But I did put a new motor in the swamp cooler. It was making a really annoying clicking noise, I checked several things and came to the conclusion that it was the motor. It’s about 13 years old, nice and rusted. I pulled on the pulley and the shaft moved back and forth almost 1/4 of an inch. That may not seem like much, but when talking about an electric motor, it shouldn’t move at all. So for $100 at, guess where……, Home Depot I got a new one and everything is fine again.
As I was driving down to get the new motor, I thought that one of the things I like about a swamp cooler was that I could fix any problem with it myself, and cheap compared to central air. My next thought was ‘but with central air, I could just call somebody and have them sweating out in the heat fixing it.’ But then I thought ‘yeah, but that would cost a boatload of $$$’. If I could just figure out a way to get someone else to work out in the 90+ degree sun sweating like a pig, without having to pay for it. Yeah, that would be nice.
I also did a little more trim work on the porch roof. I’ve got all the decking in, covering the linoleum from above, and everything is working great. We had a downpour (by Utah standards) at my house yesterday and not a single drop showed up inside the porch! YES! Success! (cross fingers, knock on wood)
This weekend it’s fence building. Weather permitting.
3 comments:
You had that once. Actually you had somebody who would work on your house in 90+ degree weather AND PAY YOU every month.
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:) True, true. So I just need to find another roofer to rent the room.
I'll have to show you what my dad did to juryrig my swamp cooler motor. It was making a clicking noise and moving around, like yours was. Dad wedged in some strips of wood, and it's been good for another 5 years or so now......
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