Should I Leave The Swamp Cooler When I Install A/C?

May 21, 2009 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Repair Renovate Maintain 

housechick answers stuff on twitterI kind of love Twitter. 

It’s a community where you can interact with a huge audience of people, share information, random thoughts, and generally be social.  I’m @housechick on Twitter, by the way.

I talk to a group of people here in Tucson that are also on this social network – and sometimes, I get to be helpful instead of just saying hi and talking about what we’re doing.

Like today.  Someone here in Tucson is having an air conditioner installed and was wondering if it was worthwhile to leave the evaporative cooler on the house or not.  They were wondering if it would make their house more desirable if they left the swamp cooler on, and – knowing I’m a local real estate agent here in Tucson – they asked me.  And I’m always happy to answer questions when I can.

I think that leaving the swamp cooler on the house doesn’t hurt.  Most people never touch it again once they get the A/C installed and running.  So while I don’t think it will detract from the value, I don’t think it will add a whole lot of value either.  But – it could make the house more appealing to those who enjoy the lower cost of running a evaporative cooler in our dry months.  So I say leave it, as long as the cooler is in good shape, properly winterized and covered, and is well closed-off from the rest of the HVAC system.

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One Response to “Should I Leave The Swamp Cooler When I Install A/C?”

  1. jake Boen on May 22nd, 2009 10:57 am

    I have not verified this but I have heard that the new very high SEER A/C units (SEER 18+) are just as energy efficient as an evaporative cooler. The main reason is that an evap cooler works best when running the entire time the dwelling is occupied. An A/C unit will cool the space and then turn off until the space heats up again and the thermostat kicks it back on. Also, don’t forget that an Evap cooler just doesn’t work well when it is already humid out. They do work great in the dead of summer and it is dry dry dry.

    Also on twitter (as you know): @archjake

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