I use an evaporative cooler for cooling and after decades of experimenting find that a garden hose run over the surface of the ground to a short length of copper tubing (cooler water connection matches copper tubing connector) works the best. The problem remaining is that the hose connections too frequently leak and need fussing with. Usually the connection where the hose connector screws onto the adapter at the copper tubing. Teflon tape helps but where the plastic hose itself connects to the hose connector it is a friction fit and seems to eventually leak from the constant year-long pressure. Anything I can use to seal these connections? If necessary I have enough extra length that I can cut off these sealed connections and replace them if necessary later if I have to because of a problem.
This is hard to explain. I hope it is clear. I edited it several times.
TIA