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Old 07-08-2009, 10:33 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DonR View Post
Shovel,
Someone, either Plow & Hearth or Gardner's is selling a device that you attach to your garden hose that mists your condensor when ever the motor kicks on. Due to the evaporation it passes cooler air over the coils & shorten the time the condensor runs. I don't think it would reduce the temp inside unless it is very hot. It works better the lower the humidity (water evaporates better).

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Don
I can confirm that this misting does help on reducing the condenser power consumption during operation. (It does not shorten the time, just the power consumption.) In fact it is most effective if the mist hits the coil before it evaporates. The downside is, as mentioned below, the deposit that accumulates on the coil because the water is not perfectly pure.
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