I went to install my swamp cooler yesterday

[Roon]

Got it out...hoisted it up to the window...(no small task).....filled it with water....that's when I realized the power cord has been cut and taken away....some fucking tweeker took the cord for it's copper...( i know it wasn't my homeless friend, he would never do anything like that) Now I must adjust to just sweltering all summer long!!!

[ChoralScholar]

1. It shouldn't be too hard to open it and replace the power cord.

Your local hardware store should be able to get you one, whether it be 110 or 220 volt.

[xmas74]

2. They had a report in KC of an entire group of houses

under construction having their central air units removed for the copper.

I guess the copper is an instant sale. I don't know.

[Kali]

3. shouldn't be too hard of a repair. I'd fix it.

Just open up a side where you put the pads in and find the end of the cord. Maybe cut off another piece to take to the hardware store and get another length plus whatever kind of plug you need and some wire nuts (sort of plastic twist-on caps for the splices) and go. Really shouldn't take much effprt or $.

[Zookeeper]

4. Someone would take a cord for the tiny amount of copper?

My goodness, that's depressing.

If you aren't sure how to replace the cord, look on the 'Net. There is lots of DIY information available on just about any subject.

Good luck!

[Joe Fields]

5. Man, if you live in an area where you need a swamp cooler, you can't

do without one. Get it fixed, somehow. Find some way to get the cord replaced. I ave no knowledge of electrical, so I can offer no advice. But I did live on the edge of Death Valley, and I HAD to have my big honkin' swamp cooler running. I love swamp coolers. If you have a big enough one, and new filters they can keep you pretty cool.

[EnviroBat]

6. Hi, ah yeah, umm, question: What's a swamp cooler...?

[Breeze54]

7. A swamp cooler cools air by evaporation

A swamp cooler cools air by evaporation

http://www.wonderquest.com/swamp-coolers.htm

Q: What the heck is a swamp cooler and how does it work -Jack W., Washington D.C.

A: A swamp cooler (more formally called an evaporative cooler) is essentially a large box-like frame
containing a big fan and walled in by water-wetted pads, usually made of cedar shavings or cellulose.
The fan whooshes the hot outside air through the dripping pads (which are continually soaked by a
water pump), cooling the air by about 20 ºF as the air evaporates water molecules from the pads.
The fan then blows the water-cooled air through the house and out a deliberate vent.

Wet the back of your hand -- then blow on it. Your skin surface feels cooler.

That's evaporative cooling.

Folks differ on why it's called a swamp cooler. Some say because it makes the house feel
like a muggy swamp-but that's only when the late summer rains come and the cooler is less
efficient. On dry days-which is almost every day in a desert-a swamp cooler works fine.
In high humidity areas, like Washington D.C., they don't work at all because the water
does not evaporate appreciably and thus the air is not cooled.

Swamp coolers are popular in the southwest because they are relatively inexpensive, use a
quarter as much electricity as a refrigerated unit, are easy to maintain by the average
do-it-yourselfer, and add a comfortable level of humidity to the dry desert air.
The smell of fresh cedar pads on the first hot days of summer is delightful.



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A must have in the desert! They work great!

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. Have fun, and watch out for rodents of unusual size.

Okay, it's a reach, but what are you gonna do. It's in my contract.