Essick Air Evaporative Coolers in Phoenix

About the brand

Bleuwave HVAC is an independent service company. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or an authorized dealer of Essick Air, and Essick, Champion and associated product names are trademarks of their owners.

Product families found in Phoenix homes

• Rigid media: thick cellulose blocks that last several seasons, saturate evenly and run quieter, in exchange for a higher pad cost and a cabinet designed around them.
• Conventional media: aspen wood pads in a frame, cheap to replace, replaced often, and forgiving of a cabinet that is no longer perfectly square.

Each type lives in a specific cabinet; you do not swap one for the other without changing the cooler. If you are deciding between them for a replacement, the evaporative cooler explainer compares the two in more depth.

Common problems and repair considerations

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The usual mechanicals

A homeowner can safely check that water is reaching the unit, that the wall switch is in the right position and that nothing is overflowing the roof edge, and can shut the unit off. Everything else, including anything on the roof, is a technician's job. The maintenance guide lists what a proper start-up covers, and the list is longer than most homeowners expect.

Repair vs replacement for this brand

A rusted pan is terminal. A warped or rusted cabinet is terminal. A sound cabinet with worn internals is a repair, and a good one. The repair-versus-replace guide walks the general logic; for coolers the numbers are smaller but the sequence is the same.

The usage question is the one homeowners skip. A cooler on a home with no refrigerated air is a spring and fall machine and a July liability. If the family is buying box fans by mid-July, the right replacement may not be another cooler; it may be an air conditioner, and the cooler replacement page is where that conversation lives. Financing on approved credit is available for replacement work, and the estimates and financing page explains the process.

Nothing on this page can size a cooler for your duct or diagnose the reason yours is weak. That takes a visit.

Parts, warranty and service notes

For homes that also have central air, the single-family home HVAC page explains how a cooler and an air conditioner should be dampered so they do not fight each other.

Bleuwave is veteran-owned, NATE-certified and licensed, bonded and insured under ROC #340022. Every job is quoted flat-rate before work begins. Call (480) 863-5855.