Reno Swamp Cooler Repair Guides for Reno homeowners
What things cost around Reno, when to do them, and the local rules that apply. Written for Nevada conditions, not general advice.
- Hard water, mineral scale, and what it does to a cooler in the Truckee Meadows
TMWA publishes hardness by area and quarter, and it swings from 1.8 to 13.9 grains. Here is the table, what it does to pads and pumps, and the bleed-off fix.
- When to start a swamp cooler in Reno, and what a spring start-up actually includes
NOAA puts Reno's last 32 degree night at April 26. Here is the booking week by station, what a $120 to $250 start-up actually includes, and what DIY misses.
- October in Reno: the exact week to shut a swamp cooler down, from the NOAA freeze tables
NOAA publishes first-freeze probabilities for Reno, Sparks, Stead and Carson City. Here is the week those dates point to, and what has to happen inside it.