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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in
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>> "KenK" > wrote in message
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>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in
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>>>> Both of my swamp coolers were inexpensive. None of the ones I looked
>>>> at got very good reviews and the last one I bought got very mixed
>>>> ones. Those who got working ones must have gotten very lucky. Mine
>>>> worked well only a very few times. I doubt that I will buy another.
>>>> Unless someone manages to make one that isn't prone to problems.
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>>> I've had good luck with all mine over the past 30 - 40 years. Never
>>> bother to look them up - just buy what the installer sells. But you
>>> have to tinker with them. Be sure the lines from the water
>>> distributer hub through the lines to the pads ("spider") are all
>>> working right. Things get plugged up, especially with very hard well
>>> water like I have. Have to be sure the pump is working, that the mesh
>>> water filter around pump is not plugged up. And of course that the
>>> water feed to the cooler is working right and the float valve in the
>>> cooler is allowing water to flow into the cooler.
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>>> Sounds like a lot of trouble but usually there are few problems. Easy
>>> to fix things yourself, no expensive A/C servicing bill.
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>> Mine were cheap portables. Nothing to install. Storing them when not
>> in use was a problem though. No good place to put them.
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> Ah. Don't know about them. Never had one. Just one roof, the rest window
> units. Been using one for some 30 - 40 years.

Oh! I don't know about those although I have read that the roof ones are
common in businesses here.