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For real Vegas has some hard water!

Try a calcium filter and a pump to flush out the sedements. Some of the newer models use use a cartridge style evaporator instead of pads and they use sealed motors with plastic fans and fan housings. Calcium dissolvers can be used in them since they are plastic. I think they are better but they are pricey!

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If it's in bad shape just replace it and maintain the new one. I have wasted many houses trying to save old ones.

Great question, I'm sure there is a way, but I imagine it would be a nightmare. They usually end up rusting before getting dirty. I have washed them in place before. Also once the feed water is treated, the wheel clears up. They don't get dirty like the blower wheel for ac since all the air is outside and the water and pads acts like a filter.

There is a way to remove the blower wheel but it is a long drawn out process and if you're in the trade it might not be economically feasible > time and materials. I have done this on my cooler and for a dozen or more customers coolers.

Thanks for sharing! I have not seen that before. I just looked it up. I will have to get one and try it.

Check the gutter tray at the top. sometimes they start to clog and overflows out of the tray into the blower. Check the pads, once they get frayed or mineral solidified they will pull water off Since it is the end of summer, sometimes its more cost effective to slow the blower down and replace the pads next spring.

If the pump is too large ( head pressure ) , too much water will be supplied to the water troughs and they will flood causing excess water to be splashed out into the coolers duct ( this is called " water entrainment " ) .

I should have covered it more than just a picture but we use a descaller filter on the inlet water for all units. The pump is certainly the better choice over chemical tablets although we do have some now that treat for bacteria with a controlled release. The RO would be awesome. Although I don't think I have ever seen one in a unit. In cooling towers we have chemical pumps that add in a chemical for every x gallons of water added. When the chemical person messes up it does a lot of equipment damage. Some of the new coolers use a crate style cartridge that performs better and lasts longer. I believe the port-a-cool units use this same style. They last several years. I guess it would come down to cost vs replacement at some point. Great comment and insight.

@@love2hvac yes cost is always what it seems to boil down to lol but if I lived out that way and this is the type of unit I would have in my home forever, I think I would invest a bit into water treatment for sure, they sell small inline r o systems for 400$ or so for an entry level decent one, water softener setup around 1200 in materials if you could do install yourself and save money there, I know you can,I mean other viewers or the average homeowner. But ya I'm sure there's people who do install these things for there systems, it's not like it's brand new technology I'm sure the installers try to push for it out that way

I do think it's a better way of cooling for a dry climate. You get a lot air exchange in the house pushing out off the air contaminants from all the products in the home. It uses much less electricity and the extra moisture in the air is good skin nose throught and eyes. I want to try the RO or softener system now. I agree that would make a big difference.

The inline scale/filter is a misnomer. The scale cartridge contains polyphosphate, a compound that helps to sequester calcium and magnesium salts, thus reducing the tendency of calcium to harden and salts to corrode metal surfaces. The r/o is a better idea but you would need a storage tank to supply water to the cooler in between r/o operation and flushing intervals. As for a salt based water softener system, why would you want to add more salt to your feed water ?

@Anthony Gonzalez you wouldn't be adding more salts to the water, you'd be reducing cal mag and other dissolved solids. This is done before you send the water to an r.o. otherwise you'd just plug the membranes up in a short time. Although phosphates do react with calmag to turn them to a dissolved state in a boiler feed application, it's always best to remove as much as possible before it gets there as chemicals are only partially effective at their jobs. You need a combo of both external and internal treatment in those cases, in this case with the swamp coolers, I was just thinking it would be best to pretreat so you don't have to guess if the tablets or inline filter is working efficiently. It could mean the unit lasting 15 or more years longer was my thought

You’d think they’d make these out of stainless steel or aluminum so that they don’t rust

Lol mines nearly 60 years old only hadto replace the water pump and a belt so it's so worth it

Good for you.

@@vidademikey9790 it will be good for me