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Default why doesn't central air conditioning use the condensate to cool the condensor?


"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:58:54 -0500, dpb wrote:

Bill wrote:
Actually I had a condenser years ago which sprayed water on the coils.

Nothing but trouble and rust! (Water lines get things growing in them

and
clog, needs frequent maintenance, etc.) It would stop working about 3

times
a year due to these problems. Had to clean it out.

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Probably get much of the benefit w/ far fewer of the problem if simply
misted in the air ahead of the intake...


How about removing the coil and burying it about 6 feet in the ground?



It's called Geothermal... and it's not that simple. :-)