im a little dramatic when it comes to my reloading stuff. mainly, i dont like to force anything and or be rough with my equipment that ive spend lots of $$$ on... i like to keep everything clean and nice, mainly since my presses are out in the open of the house...
a few weeks ago, my wife got into one of her hot flash moods and decided to turn the swamp cooler on high. this may seem like no big deal to most, and to myself, its normal. but this particular day was aimed at my reloading hobby and my OCD problem...
she turned on the swamp cooler, and got the kids to bed, i got home really late that night. so i walk into the house and immediately go to sleep. i wake up the next morning and hear a strange PITTER-PATTER on the opposite side of the room ( where the window and my reloading bar is )
i walk into the room and see shiny/glossy on the tile, turns out, its a light spray of water. i walk over to the cooler, shuf it off, and turn all the lights on in the room.
the whole side of the room is covered in water,
my 6 complete turret for my loadmaster, my single stage press, everything has flash rust on it. my loadmaster had a old pillow slip on it, and the roller handle kept the case off the metal parts...
the oak display holder my dad made for the turrets, was spotted from the water, the ammo i made a few days before was corroded everything exposed ontop of the table was covered in water softener salt/water/rust...
i mopped up the floor, and set the furniture out in the 112*F heat for a few days...
once i took a closer look at the cooler ( which runs 24/7 most days ) one of the celdek pads moved away from the water trough, causing a 1/4" gap where air flew up between the pad/water pouring out onto the pad.
the cooler was sucking it into the wheel and spraying it into the room ( to one side )
since this disaster, ive wired wheeled the dies that had rust( on a 3500 rpm buffer system ), applied marvel mystery oil and you cant even tell it happened...
i also built an adjustable retaining system for the cooler pads. after 3 straight days of running it on high i think its fixed.......
both presses have covers on them now, and the cooler vents are turned to the other side of the room...
i just thought id share this story with you guys who reload in front of ac units or coolers, or in the same room as coolers