Two ideas: Misting condenser or adding an additional fan?

[BoyntonStu]

In order to improve a/c efficiency some have used misters.

Would increasing air flow by placing another fan in series with the original also help?

Appreciate any feedback on misting, etc.

[Real Pisser]

prepare for a misting :-)

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[.p.jm.]

Don't laugh - I had a deli customer once that took the condensor coil for the walk-in and stuck it in a big leaky-assed bucket of water, then set a hose to slow feed constant-overflow the bucket. Nice.

He told me he regularly dumped a gallon of bleach in the bucket to 'de-calcify the coil'. Which was plugged solid with calcium, of course.

Couldn't understand why it was leaking in like 100 places, either.

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, IMHO increasing air speed i not a good idea. Too fast air velocity will reduce heat transfer. Same with evaporater blower.

[TimR]

Our mechanics where I work use misters to get a chiller through an extra season or two.

They work. But they deposit calcium on the coils, and that insulates them. It's not a long term solution, just an emergency stopgap.

[Stormin Mormon]

Spray higher volume, and put in a drain. Like Aprilaire humidifiers.

[Grumpy]

OR YOU MEAN "MISTRESS"

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[Tony Hwang]

Hi, In my case I used distilled water.