"JK" wrote in message
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Just bought a new place about 8 months ago, and have the need to turn on
the
swamp cooler, which are not common here in AZ. The cooler seems to work
fine. It blows cold air, etc. However, every once and a while, a large
amount of water will be discharged out the discharge hose (or whatever
it's
called, it's a pvc pipe). Some of the research I've seen said this can be
normal. Some other research said I may have a problem with my float.
Anybody
have any experience with this?

No maintenance on the unit and you just turned it on.... Ok. It will not
last long that way

Now days there are two pumps in coolers. One to cycle the water over pad.
The other one dumps the pan water out ever so often, some are as little as 4
hours and I have seen 12 hour ones. This pump will look exactly (to the
untrained eye) like the circulating pump.

In my coolers I used a pump that would dump the water every 8 hours of run
time. It sure helps keep the crud down.

Your cooler should be 100% checked out before you run it every year. Cleaned
top to bottom, new layer of asphalt in the water pan, bearings oiled, belts
checked and or tightened just to hit the high points.

The master cool type pad can last 3-4 years if maintained. The fibrous
(aspen pads) need to be changed yearly.

Do you have up ducts in your home? Venting the air into the attic helps a
lot. Cools the attic and then makes the home more comfortable. Leaving
windows open is dangerous now days. If you have a hall gas heater open the
door up, and let the air exhaust there.
Hint you need one up duct for every 12 inches of register length or fraction
there of.

I have lived in AZ for 35 years now.