Folks,
The fan motor in our swamp cooler died for the 2nd time, this time it lasted only one year or about 1500 hours. Pathetic. The cooler manufacturer (Essick Air) was unapologetic in both cases, zero courtesy and essentially told in a rather unfriendly way "Too bad, no warranty, you must pay".
I'd like to get a bigger unit but of course I am now leery of this manufacturer (Champion/Essick). I no longer believe their quality is up to par. Is there any other manufacturer that makes something like in the link below and isn't outrageously expensive?
I know there's Mastercool but their units are much deeper. Since this has to be placed on a deck and we have to at least be able to squeeze by I can't go much deeper than 35" wall-breakthrough to end of unit.