replying to TURTLE, monkey wrote:
"If all possible, try to live with the water in it every year and deal with."

What about the problem of the bottom of the coil "rusting out"? I've had a
relatively brand new unit (2 yrs old) fail because of the bottom inch or so of
the rear coils oxidizing to the point of it freon leaking. Both the copper
pipe and the aluminum fins disintegrated into white and green paste!

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