swamp cooler bearing lube ?

[leroyd92]

i recently bought a house hold swamp cooler and a 800 cfm cooler also.

since we run them 5 months a year here i was curious if there is anything industrial coolers use for the roller bearings.

we have a small oiler-can of 50 wt.. we use it often for these.


this is truly a case idk if thin or thick is better lol

 

[Chris142]

I buy the little bottle of oil just for them

 

[Killer223]

3 in 1 oil. or any 30 wt oil. that's what i put in them when i service them.

 

[CT8]

I use gear oil.

 

[Chris142]

I would not want the smell of gear oil being blown into my house.

 

[tom slick]

The industrial coolers I maintained had grease fittings. For all other oilable bearings I used a "zoom spout oiler"
http://www.laco.com/lubricants/zoom-spout-oiler/

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: Chris142
I would not want the smell of gear oil being blown into my house.
I never get any gear oil smell in the house.

 

[leroyd92]

Originally Posted By: tom slick
The industrial coolers I maintained had grease fittings. For all other oilable bearings I used a "zoom spout oiler"
http://www.laco.com/lubricants/zoom-spout-oiler/


i have a zoom oiler but i added marvel mystery oil to it when it was half full of ________ oil

i guess oil is better then no oil

i am thinking about buying sealed bearings when these go bad.