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Ancient Iran had air conditioning (lemmy.world)

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wind powered swamp cooler. Basically a humidifier, but it does lower the temperature. I've heard people call swamp coolers air conditioning, so I don't think it's wrong.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, calling swamp coolers air conditioning is definitely wrong.

If it's 100% humidity in your room, the swamp cooler is going to do absolutely nothing, but AC will cool it down and can even dehumidify a bit if you run it enough.

Swamp coolers are awesome, but they only work in dry climates unfortunately.