So Refreshing

Today, we took on the project of firing up the swamp cooler on top of the house. We have had it on a couple of times over the last couple of days, but the temperature of the house didn't seem to be changing. So I decided to check on the cooler, plus it was squeaking. No big deal right? Whatever, the cooler is on the roof. I did manage to get up there and spray it down with WD-40. Then, I decided to see why there was no water up there. We followed the water line down to the water heater. The water line had been unhooked, so we hooked it up and turned the water on. End of story, right? Wrong. When I went outside to check things out, there was water flowing down the roof. Apparently, needs to be a plug in the cooler to prevent that. Luckily, out of nowhere, my neighbor walked by and saw me looking at the roof. He happily jumped on the roof, found the drain plug, and got the pump to work. That pump actually needs to be replaced because occasionally it locks up and blows the fuses in the house. So far, the power has only gone off twice, but it makes me nervous to know there is a pump on top of my house that can short out. So tomorrow, my neighbor is coming back to replace the pump and the pads. Man, the house feels so much nicer now that the swamp cooler is actually working.