[Shop-talk] Cooling down an air conditioner

[Peter J. Thomas]

On 8/9/2016 9:10 AM, Matt wrote:
> 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.
You could place a large container under the unit to catch the condensate 
and a small sump pump (like for a fountain) to wet the hot coils.  No 
need to mist just let the water run over the coils and collect back in 
the container.  This would avoid the scaling issue.