, its aging metal evaporative cooler was working, but earlier this ...