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Posted by Pipedown on June 2, 2008, 4:40 pm
A bottle of white vinegar in the recirculating pool should help keep the
hard water deposits under control. Silicone makes a good sealer but not a
particularly good adhesive.
> Anyone found a good way to stop the water distribution spider tubes from
> coming out of the hub in an evaporative cooler? Or am I the only one? I
> tried gobs of that rubbery silicon cement and it doesn't work well. I cut
> the tubes a bit long so they are bowed a bit when plugged in to keep
> tension on the tube, hopfully keeping it inserted in the socket. All
> works poorly. Maybe too high a water pump pressure? This season with a
> new pump seems a lot worse than usual.
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> Yes, I knoe, the hub and tubes come with a tube/bottle of cement, but
> that is unremovable. If I goof I have to replace everything. A lot of
> work on a 100+ AZ day. If a tube gets plugged up - my well water is VERY
> hard - the tube is almost impossible to clear. If I can unplug it very
> simple. The silicon glue permits that.
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> Is the usual cooler motor waterproof? I worry when I get a distribution
> system leak and water drips on the motor. I suspect I've been lucky
> nothing happened.
>
> Your scheme?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken
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> --
> "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
> remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner
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