Joseph Meehan wrote:
KTECH wrote:
This probably came up beforebut I still am not sure of the answer.
My AC condenser is exposed to the sun for a good part of the
day. I have often thought that by making some sort of a covering to
ward off the sun the unit would cool better and perhaps not work as
hard.Any ideas? Frank

Not likely. The AC is looking for Air temp and that is not going to be
much different with or without shade. In fact if the shade reduces the air
flow, it will increase operating expense.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

Then there is the effect that the condenser is buried in the housing,
not being hit directly by the sun. As soon as the unit kicks on (or
very soon thereafter) the interior of that housing is going to be at
the ambient air temp anyhow. The heat exchangers (radiators) will also
reach operating temperature whether the sun hits them or not.

Harry K