On 10/6/2013 10:25 AM, Oren wrote:
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Seems silly to not hardwire a roof mounted swamp cooler (IMO)

Virtually none were anything but window units back then other than
commercial...

I've never seen anything but the wall outlet for one in a home; the load
is simply the fan and a tiny little pump, not a compressor so there's no
need for anything more than 15A service.

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