As the owner of a whole house fan + evaporative cooler, and someone who lives in a city where hundreds of thousands of people own and operate them, I invite Mr. Kaufman to visit Albuquerque, to watch them in everyday operation, where we've been swamping it up for over 50 years. It's a bit bizarre to read about it as if it's a brand new theory.
Let me clear up a few misconceptions:
You put the fan on the inlet next to the "pad" where the water soaks in (nowadays usually located at a central point on the roof). This works a lot better than a single outlet point for a number of reasons, not least of which the source of air can be made to have reduced dust. (Imagine a leaf blower or old diesel next to a window on a structure with negative pressure).
There are never circumstances where a whole-house fan is made less effective with humidification. It may be no more effective, but for those 100% humid nights where it's cool enough to cool down the house, the swamp still runs. In humid environments, it may warm up the house at night (due to temperatures, not humidity), which is why swamps don't get used in most places.
Let me clear up a few misconceptions: You put the fan on the inlet next to the "pad" where the water soaks in (nowadays usually located at a central point on the roof). This works a lot better than a single outlet point for a number of reasons, not least of which the source of air can be made to have reduced dust. (Imagine a leaf blower or old diesel next to a window on a structure with negative pressure).
There are never circumstances where a whole-house fan is made less effective with humidification. It may be no more effective, but for those 100% humid nights where it's cool enough to cool down the house, the swamp still runs. In humid environments, it may warm up the house at night (due to temperatures, not humidity), which is why swamps don't get used in most places.