Swamp Cooler Startup & Maintenance
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- Опубліковано 7 кві 2017
- How to start up your swamp cooler for the season.start by removing the doors by your swamp cooler and removed the old pads.then install the new swamp cooler pads. thoroughly clean out your swamp cooler distributors with a swamp cooler auger also known as snake that will help removed any build up in the distributors.then go ahead and fill the swamp cooler with water. then check the flow of water, go ahead and install the doors. you are now ready to run the swamp cooler
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Omg you were my life saver, loved your video and learned a lot thank you 🙂
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Very well explained and demonstrated thanks so much
I wish I had a dime for every time he said “swamp cooler”. 😂 liked video very much. Great info and recommendations.
Thank you for making this video and for your service sir!
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I've been divorced for nearly 5 years and I'm convinced with the help of yourself and UA-cam this old (59) year old woman can fix just about anything.
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I fixed my swamp cooler thanks to your video,
Know my swamp cooler is the best swamp cooler in the west.
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"...Go ahead and..." Good tasks to do though. Good job on identifying all that out to be done frequently!
I too feel a strange compulsion to "Go ahead".
Subscribed, that was an excellent video, I had no idea it was so simple to change the belt, thank you so much. Can you explain or make a video on how you hooked up your piping from the drain to save the dump water and also how you restrict the amount that is getting dumped daily. I'm in California and I can reuse it in the garden.
I have learned that you don't need to fold larger pads, if you put the four edges in you can push of manipulate the material towards the center, it moves freely and then you end up with a thicker even pad.
In more than likely you will end up with leaks possibly even water being sucked into the squirrel cage this comes from experience from doing thousands of swamp coolers
Great video. Most comprehensive one I found on this topic. Huge help, thanks!
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Good job thanks.maintence is so important.
Thank you so much for demonstrating step by step on swamp cooler.
Thank you for the info I live alone and first time with a swamp cooler 🙋♀️🐶🐶🦋🐱
Rosalie Sanford there really isn’t much to a swamp cooler. Be sure and unplug it from electricity before doing maintenance. Clean it very well after the season is over. Especially the water pump. Be sure the water is out of the pump and I lightly oil the shaft. Otherwise you will have to buy a new pump every year. 30 or 40 dollars that could have been saved. Hope this helps.
I did it..thank you. You made it easy after seeing you do it .GOD bless YOU
Great video. Short and sweet.
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thanks,, more info than most vids give.. one thing you didn't cover is tightening the wheel bolt,, which is what I'm specifically looking for having never done it,, and my swamp cooler womps off kilter just a little so I'm told to tighten the wheel bolt.. but no one shows me what and how...
Thanks for this helpful video
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I sprayed the pan with flex seal this year as a preventative measure- but my media panels are rusting out on the bottom. Sad day
You want to get all the calcium build up off before you but the aspen pads on. That build-up helps mold and other yucky things to grow and make you sick.
Great vid man.
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Thank you very much for your video really appreciate it
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Can swamp coolers be used as cooling towers to cool water used for cooling AC condensing coils?
Great vid, thank you Sr!
Thanks and thanks for watching
Well done!
How to remove the lime on the coolers doors after season, please?
Spray CLR on them, let it sit, then scrub it off.
Since my unit is a roof mounted down draft, you will not catch me on the roof 'every few weeks' routing the distributer lines 😁! That said, only once did I have a problem with clogged distributor (sometimes aka 'spider') caused by aspen fibers getting sucked up by the pump. Solution: make sure the screen on the pump or basket is in good condition.
Any tips if the screw to adjust the best tension rusts out? Is that something that has to be drilled out or can you just screw another bolt in there and tighten it down to keep proper tension?
Yes you could drill it out. You can replace it with another bolt. Or you could even get the attention adjusted and screw it down with the self tapping bolt.
Thank you so much
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Good video .I'm working on the same type of cooler I need to remove the shaft would u know how
Soon I will post some Tips for swamp coolers repairs I will put the link here ASAP
I always take my garden hose and WASH out the pan, fill it, turn on the pump, THEN snake out the water lines so anything that breaking lose is immediately flushed out, instead of shoving it into the center of the spider assembly. I also spray out the pad frame with water, before installing the pads. Also input a new pump strainer that the pump sits in.
when would it be a good idea to clean the doors? mine have some mineral build up, but not a lot
If it looks bad do it.
Plz tell me in this blower use moter hp
How do you clean the fan blades, mine are so dirty is gross!
Swamp coolers are always dirty and gross, there is no easy way to clean them, my Champion evaporative cooler is a pile of rust, every season I damn near half replace every part on this unit, I'm thinking a stainless steel or plastic unit might be a better choice.
Thank you.
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This was really helpful.
I live in Colorado and it's been pretty hot lately. (96F-100F) I turned on my swamp cooler about 3 weeks ago and at first the air coming out seemed a lot colder than it does in the last few days. I verified my distributors have even water flow. The top of each swamp cooler door has no blockages and the water is getting to the pads. The water in the reservoir seems cool to the touch but my house is just hot :( Any other tips that you might know of would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your video!
There are a few things that can cause that if you have over 20% humidity. Or if your pad or media needs to be replaced. On average you can call 20 to 30 degrees below the outside temperature if you do not have humidity.
@@boogity66 Great thank you for the tips! :)
@@boogity66 I was using those blue pads before. Once I switched to Aspen pads they perform WAY better. Thanks again for making this video.
Humidity is a big factor. Once you hit eighteen to twenty percent humidity it will not cool as well. If you see clouds in the sky you have humidity.
Can anybody tell me the easiest way to change the bearing on the side without the pulley system? I have everything apart, I just cantget the bearing off? If anybody can help that would be fantastic. Thank you!
Use a grinder to cut them off.
Thanks for the video. I'm in New Mexico and the 20+ years I've lived here I've never seen someone use a drain tube (irrigation) to get water out while it is running. What is the purpose? Is it absolutely necessary? Thanks for your help.
OlliMsa drawing off some of the water from the circulation reduces the amount of solids that would build up in the cooler and foul the pads, pump, and structure of the cooler. If your water supply is really clean no worries but if your water contains lots of minerals a "bleed off" may be a huge benefit. I hope this helps.
What kind of temperatures can you expect on a hot desert day of like a hundred and twenty degrees
You can get up to 20 degrees less then the outdoor temperature on average.
Depends a lot on the humidity. I have experienced as much as 30 degree drop at 115. However, on the 2 days a year when the humidity blows in along with the heat, best close the windows in the morning and make do with an indoor fan or 2!
Didnt know you can buy pads! 😂
Can anyobe tell me how I can find on my unit hiw many cfms my evaporative cooler has?
If the name plate is still visible you can Google the model number to find the specs
them pads were fine. they would have lasted another year.
"those" pads.
Sir plz tell me these moter capacity ,hp and rpm
Sohail Lohar I have a 1/2 hp in mine you can do 1/4 or 1/2 I’ve seen a larger
I did this but my spiders not disturbing water.
Not sure what you're saying what are spiders
Where did you get that hand auger/snake? Can't find it anywhere. Thanks.
You can find it online or Homedepot or Lowes.
@@boogity66 Thanks for the reply. I'll look online again, but can't find anything like that by searching for auger or snake. Just the big stuff comes up. I'll also check at Home Depot on the next visit.
@@bryce2680 Here is what it is called in exact words Dial Steel/Plastic Evaporative Cooler Tube Reamer
@@boogity66 Perfect!!! I found it. Thanks for the key words.
Excellent... they were going to charge me $400 for that... OMG
I didn't understand why the pump needs to bleed off water outside of the system.
It keeps the water in the pan from accumulating more and more minerals like calcium etc. This is what rusts your cooler and decreases performance.
Jo M. My cooler is 30 years old, and definitely has signs of rust and peeling paint in the pan and on the louvered vanes on the sides. I'm wondering if it's worth the effort to scrape, prime, and repaint the insides, or just buy a new one. It still works well enough, and I do double the Aspen media, which keeps our house at 70 degrees in 100 degree weather. I just added a whole house fan in the Attic, which will allow me to pull cool, dry air into the house and Attic at night. I hope this will help prevent the house from slowly absorbing moisture all summer which causes or doors to swell and not close properly. Plus it should keep the Attic cooler.
@@privateuploads-geo2625 I just had the same decision to make as yourself. After seeing prices in the +800. range my decision was easy. Everything on the cooler worked great except the panels were rusted out, so I decided to just replace those and found the exact match in Phoenix and had all 3 sent out @ $59./ each plus $50 shipping. All total $230 and my cooler looks and works like new. They even installed 3 nice thick pads better than I've ever had at no extra cost. That's what I did, it depends on the total condition of the whole cooler. Good luck and don't forget the bleed off line.
ps.. my cooler is probably more than 30 years old. It was gifted to me. 🤪
Jo M. Actually yours looks like the same model as mine..It still works well 🥶☺️. I'll probably use it this season and de-rust and repaint the interior at end of season. It's on my roof so it's a bit more challenging to work on but still doable. The worst parts are the wire braces holding the media in place.
You not see motor
Your comment makes no sense.