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Originally Posted by The Atomic Ass
It gets hotter faster in the apartment if I open the windows while the sun is up, so no.
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Yeah, evap coolers need to be outside, and if the humidity is low enough the evaporating water will cool the incoming air. Since it's positive displacement, a window or something needs to be open at least a little bit. All you'll do by running it in an enclosed area is increase the humidity AFAIK. Try looking around for something used/big you can mount in one window. I have a big one stuck in a window that I have to cycle on and off on all but the warmest (110+) days or else the room gets too cool, even on the low setting (250W). On high (500W) I'm pretty sure it could cool the entire house but I'd need a window on the opposite side since the exits would be in the rooms.