Finally!

Our swamp cooler is finally working!!! The main water line was crimped so no water was getting to the pads (as I suspected). It is fixed and at 7:00 pm it's already below 80 degrees! (77!) I bet if it had been working all day it would be 72 right now. Woot!

Yet again...

The HVAC peeps are coming back out (for the 4th or 5th time (I can't remember)) to check on why the BRAND NEW swamp cooler isn't working properly. I hope it gets fixed soon, cuz it being 90+ inside when you have no where to go to cool off is getting really annoying.

I have tried a multitude of differnt configuration options that have been suggested including having the windows only 1-2 inches wide, turning theswamp cooler down to low-cool and opening the windows up wider. Nothing helps. All I know is that it should be blowing cool air, and it's not. I assume that the water is either off, or not properly being pumped to the pads.

Make it stop.

Swamp coolers...

If it weren't getting up to 85 degrees in my house when the Swamp Cooler is running on high all day, I would throw that stupid thing off the roof and burn it. But instead, I'm going to pay 500+ dollars (after the home warantee! coverage) to get it replaced. Grr.