EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT RESTORING OR REPLACING YOUR SWAMP COOLER!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- This is a complete tutorial on how you not only restore your swamp cooler, but how you replace and rebuild it. I hope it helps somebody out here in the desert. Time stamps below if you want to jump forward throughout the video.
What you'll need to repair or restore your swamp cooler: 1:25
What's the purpose of a Swamp Cooler: 6:10
Taking apart your old swamp cooler: 9:10
Disconnecting the electrical circuit: 14:58
Measuring your belt for replacement: 22:07
How to get it on the roof: 24:08
What does the New swamp cooler come with: 24:27
How to remove the pulley from the motor: 27:00
How to change the motor pigtail: 33:40
what wires are needed 120v swamp cooler motor and pump: 44:56
How to feed the harness through the new cooler: 46:50
side note I used 3/4" hole saw bit for the main harness and should have used a 1/2" drill bit for the water inlet.
Double Checking your wires prior to turning on the main power supply: 48:32
Water inlet leak check:50:17
Success!! My Final Thoughts: 50:35
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Thanks! Love your humble direct approach, from a budding handyman myself.
I have a window unit evaporative cooler. I replaced the pump last year. And I clean up the calcium every year. Works great in Colorado with our low relative humidity! Cools my whole house down on hot days!
Great change of topic brother! Thank you for all you do for us.
Nice change of topic here. I have never touched a swamp cooler so this was very interesting to me. Thanks.
Never mind,lol u did change the wires. Man I really appreciate this video, so helpful and real.. keep up the videos.. New Subscriber!!!!
Thanks, very informative. I'm thinking about putting one in my garage.
Very helpful. Thanks man! Bakersfield here
You saved me a lot of time and headaches thanks man!!!
No problem! Glad I could Help. Cheers!
I need help with wiring?
Justin great job, no worrie to domunate thw whole subject. I do respeect people like you, trying to do its own at home. Whta I do respect yhe most is that you can work with your son, which something new generations have lost lately. Great job, pretty right some comments about how to clamp a wire, but we all have to learn that someday. Greetings from Costa Rica, Big Hug Alberto
That amp meter is only meant to read one hot wire at a time. It will not read current coming back on the neutral. Make sure your setting is on Amps as well. When you go over a hot and neutral it cancels itself out. The only way to read voltage is with the leads and having it set on voltage (AC or DC). Auto ranging means it will automatically pick up the range of amps or volts...most older meters you had to pick the correct setting to read that particular range. I’m a union electrician and I Use the higher version of that meter...to me it’s a great meter. Let me know if you have any questions about it or any electrical questions
Thank you I appreciate the information. I will keep your comment in mind the next time I go to use it. Thanks Much!
Why couldn't you have pulled that blower pulley off, it's the only one on TH-cam with four spokes like mine. All I've been able to do so far is get the pulley off with the spokes, but the hub is still attached to the shaft. I pulled the set screw out and it won't budge. I'm thinking about cutting through the hub, but it's so close to the bearing, I don't know if I'll be able to get close enough. On top of that, I can't see the end of the shaft, the old hub covers the end of the shaft completely. May have to cut the shaft and replace it too.
I will use this video, as i expect to replace mine all by myself very soon. Ty
I think that's the same model I got on my roof. also very useful info, I need to put a new coating inside, seeing the cleaner was new to me, no idea it existed till now. Thank you
I havent finished the video yet but the orange wire is for a 240V set up. The 2 different plugs one is for the pump, the other is for the motor. Motors usually have a plug as well.
those were knock-outs. you didn't need to drill them. just use a hammer and screwdriver to remove them
Good to know for next time. Thanks for sharing.
You can also just stab it with your needle nose. Thats what most electricians would use
Nah. I tried to knockem out but needed the drill in the end. They're really stuck in there.
Use a hole saw, quicker, neater. Bang on it with a screwdriver and a hammer and it will bend up the metal and it will look all mucked up.
He could have used the whole punch that he bought for the grill
Hey nice vdi little dif, apprentice lectrician here, my only suggestion to keep that running longer would be to replace that bit of flex sleeving from the trough to the switch. wasnt doing much to protect your wire looking like that :)
Sorry in advance Justin, we really had issues with this product.
We solved our issues with eh swamp cooler LOL once we bought this living and working place we tore this apart, through down the pieces and added it to the scrap pile that is our thought as LOL we are funnin here but no we shucked that water sucking monster as far as our two older guys hands could throw it.
Thank you for the share, Lance & Patrick.
All kidding a side our precision watchmaker machinery cannot have water we run a really dry arid clean outward pressure sealed workshop.
I hope you eventually got air conditioning for the more intense heat during the summer. Good job on the electrical, exactly as it is supposed to be wired/arranged.
I LOVED IT !!! U MADE ME LAUGH all the way 🤣 u are funny without wanting to be , I learned a lot , love people that are always learning , thank u for sharing , exactly the video I was looking for. U have a new subscriber for future projects.
Yep supposed funny!
awesome video! did the old one just lift off the vent? it wasn't sealed up or glued to it? when putting the new box on the vent is it just screws? and did you seal it up? Mine is rusted to crap so I have this exact job to do
So I switched this year from Aspen pads to DuraCool. I live in an arid part of Colorado. It is currently 73 degrees outside and my swamp cooler is registering an output temp of 71 degrees!!! Yep you read correct. ONLY 2 degrees cooler than the outside, dry air--no rain, moisture or humidity present, BTW) Pump and Blower are working great. Water flow is visible down all sides of each panel. After watching another TH-cam video of a man's dissatisfaction with the DuraCool pads, I decided to check something that he mentioned. Sure enough.... the INSIDES of almost all the surfaces of the DuraCool pads are BONE DRY!!! The external surfaces (with the water visibly draining down them) are soaking WET. My Aspen cool SO MUCH BETTER than these. Any idea what could be causing this? I feel so ripped off since the DuraCool were more expensive and were touted to increase cooling efficiency.
There is a very good graphic chart online that shows the temperature results you get based on outside temp and humidity. Amazing how accurate it is. You can know how much it will cool before trying to run it for the day.
I have the same sc and im needling to follow justin wire instruction but having a little hard time following. Another question is how do I know if my unit is 120v or 240v? Thank you
I need help with the wiring part?
You get all the fun jobs 😀
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Wow looks brand new nice job
The amprobe can only read one wire at a time. You can't clamp it around a cord or anything.
24:47 that is an electrical knockout. No hole say needed. Hopefully, that was covered later in the video.
That drain plug is also your overflow protector, so water doesnt overflow into the ducting
The pulley is not how to adjust tension. It adjusts the speed of the blower. The larger you make that motor pulley the faster she spins just like your old bicycle. Do check the alignment and tracking of the pulleys and slide either pulley on the shaft to make them both line up.
Good to know. Thank you for the information. That make a lot of since now. Cheers and thanks for your comment.
This is very helpful, is there anyway to do a video on how to change the wire on the motor? I need to get a new motor, but will need to re-wire from what I understand.
very entertaining!
Great video, It appears you just drop the AC on top of the duct work. I plan on installing a unit on my house here soon, I will leave the electrical stuff to the pros but looks like I can DIY the rest.
I thought the same thing before I got into it and I had a customer who was an electrician tell me to just mark the wires and pay attention to the order in which I take them out and I should be fine. He was right. Now for any other household electrical I agree. I too plan on leaving it to the pro's, but the cut off switch being right there... No worries no electricity running through it. Hope the video helped. Thanks for the comment and watching.
Bought the same cooler last year. This year I went up to clean and start, but the rust rotted thru. Champion was able to replace the pan and maybe the corner legs. Still waiting so I patched up the old one using truck bed liner. Now i/ is going but looks like I need a new switch, low cool is not working.
Love the video
I keep mine on for 7 months out of the year 24/7. Gotta keep the home and the garage cool.
The clamp meter should surround single wire at each measure
I mean once for the live wire for the motor then. same same for the water pump.
Good job.
Wow I’m from Barstow California ours needs replacement so $500.00 not bad seems worth it so thanks to you and your video I’m gonna make the purchase because I’m tired of repair services tossing parts at our dinosaur loved your video detailed information was very helpful great job 👏🏼 definitely coots light silver bullet time or bud platniums 🍺🍺🍻 lol ps sorry about the Home Depot under achiever
You didn't film getting it up on the roof?
Good job, very helpful 👍
Did you figure it out? I haven't I need help with wiring?
The fan in ceiling
To draw into attic
Then in attic draw fans to outside
Sorry I couldn't sit through that but it looks like you're doing good life congratulations.
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Nice. I tried one of those in my hangar in Arkansas. It did lower the temp from 110° to 98°. Relative humidity went from 80 to 99%. All exposed steel rusted immediately! Louisiana need not attempt these.
how do y remove broken bolts on motor adjustment 2 on each side
What is the going rate for installing that swamp cooler? How man hrs from start to finish?
H - Hi and L - Low. A two speed fan?
I carry a 1/4" flex rachet all of the time !!!
I did everything in here, but got a new motor. It won't turn on still. what did i leave out?
5 years later and now that paint is $11 each in Albuquerque
we have a two-speed motor black would be H or high and Red is always secondary to Black that would be L or low then you have the hot for the pump , which does not go to the motor the pump will plug into that single outlet and they both have a white called a neutral and a ground wire. which is green or bare
Motor was installed upside down. Even if they don't need to be oiled so port would need to be on top obviously, the openings should be on the bottom so if any water splashed in, it would drain out rather than short out the motor.
get your son up there to hold camera and hand tools! that’s how i learned.
That adjustable pulley is for speed adjustment.
So is it a good idea to keep this in the middle ?
Good job bro!
Holy shit they cemtrailed the shit outa that sky
You could a water hose to fill it up faster. Good job thanks
Where is this home Depot? They have everything
I went to the Depot. Cheers!
personally i would use aspen pads over that blue stuff. they will cool better because I think air passes through them better
It looks like your going to use your old motor if you had got a new motor it’s says close pully then twist open either 2nd half turns or so
39:47 / ,,,,umm, that wouldn't be found under the heading " Wiring Diagrams " on page 2 in the instruction manual would it ?
What about replacing the fan?
What cud I do if my ac unit duct is 25 but duct on roof is 19?
Well, you can either make a frame that Tappers down to that size or sell the one you got and buy the correct size. I would try and get the correct size for your air duct. That's just my opinion. Cheers!
1. Looked like you put new cooler on backwards? Legs need to be straight. 2. Never put wd 40 on your motor - it has black grease inside already and wd40 attracts dirt. 3. Just punch old holes on frame for wiring- no drill needed. Good video. I like how you showed your mistakes so others can learn.
Swamp coolers work in the desert because they put humidity in the air where is I live in Tennessee we use central air but there humidity in the air here and Central air works better here
I need help with wiring
Where you are, neve see store like that
Does the unit just sit on top the vent?
yes
No. You need supporting legs to support the cooler. The duct will not hold the weight of the cooler plus pump plus water.
Great job
Thank you very much.
I dont understand why somebody press dislike to me is better that the people that just press dislike.
serious question justin, why would you want to live in the desert and be taxed like crazy living in CA? why not move somewhere else??
Why did Rambo go back to the Jungle? It's where he belonged. I was born in a desert, I deployed twice to the desert, I love the Heat, I love the fact that it's too hot for most animals and that not many people want to live in one. I'll never leave the desert. It is and always will be my home. Cheers brotherman!
Yes. The desert is a special taste. I would live nowhere else.
@@JustinDowDIYcentralhighway fair enough! wasjust curious what your thoughts were on it, keep up the great vids!
aimeerugel001 No Worries Brother. 🍻👍Thanks for your awesome support!
What brand of amp clamp meter was that
Klein.
from Alabama what is a swamp cooler???
I need help with wiring?
HomeHandyMan Jr lol 👍🔧🍺
Up here on the rough?
the amprobe didn't work because you had it clamped over all the wires you just clamp it over the hot wire we put those on before we start any motor in restaurants they have swamp coolers they call them makeup air because the range hood suck a lot of air. , also you need to get those perfectly levels so the water won't run only on one side of the pad.
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Swamp cooler gave a friend of mine mold on sheet rock
Iv'e never seen this section of items at my local Home Depot..I guess swamp coolers are useless here in FL with our 100% humidity!!
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Whoa a job n a half
the amprobe didn't work because you had it clamped over all the wires you just clamp it over the we put those on before we start any motor in restaurants they have swamp coolers they call them makeup air because the range hood suck a lot of air.
One problem with title Everything? You did not show you removed it from the roof mount or how you got the new one up on the roof? would have been helpful instead talking about it, just saying. Thanks
Don’t get that blue crap, use the fiber pads. My new swamp cooler was complete, motor, pump etc
Thank You for sharing your experience. My dad says the same thing. Must have something to do with how well they absorb. Cheers!
Totally disagree. I bet those who accuse pad crap advice and developed their misconceptions without understanding the material science. You dont care how water is running through or water absorbing fiber [period]. you have to care about water EVAPORATING. Now, with help of material science different materials pad has different evaporation effect-techniques. I tried all three and noted this... it is the problem when calicification begins to ruin the effective evaporation...
a) blue pad is pure spun plastic fused, forcing water to spread out and evaporate. supposedly last longer because it is irrevelant to calcium buildup: when calicified pad becomes "clogged" (preventing air to pick up water when passing through) or harder (not pressable or pinchable); time to replace. some swear it does not evaporate well... see the regardless section below.
b). aspen pad does absorb water until it is waterlogged, then pad begins to evaporate. CATCH-ALL!!! evaporates after waterlogged [not before]. when calcium binds to wood fibers creating crinkle like sounds when pressed or moved, cooling fails (not because pad is hard}. time to replace.
c) there are greenish brown pads, they are paper impreganted with something some sort of waxy chemical or thin plastic??. This green pad has what looks like the widest "air opening cavities" but is not because of the waxy coating creating invisible barrier. It was supposedly imitate aspen pads. I discovered this is not true. is an "both" from effect of blue pad and aspen pad... whereas at start pumping behaving blue pad; then [depending on models and outside; in 10 to 15 minutes] starts soaking, behaving aspen pad. The obvious time to replace pad is when calcium build up destroys the weird waxy coating or when paper is crumbly when pressed.
d) on different notes: if you are going to say clay and sand type materials [AFRICAN and ARABIA is using those type science] and from what i read and understood ::: the process relies on shaking up or turning over calicified sand to create water evaporation. That does mean cheaper materials.; but the reports indicates weak cooling circulations. by the way SAND is heavy.
REGARDLESS SECTION homeowner with swamp coolers should haven been told and know!!! 1) when temperature soars to greater than 97 degrees Farenheight. Water evaporates so fast and water never had chance to completely saturate the pads... this results in faster clacification build up [and equal ineffective evaporation and cooling.] 2) outdoor humidity could stops cooling efficiency, ranging somewhere 35% ish maybe 40% ish. PAY ATTENTION: resulting no cooling effect but higher humidity still alow the water to evaporate, and running the machine pump during higher humidity; pad still get calcified.
Please brother be careful man watchin this i was trully concerned for your safety .RANGERS LEAD THE MOTHA÷=%+N WAY 👊
I have my own business fixing these coolers. Honestly the price you just paid to rebuild that thing you’re better off replacing it like you did because once they ever start to rust it does not stop. I would talk the customer into replacing that cooler completely glad you did and decided not to do a “Restore”. Just not worth it with a Evaporative Cooler.
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I'm from Australia and we don't have swamp coolers.
Can anyone shed some light on what a swamp cooler is? :)
Im guessing its an air conditioner etc, but i could be wrong 😂🤙
Michael Petherbridge read the description There is a time stamp where I actually explain what a swamp cooler is.
My evap coolers are manufactured in Australia. 😞
Swamp coolers are used everywhere in Australia. Two of the biggest companies in Australia are Breeze Air & Bon Air . In Australia, a swamp cooler is called a Air conditioner.
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42:24 ______________ birth control device.
Didnt cover anything i needed to know
Not really much you have to do other than replacing the pads
Was this intended to be a comedy?
Who cuts a belt ?
23:46 / it'll rub out ,,
What is the size of the moter pully and the blower pully and moter hp plz sir tell i like your chanal nad subscribe
Have to use an amp clamp on single wires for it to read