# Swamp Coolers **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swamp-coolers/304883 "2005-05-21T17:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swamp-coolers/304883/21 "2005-05-24T01:55:02Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Did you get to go through the usual steps–get up on the roof, get to what you need to fix, find out that you left a vital piece of equipment down on the ground, go down to get the tool, get up there, fix what you know was broken, find that something else is busted, go to Sears to get the replacement, go back up on the roof (except now it is much much hotter), and so on? Nah. I hate going up and down ladders-I took the whole tool belt up on the first trip. Once I got a look at the innards-water source, float, shutoff, media, fan-it all made sense. WE didn’t go to Sears- IIRC, there was some place on Menaul that had parts. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swamp-coolers/304883/22 "2005-05-24T04:40:04Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Nah. I hate going up and down ladders-I took the whole tool belt up on the first trip. Once I got a look at the innards-water source, float, shutoff, media, fan-it all made sense. WE didn’t go to Sears- IIRC, there was some place on Menaul that had parts. Hmm. I always go to the Sears appliance center on Comanche just west of the freeway because it’s a Sears swamp cooler. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swamp-coolers/304883.md?page=1)