Albuquerque Swamp Cooler Repair Guides for Albuquerque homeowners
What things cost around Albuquerque, when to do them, and the local rules that apply. Written for New Mexico conditions, not general advice.
- ABCWUA hard water and your cooler pump: the bleed-off line most Albuquerque coolers are missing
Albuquerque water leaves its minerals in your swamp cooler pan. What a bleed-off line does, why most coolers here lack one, and what it saves in pumps and pads.
- The valley freezes first: when to winterize a swamp cooler in the North Valley versus the Heights
The valley freezes weeks before the airport does. NOAA station by station freeze dates for the North Valley, the Heights, Corrales, and the East Mountains.
- The Albuquerque Swamp Cooler Fall Shutdown Checklist, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
The valley floor freezes October 17 to 24 and the Sunport November 3. A step-by-step swamp cooler winterization checklist for Albuquerque, by neighborhood.
- Swamp Cooler vs. Refrigerated Air in Albuquerque: The Real Running Costs
What a swamp cooler and refrigerated air really cost to run in Albuquerque on PNM's Rate 1A, what each costs to install, and the honest call for monsoon weeks.