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I'm guessing with the humidity in LA the swamp cooler thing won't work well. It worked great when I was brewing in Davis, CA and temps were in the 100's but it is very dry there and evaporative cooling was very effective. Doesn't Yooper have a cheap and easy cooler set up for cycling frozen bottles of water through? That could work for you.

Found it. Look at page 9 of her gallery.

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I have 2 swamp coolers in my bedroom.. no fan, no ice and the AC keeps the water temp ( same level as the beer so the beer should be close to the same) in the low 60's. I think I could lager in there with some ice added. And it is HOT here right now.

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swamp coolers work here but not as well as in arid climates. With ice, a fan, and a rubbermaid bin full o' water I can get the fermentor temp down to approx. 72. That's with A.C.

I'm looking into the frozen water bottle method. I think that will allow me to lower temps even further. I've also looked at adapting an ice blanket.

Ex: http://www.keglove.com/product_details.php?item_id=72

I don't have the money for this right now and won't for a long time. Looks like it would fit my fermentor, though.

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