[Shop-talk] Cooling down an air conditioner

[Matt]

I have an older heat and cool unit that is designed to take the condensate and splash it on the hot coils to improve heat transfer.I was recently down in Dallas and a local restaurant had a special zone of their irrigation system dedicated to soaking the outside units of their HVAC system.  I asked the manager and he said it was the only way their system could handle the 100+ degree days.  Matt

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From: Robert nogueira <nogera at icloud.com>
To: Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Shop-talk] Cooling down an air conditioner
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:07:41 -0500

I've got a window mounted A/C in my garage. It generally does a pretty good job of cooling it down but now that the daily high is over 100 (f) it is having a problem and is tripping the breaker after running a hour or so in mid afternoon ( unit gets full sun).

Question: would installing a fine water mist sprayer behind the evaporator coil easy the load on the compressor thus allowing it to continue to cool?
For the few weeks I have this problem it is not worth the cost of wiring and installing a larger unit.
Thanks for any thoughts

Bob Nogueira


Bob Nogueira 
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