Evaporative Cooler With Dual Water Inflow

An evaporative cooler system, said system comprising in combination:

• a) a source of water;
• b) a media;
• c) a device for causing air flow through said media;
• d) a water distribution unit in fluid communication with said source of water for distributing water onto said media;
• e) a sump for collecting water from said media and including a drain for draining the collected water;
• f) said water distribution unit including at least a pair of a spray bars, each spray bar of said pair of spray bars having a plurality of rows of holes for discharging streams of water, one of said row of holes discharging streams of water set at a first angle and another of said rows of holes discharging streams of water set at a second angle;
• g) a distribution cap for diverting the streams of water set at the first angle onto said media;
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• h) a distribution channel associated with each spray bar of said pair of spray bars for diverting the streams of water set at the second angle onto said media.

A method for operating an evaporating system, said method comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a source of water;
• b) drawing air through a media with a device;
• c) distributing water from the source of water to the media;
• d) collecting water draining from the media and draining the collected water;
• e) said step of distributing including the step of discharging a plurality of streams of water from each spray bar of a pair of spray bars, one of the spray bars having a plurality of holes, some of which holes are oriented to provide streams of water set at a first or a second angle, another of the spray bars having a plurality of holes, some of which holes are oriented to provide streams of water set at the second angle or a third angle;
• f) diverting with a distribution cap the streams of water set at the first and third angles onto the front and back, respectively, of the media;
• g) further diverting with a distribution channel associated with each spray bar the streams of water set at the second angle onto the media between the front and back of the media.