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algea in swamp cooler
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| Todd and Margo Chester 2006-05-22, 10:21 pm |
| My swamp cooler is equipped with those expensive blue pads
(they are only a month old).
My swamp cooler has also started to smell of algae. How
do I kill/remove the algae without having to replace the
expensive pads. Or killing the humans as well!
thks,
--T
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| nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu 2006-05-23, 8:21 am |
| Todd and Margo Chester <ToddMargoChester@invalid.com> wrote:
>My swamp cooler is equipped with those expensive blue pads
>(they are only a month old).
>
>My swamp cooler has also started to smell of algae. How
>do I kill/remove the algae without having to replace the
>expensive pads. Or killing the humans as well!
You might try a teaspoon of copper sulfate, aka "root destroyer."
Nick
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| coolerdoctor 2006-08-30, 8:25 pm |
| At just about any store that sells swamp cooler parts, you should find
"algae blocks". I can think of one called the Fresh Air Block. These are
simply placed in the pan, under the inlet water flow, and allowed to
disolve. You might have to check on them monthly depending on your cooler
usage.
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