After cleaning up the swamp cooler, lubricating, changing pads, removing
last year's calcium, etc. for a new season how do you clean the dust and
dirt out of the blower that shows up when the cooler is started up the
first several times? I use an old A/C filter I hold against the inside-the-
house grill to collect most of the dirt. The front grill doesn't come off,
that I can figure out, to allow vacuuming it inside. I'm not sure where the
dirt comes from - the new pads or it collects during the winter.

How do you handle this annoyance?

Also softening hard well water. I usually use one of those white blocks in
the water pan. This year I may try an in-line water filter/softener. Ever
try one of these?

TIA


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"Where there's smoke there's toast!" Anon