Connecting a water line to a swamp cooler is an easy job that almost anyone can do.
There are several ways to tap into an outside faucet, from tapping not the water line to different style attachments.
One way to keep it simple is to buy an Evaporative Cooler Water Hook-Up Kit.
They work by screwing on to the existing faucet and adding a second faucet for a hose, and a side mount for the swamp cooler line to connect.
A swamp cooler hookup simply attaches to a faucet as a hose would.
By using an add-on faucet cooler valve, the existing plumbing does not require any modification of the piping that already exists.
For this reason, they are very commonly used when connecting a water line to a swamp cooler.
Example Evaporative Cooler Water Hook-Up Kit on Amazon
Dial Evaporative Cooler Hook-Up Bgd
How To connect a Swamp cooler Water Line to an Outside Faucet
- Buy a Faucet Water Hook-Up Kit.
- Connect it to the outside faucet.
- Connect the swamp cooler water line.
- Turn on the Faucet and Hook-Up Kit valve.
After connecting the add-on faucet, there will be two types of water lines that can be run, plastic and copper.
Copper will last much longer than a plastic line but is much harder to run. Mainly since it is much stiffer and harder to bend, this makes it more difficult to work with.
A plastic water line is much easier to install since it can be easily bent to follow the contours of a home or any building.
Plastic water lines usually last only 4-5 years, although this can depend on the direct amount of sunlight they receive.
Connecting the water line to the swamp cooler is done directly to the float, which has a switch and shuts off the water supply when the preset level is reached.
Summary
There are a few ways to add a water line to a swamp cooler, with an add-on faucet hookup a popular option.
They are easy to install since there is no need to tap directly into the line.
Once screwed onto the existing faucet, a water line can be run to the cooler.
Copper or plastic water line can be installed with plastic the easiest to use.
A copper water line can be harder to install but usually lasts much longer.
What if the water nearest water faucet is several feet away from window swamp cooler??
So how do you turn of the water pump line off? I cant turn it off and it’s been on for two days now
It has a shut off valve
What if the nearest water faucet is 25ft away from the swamp cooler?
Then you get a 25 foot long tube. Either plastic or copper.