Ah. I wasn't sure if you mean dangerous in another way.

Good question. Since this is the first time we've had a swamp cooler, not
sure. Will we know when we cannot run it (that is, will it stop blowing cold
air)?

Regarding the closing slides, not sure what those are. Are those the vents
to the attic?
"SQLit" wrote in message
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Burglars love open windows.

Force as much of the air into the attic as you can. It will help your run
time. ( how long you can run your cooler. I used to try to get to 4th of
July).

Do not for get to install the slides when you change over to the a/c.


"JK" wrote in message
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I'm pretty sure it's purging the water since it occurs at certain times,
and
for certain periods of time. We'll have a guy out to look at it. I did
have
one question though: Why is opening the windows dangerous. We do have the
vents that lead up to the attic, but I have also been leaving a window
open.
Dangerous in what way?
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"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.