Make your AC cooler
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:29 pm
On those 100 plus degree days the AC Compressor works a lot harder the hotter it gets, so here is an idea, though I haven't tried this on our home AC unit YET.
If your AC is in the sun during the hottest part of the day get a "mister hose", wrap it around the outside unit so it sprays on the louvers where the air is sucked in where it is supposed to keep the coils cooler.
I used to do this (with a pump sprayer) on a tour bus in LAS Vegas while it was parked at temperatures of 100 to 125 degrees for hours. It worked when cooling it down before I loaded passengers.
Sound crazy, but think of those misters in shopping Malls in Arizona and other really hot cities in the west.
I will hook something up this year and try it out.
Any thoughts?
If your AC is in the sun during the hottest part of the day get a "mister hose", wrap it around the outside unit so it sprays on the louvers where the air is sucked in where it is supposed to keep the coils cooler.
I used to do this (with a pump sprayer) on a tour bus in LAS Vegas while it was parked at temperatures of 100 to 125 degrees for hours. It worked when cooling it down before I loaded passengers.
Sound crazy, but think of those misters in shopping Malls in Arizona and other really hot cities in the west.
I will hook something up this year and try it out.
Any thoughts?