Cooling devices attached to drivers window

rob53 Officially Full-On Dubber

385 posts · joined Jan 2007 · 9 Apr 2007, 10:29 am

#583698

Yesterday at the nationals, I noticed a few cars that have these large cylinder shaped things attached to the drivers window. I gather they are some sort of cooling device.

What exactly are they?

Thanks
Rob

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5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 9 Apr 2007, 10:38 am

#583699

"swamp coolers"..........they use water evaporation to chill the air channelled into the cab

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Apr 2007, 10:40 am

#583700

They are called "swamp coolers" - very early version of air conditioning whereby cold/ice water was used to cool the air as it flowed through the device and into the cabin.

I've never had one so others may elaborate on this basic description!
Alan

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rob53 Officially Full-On Dubber

385 posts · joined Jan 2007 · 9 Apr 2007, 3:43 pm

#583776

Thanks for the info! 👍

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baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Apr 2007, 3:53 pm

#583779

would love to get some specs on the inside of these, considering remanufacturing them in fibreglass as i would love one for my amazon.

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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Apr 2007, 4:06 pm

#583785

Works on Evaportaive Cooling principle

From Wiki:-

Evaporative cooling is a physical phenomenon in which evaporation of a liquid, typically into surrounding air, cools an object or a liquid in contact with it. Latent heat describes the amount of heat that is needed to evaporate the liquid; this heat comes from the liquid itself and the surrounding gas and surfaces. When considering water evaporating into air, the wet bulb temperature, as compared to the air's dry bulb temperature, is a measure of the potential for evaporative cooling. The greater the difference between the two temperatures, the greater the evaporative cooling effect. When the temperatures are the same, no net evaporation of water in air occurs, thus there is no cooling effect.

Design Conditions for various towns are
Sydney 32 dry bulb 24 wet bulb
Brisbane 32 dry 26 wet
Melbourne 38 dry 23? wet
Broken Hill 38 dry 22 wet

So - great in broken Hill, rubbish in Townsville

Like throwing a bucket of water in your car every couple of hours.

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aussiebaja Insano Dub Head

738 posts · joined Jun 2006 · 9 Apr 2007, 5:57 pm

#583807

its a wonder the cops dont try too book people having them out there window

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1,983 posts · joined May 2003 · 9 Apr 2007, 6:15 pm

#583815

nah, well, pigs will try anything...

how about "sir there is dead rat in your thermador"...

avwboy Seriously Crusin Dubber

192 posts · joined May 2005 · 9 Apr 2007, 6:16 pm

#583817

stacy b wrote:its a wonder the cops dont try too book people having them out there window

funny enough i got pulled over on the way home from the nats
got let off with a warning as i was literally in my street and promised to remove it , they said it was an "obstruction that could injure a pedestrian "

didnt phase me as they didnt even mention the ride height ......

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twoguns simply aircooled

4,275 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 9 Apr 2007, 6:24 pm

#583820

avwboy wrote:
stacy b wrote:its a wonder the cops dont try too book people having them out there window
funny enough i got pulled over on the way home from the nats
got let off with a warning as i was literally in my street and promised to remove it , they said it was an "obstruction that could injure a pedestrian "

didnt phase me as they didnt even mention the ride height ......

there is no way that they could fine you for that. it is a period accessory available for that era. so not relelvant to the above ruling. that is for cars post a certain age or non factory/option accessories.

i had a young police man trying to fine me for my tacho that was on the dash of my splitty... didnt get very far with that one either.

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empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Apr 2007, 10:55 am

#584034

Dasdubber wrote:They are called "swamp coolers" - very early version of air conditioning whereby cold/ice water was used to cool the air as it flowed through the device and into the cabin.

I've never had one so others may elaborate on this basic description!
Alan

thats pretty much it ,

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baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Apr 2007, 11:27 am

#584040

twoguns wrote:
avwboy wrote:
stacy b wrote:its a wonder the cops dont try too book people having them out there window
funny enough i got pulled over on the way home from the nats
got let off with a warning as i was literally in my street and promised to remove it , they said it was an "obstruction that could injure a pedestrian "

didnt phase me as they didnt even mention the ride height ......
there is no way that they could fine you for that. it is a period accessory available for that era. so not relelvant to the above ruling. that is for cars post a certain age or non factory/option accessories.

i had a young police man trying to fine me for my tacho that was on the dash of my splitty... didnt get very far with that one either.

thats a bit so-so though, theres nothing to say that they were legal when they were new, you can buy anything you like from an auto shop today, legal or not, most shops sell illegal headlamps, perfectly legal for them to sell them, but illegal to fit to a car, brilliant laws hey? so unless there werent laws about such obstructions when the car was new... then again it isnt any worse then a bollbar or sidestep or something overhanging a roofrack, and because of how curved beetles are it may not even really stick out wider then the mudguards.

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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 10 Apr 2007, 12:47 pm

#584052

avwboy wrote:didnt phase me as they didnt even mention the ride height ......

rotf lol.... 😂

that's classic.

BTW, I bet half the factory headlamp protectors and bullbars they sell are sus these days. even cop cars are not legal. the screen and switches they put in for radios and lights/sirens are not compliant with ADRs, so I think it's rather hypocritical that they can pick on you for a swamp cooler. If I was fining your for the swamp cooler it would be for having a device that blows cold air on your right ear and distracts you. 😉

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3,125 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Apr 2007, 8:24 pm

#584172

I drive about a block at the maximum. I just put em on when I get there, and then the best bit... watching peoples reaction and intrigue..

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avwboy Seriously Crusin Dubber

192 posts · joined May 2005 · 10 Apr 2007, 10:09 pm

#584220

if i throw it on i normally do it before an event and leave it on there and back

valla last yr i didnt fit it till i was near the park , but i left it on all weekend and didnt take it off till i got back home to sydney

twice on the way home i noticed in the corner of my eye a blue and red travelling next to me matching my speed , i tried to just pretend i didnt see them and didnt turn my head lol
both times they stayed with me for over 2 mins , and both times (lucky for me) i came to long inclines on the highway ......so i just let the car slow down to around 60 each time as tho it was ultra gutless..... and after alittle while doing 60 they just took off 🙂

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1,698 posts · joined May 2003 · 10 Apr 2007, 10:31 pm

#584228

I've been pulled over a few times but only to have a look at the swampy and the car, never anything negative.

filbury Casual Dubber

25 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 11 Apr 2007, 10:30 pm

#584497

i may be wrong but as they were never sold here, they cannot be a period accessory in aus. also being that they were made for left hand drive vehicles, by putting them on a right hand drive vehicle can interfere with drivers line of sight and be deemed a hazard, Phil