I'm still waiting for our swamp cooler to just fall off the side of our home onto the ground. However, until that happens this ancient swamp machine of at least 8 years continues to function. I replaced the pads for the first time this year and it's blowing some impressive cold air into our home. It's on for less than five hours a day as there is a thermostat hooked up to it. The power draw is about 1/5th that of a compressor based air conditioner. Works great until it gets humid.
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Fresh pads, and an occasional water changeout, (or dump pump), and a little rust mitigation(descaling, repainting, and berring oiling, those things can be kept operational for a good 12-20 years (pump and possibly motor failure is your biggest concern if the streucture is kept up)
If you were ever to grow an excess of loofa, I wonder if they might make good swamp cooler pads. I'm imagining them cut like a plywood factory cuts logs into veneer: a cut that spirals in from the outside, giving a layer about half an inch thick.
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