Hessaire MC61V swamp cooler - one month of use thoughts and some mods!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2022
- After almost five weeks of use, I have made some mods to make this unit safer and more pleasant to live with. Oklahoma has been very hot all summer (100F+). This unit has been awesome while working out in the garage...should have gotten one years ago.
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You just need to crack those doors. They don't need to be completely opened. Ideally, you'd place the cooler in front of a fresh air source (an open window for example), then crack a window (or door) on the opposite side of the room or building. Draw fresh air in, cool it, push air out the other side.
Snatched one of these up from Home Depot in Georgetown, TX today. All I can say is "OMG". 100 degrees and 25% humidity in the garage, this thing is blowing out 79 degrees. It feels like sitting in front of an AC. My only complaint is not purchasing a swamp cooler decades ago.
Read the manual, and let the fan run for 30 minutes without the water pump running to dry out the pads before shutting it down for the night.
Cheers 🍻
Def read the manual. When I got mine, I put that humidifier "Bacteriostat" chemical treatment in the water. BIG mistake...ruined the pads, killed the pump, etc. I had to clean it all out and replace the pump. I just use plain garden hose water now...no issues this summer (changed the pads out in the spring)
I'm in Leander and thinking about getting one. I have a 2 car garage I need to cool down while I tinker on my motos. Will this cool down the whole garage or just what its pointing at?
@@dirtbikehombre7987 The most cooling is being directly in the airflow: have it directly pointing at you while you work in the garage.
@dirtbikehombre7987 you get best result pointed at you. Find an old one someone is getting rid of and replace the bad parts
It don't work in humid environments...must be far western texas
That white stuff is calcium. Every few months, take your pads out & spray some CLR on them. Let that CLR soak in the pad for a few. Then give them a good rinse & they should be good to go again.
Vinegar also works too.
Just picked mine up today. Great video. Thank you!!!!
I have the next smaller ones and they work great for my dog kennels ….. my dogs love them, it keeps the dog houses nice and cool and you can just see the difference how happy the dogs look. They don’t use too much electricity….
Looking to order this in a sec. Looks like all reviews been pretty good and well worth the price. My buddy has the smaller version and i was surprised on how cold it blew when it was like 105 in fresno California. Other thing i can think of to keep some of the calcuim out is to get one of those rv filters and install before it enters the unit.
Well done!
Thanks. In use as I type this. Changed out the filters this spring...keeps the garage decently cooler
I need one lol.. nice video
The white stuff you were talking about on your cooler is calcium deposite in your water. You can get some cleaner to mix with the water to slow or eliminate it altogether.
Couple of things that I used to “mod” mine were
1) smart outlet plug so I can turn it on/off set timers with my phone
2) get a nice garden hose filter for it so that you’re water going into the reservoir is clean, it’ll mitigate build up as well (also can install a cheap sediment filter on the garden hose as well)
BoogieBrew makes a filter that has like a 50k gallon capacity and it’s about 40-50 bucks
I’ve been looking into installing a new float valve because the one I have leaks by the white plastic so sadly I have to manually add water with my hose 😢
great tips...thanks
WATTS Rated? Thank You, 🙂
Add a bleedoff to drain off water from the reservoir. You will get at least one more year out of the pads. I also start the season by spraying off the dirt from the pads and reservoir. Year 2 on the pads I add a gallon of vinegar and run the water pump only for four hours and rinse
It already has a reservoir drain plug. But, a bleed-off valve might work. I just replaced the pads on mine this spring and cleaned it all out. I replaced the pump last year.
Online filter and bleed off valve help to keep calcium deposite from forming.
Cool video. I need one of these for south texas, but they are a bit over my budget. I think its time to build one....
Anything is possible with a little work. I just replaced the pads this spring. This Hessaire is working like and cold breathing animal. It roars out the cold.
Houston here and I just got one yesterday haha 😂 way too hot out here!!!!
People give them away when they get old. Clean it up, put new bearings and a pump in for a few bucks. I'm sitting in front of a big old side discharge unit only cost me 150 bucks
the portal to add ice or water seems small...if you add ice at all, are you using a particular ice maker that generates ice that will fit in that slot?
its too humid where you are for this to work correctly---
They need to put a PELTIER water cooler on these to cool the water. Been thinking about adding one to my portacool. Louisiana is hot as hell
Super inefficient, worse than putting an ac unit in there
@@electrofelon you think? But then again you’re not spending $15,000 on the unit.
So i shouldnt get it for the dirty south summer humidity is 80 and above.😔
hi Chris and What a Great Demonstration Sharing🙂
Chris how Many WATTS?
Thank Youuuuu,
260w on LOW and 406w on HIGH with the pump switched on
Will an inverted generator run one
@@ChrisDIYerOklahoma THANK Youuuuuu Chris,..
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Where did you get the elbow apter for the water hose
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That wouldn’t work, in Wisconsin. It’s to humid. On hot days the humidity is 65-70% outside…
That’s nice but it won’t work at my house that humidity is to hy
Indeed...in high humidity areas this doesn't work very well (or not at all). As SOON as the humidity hits around 70%...no cooling effect. During the past few weeks, Oklahoma has been hot/dry. This thing has been EXCELLENT...better than I expected
Dang it, I’m in Houston and I use this for my garage. Just bought it yesterday i was hoping it would help but it is very humid here…
@@nikatnight1990 i live in Edinburg Texas and it didn't work here
I assume the white stuff is calcium build up. Hard water?
In GA outside it’s about 60-75% humidity maybe up to 80 Earle morning & evenings later in the summer, but I only need it from 11-7pm when it gets uncomfortably warm for my cat on my screened in porch. Normal fans just blow hot air and this seems to be one of the better units with more reviews. I’ve been looking for a couple days so I don’t really know. Some people say in reviews adding like icy cold water out the fridge & add some ice or ice packs can make a difference as well but when the water warms up, it doesn’t cool as efficiently. So I was thinking/wondering if it runs out every 3/4 hrs anyway, with some ice packs instead of ice water if that would keep the air coming out about 10-15-20* cooler. I just need to make sure my cat doesn’t have a heat stroke. Even in unbearable heat, he won’t just chill out and sit inside unless it’s raining or storming. He just cried and scratches at the door. I also bought a cooling pad and I can’t tell if it works or not. The porch is only in direct sun early morning & by 11-12 the sun is off the porch so he’s not in direct sunlight majority of the day. I keep him shaved and change his water out 2-3 times a day or more if I’m home all day. I read about freezing some low sodium chicken broken & giving him a cube of one every few hours during the day as well to help keep him cool. I also add cold water to his food to make sure he’s getting enough water in him, hopefully. I was wondering if this is worth the money, because if it is I will get it. I know it’s not an AC I only expect it to blow air about 10-12* cooler then the temperature outside and it be cool air and not warm air, that makes me think it would help him keep cool, but I will need it pointing toward the ground so the air goes down over his bed and his cat house to keep cool-er air moving over him.
Dont you think it would be much cooler if the garage doors were closed???
No. Closed in areas causes moisture humidity build up, thus making the swamp cooler not to work. You need airflow exchange
@ChrisDIYerOklahoma leave the bay doors open 3-5 inches. That is all the air flow you will need with a cooler that size.
white stuff calcium build up
Don’t know your state. Swamp coolers only work in very low humidity
Oklahoma. Very true, these work great with 50-55% or lower humidity levels.
I bought one of these.... Took it back the next day. Not worth the price. Better off buying a cheap industrial fan. I would never buy another one.
I'm curious 🤔
1. What state are you in
2. We're you using it with out having some ventilation while in use?
3. Why didn't it work?
I want to buy one but I'm honestly curious before I pull the trigger on one
@@jeffnelson9280I have this same unit as well as the 24" Potacool in my 2,500 sq/ft shop with an 18' ceiling and they work amazing. 105° outside, 75° in my shop.