FYI:Winterizing a Swamp Cooler
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FYI: Winterizing a Swamp Cooler
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Winterizing a Swamp Cooler.
Re-Posting Date: 06-17-05
Remove the louvered pad holders, then remove and discard the used straw pads. Empty the water pan. Scrape and or wire brush the inside water pan and remove all debris.
Once the rust, scale and other debris is cleaned out and the inside pan surface is dry, coat the entire interior surfaces with a metal outdoor rust proofing primer paint.
After the primer coating fully dries, apply a coating of tar to the pan slightly above the waterline. You may elect to apply a second coating of the primer, if needed. Depending upon the current condition of the water holding area, you may elect to apply two coatings of tar, if needed.
Using a wire brush, clean the loose debris from the removed louvered panels and prime them also. After the primer dries, apply a finish color coat. Aerosol canned spray paint works best when painting the louver covers.
The water distribution tubing is called the spider web. It also needs maintenance. Clean out or replace the plastic water delivery tubes and the distributing central connection the tubes are connected to. Clean and service the water pump as needed.
Your most likely going to the hardware store to purchase the needed supplies, consider buying and installing a new squirrel cage belt, if needed.
Oil the squirrel cage and motor bearings. Doing so will help to prevent rust forming in the bearings both now during the storage period and next seasons usage.
After all the refurbishments are completed, reassemble the parts and replace the pads with new ones. You may elect to replace the pads come spring next season. However, off season prices may be lower then those come next summer.
This is also the time to decide whether nor not to cover the cooler. Cooler covers are a worthy consideration in many winter and rainy climate zones.
The amount of work explained above is the full details for a complete refurbishing job. Your cooler may need more or less maintenance work, depending upon the condition of the unit.
The better job done now, during the weatherizations maintenance procedures, the less work that will be needed during the next coming season. The better the job done may help to extend the useful service life of the appliance.
TIP:
If your swamp cooler is a roof mounted unit with ducting to individual rooms, be sure to close all cooler registers in every room! Doing so will help to greatly conserve indoor room heat from escaping up the ducting and out of the cooler.
Closing the registers will reducing the heating demands placed upon the heating appliance and result in correlating lower energy heating bills. Now what a warming thought that should be...
Sincerely. Regards & Good Luck.
Sharp Advice, TCB4U2B2B Business Management Enterprises.
Web Site Host, Forums Manager, Monitor, Hiring Agent & Multiple Topics Moderator.
Winterizing a Swamp Cooler.
Re-Posting Date: 06-17-05
Remove the louvered pad holders, then remove and discard the used straw pads. Empty the water pan. Scrape and or wire brush the inside water pan and remove all debris.
Once the rust, scale and other debris is cleaned out and the inside pan surface is dry, coat the entire interior surfaces with a metal outdoor rust proofing primer paint.
After the primer coating fully dries, apply a coating of tar to the pan slightly above the waterline. You may elect to apply a second coating of the primer, if needed. Depending upon the current condition of the water holding area, you may elect to apply two coatings of tar, if needed.
Using a wire brush, clean the loose debris from the removed louvered panels and prime them also. After the primer dries, apply a finish color coat. Aerosol canned spray paint works best when painting the louver covers.
The water distribution tubing is called the spider web. It also needs maintenance. Clean out or replace the plastic water delivery tubes and the distributing central connection the tubes are connected to. Clean and service the water pump as needed.
Your most likely going to the hardware store to purchase the needed supplies, consider buying and installing a new squirrel cage belt, if needed.
Oil the squirrel cage and motor bearings. Doing so will help to prevent rust forming in the bearings both now during the storage period and next seasons usage.
After all the refurbishments are completed, reassemble the parts and replace the pads with new ones. You may elect to replace the pads come spring next season. However, off season prices may be lower then those come next summer.
This is also the time to decide whether nor not to cover the cooler. Cooler covers are a worthy consideration in many winter and rainy climate zones.
The amount of work explained above is the full details for a complete refurbishing job. Your cooler may need more or less maintenance work, depending upon the condition of the unit.
The better job done now, during the weatherizations maintenance procedures, the less work that will be needed during the next coming season. The better the job done may help to extend the useful service life of the appliance.
TIP:
If your swamp cooler is a roof mounted unit with ducting to individual rooms, be sure to close all cooler registers in every room! Doing so will help to greatly conserve indoor room heat from escaping up the ducting and out of the cooler.
Closing the registers will reducing the heating demands placed upon the heating appliance and result in correlating lower energy heating bills. Now what a warming thought that should be...
Sincerely. Regards & Good Luck.
Sharp Advice, TCB4U2B2B Business Management Enterprises.
Web Site Host, Forums Manager, Monitor, Hiring Agent & Multiple Topics Moderator.
Last edited by Sharp Advice; 08-27-06 at 06:08 AM.