Swamper just not performing like I want it to.

[tmleadr03]

I have just under a 1K sqft home. I purchase last year a 1600 sqft swamper. Last summer I never ran it over the low fan speed setting and the house was kept to a nice 75 degrees almost all summer.

I just checked the thermostat and it reads 81 degrees. WTF. I have the swamper on high fan speed and I am not getting any sort of cooling like last year. I am headed out to see if perhaps something is messed up but I think I know it is just because IT IS FUCKING RAINING TOO DAMN MUCH. It is so humid the swamper just cant get the cooling it did last year.

[HBARleatherneck]

the instructions on my swamper said to make sure you have enough windows open. take a dollar bill and if it sticks to the window screen, open another window. that being said, mine is working like crap this year too. i oiled the motor, i oiled the squirell cage bearings. new fabric, washed it out a couple times. no luck.

[BlasterBob]

My first thought is to check the pump and see if it is properly pumping water down the panels. If no water is being pumped, the unit is merely bringing in HOT outdoor air. My swamper is running on the LOW cool setting is it's damn cool in my place. Want to make sure the windows are open in the rooms that you want to cool and freeze in. One quick/easy way to see if the water pump in functioning is to just feel the water supply line. It should feel real cold.

[tmleadr03]

My first thought is to check the pump and see if it is properly pumping water down the panels. If no water is being pumped, the unit is merely bringing in HOT outdoor air.

Ummm... maybe that is what I just found. I can neither confirm nor deny that I might have found some straw in the tubing...

[HBARleatherneck]

i forgot to mention that part. mine is pumping plenty of water and i cleaned the pump as well. still it isnt getting as cool as it was before. maybe it is the humidity. maybe uncle sugar will buy us all central air conditioning.

[BlasterBob]

i forgot to mention that part. mine is pumping plenty of water and i cleaned the pump as well. still it isnt getting as cool as it was before. maybe it is the humidity. maybe uncle sugar will buy us all central air conditioning.

Yeah, your "uncle sugar" (POTUS) is going to soon declare that all households in the USA MUST have central air AND internet availability as well as a motor vehicle that will easily provide at least 50MPG.

[jmg8550]

High humidity makes the swamp coolers less efficient since the more moisture in the air, the longer it takes for water to evaporate. And since they rely on evaporation to cool, it is not going to work as well.

[tmleadr03]

the instructions on my swamper said to make sure you have enough windows open. take a dollar bill and if it sticks to the window screen, open another window. that being said, mine is working like crap this year too. i oiled the motor, i oiled the squirell cage bearings. new fabric, washed it out a couple times. no luck.

You get some help for your place?

[HBARleatherneck]

It looks like a bunch of help. I will keep the thread updated

[tmleadr03]

So I am now down to 76 degrees according to the thermostat. Not bad. Fan back on low and noise level much more enjoyable, not to mention the temperature.