> If you define a whole house fan as the part of the whole-house swamp cooler
No - that's not what this is. A whole-house fan is a high volume extraction fan, that removes warm air from your house and expels it, usually into your attic (thus displacing hot air which also helps). Cool air is drawn in to the house through open windows, so you can control what rooms get breezes or get cooled first.
While it's interesting to know that people use swamp coolers where you live, you appear to have completely missed the point of the article.
No - that's not what this is. A whole-house fan is a high volume extraction fan, that removes warm air from your house and expels it, usually into your attic (thus displacing hot air which also helps). Cool air is drawn in to the house through open windows, so you can control what rooms get breezes or get cooled first.
While it's interesting to know that people use swamp coolers where you live, you appear to have completely missed the point of the article.