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You didn't watch the video, just blindly commented.. Because you would learn that there is no calcium and zero TDS in rain water ! lol

The purpose is to reduce the temperature of the condenser, which helps the refrigerant condense faster and more efficiently resulting in your compressor and fan not running as long, which lowers your power bill.

For every day commercial use, gasoline is the choice, but for occasional cut 2x a month battery last long time,cost of conversion is about $900..but I don't have to deal with oils and gasoline spills and smells in the garage.This works for me much cleaner way despite little higher cost. :)

@@MB031 I wasn't being rude/crude, but this isn't for everybody...I gotcha! There's a saying something like 'why'd I do it....because I could'. More power to you!

I don't know exactly, I didn't build it for saving money,I built it for better comfort inside the house..but as far as return on investment ,that depends where you live, if you live where A/C is in use all day long, probably very soon it will be paid off.

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smacleod69 You didn’t watch the video . Watch and listen carefully it’s all explained, no cost to operate and no coil damage, just watch it and you will comprehend why.

Incorrect. The misters are effective as a result of evaporation. The warmer the water, the faster it evaporates. It's not the moisture that enhances efficiency, it's the cooler air entering the unit.

Thanks.It's a misting pump, it produces around 200psi or more, with this flow, you don't need much energy to create mist at high pressure.There are misting devices which use 50psi to create a mist.

@@MB031 Great thanks! im trying to find a affordable pump that has high psi output but uses low wattage. do you recomend one?

Thanks,but unfortunately those mid clamps are obsolete, you can't get them any longer.Currently there is no solar clamp for 5V crimp metal roof, only for standing seam metal roofing..Try ebay, if somebody sells Unirac mid clamps,that's the key for this.

Of what?

Thanks.No unfortunately,they quit production of those old mid clamps,which were great for this application on 5V crimp metal roofs.This is my invention to use them like this and works perfect.There are no standoffs for 5V crimp metal roofing.There are plenty for standing seam metal roofs, that's for sure.I don't understand why they didn't make any V profile to fit.

Thanks. I have 300W micros on every 290W panel..Aurora originally in 2013,then Aurora sold it to ABB,then ABB already discontinued these micros 5 or more years ago.I had 3 micros failures past 5 years and ABB replaced it for free, they originally warantee it for 10 years, they have stock of some micros just for replacements, but no longer on the market.Very sad, because they are excellent micros putting out real 100% output 300W..No other micros do that, maybe that's why they cancelled them,extreme competition, who knows what's the story behind..

No but.

Thanks.

I'm not sure if it's not enough flow or what because the other day here in fairly humid central Texas it was almost 100° and I checked the current and then sprayed the coils down with water from a spray bottle and it dropped from like 8 amps to like 5 amps but that was directly on the coils not just trying to cool the air

It was a solar project,so the solar system is to compensate energy for the misting pump.Anyways, the best way to go would be water source heat pump and get rid of those ugly outdoor coils !!!

That inverter takes virtually 0 watts on idle,It wouldn't make significant difference.But thanks for ideas.:)

No I'm not an instructor.As you say 30 min is way too long, people don't have time or get bored if video is too long with too much bla,bla,bla and leads you nowhere, so I wrote down main thoughts and squeezed it into 5 min video. :)

So it's a heat pump subcooling the refrigerant with water.That requires a lot of water flowing through.So I need either 2 wells or pool or lake or river.Non of those are in budget, those things are expensive with initial cost $10-20K vs. split units like this around $2K.Huge cost difference !!

Yesss.I would love to have geothermal heat pump ! Way more efficient and eliminates many things.It's just out of my budget now... :)

I'm sorry, if you are not able to understand English and not even capable to push subtitles button and can't read, then you should be the one to pay somebody to teach you English !!!

Nick Pini does it void your warranty when it rains out?

What was the water's TDS and pH that owner used???? that is the key..Any unit rusts and oxidates after 10 years..LOL.That is a good practice to replace them after that time anyways..BTW,my unit looks like new after 2 years misting with correct water.No rust, no oxidation..

Thank you.

If you would watch the video,I said it all in it..LOL ..Besides that it's 2 years working and there is no sign of rust or oxidation of copper nor aluminum parts..You forgot that all units in Florida are exposed to high humidity and rain most of the year, they don't rust that fast.Most of them last more than 10 years outside exposed to elements..So that is the the time to replace them anyways...LOL

Hi.This will not affect electric bill greatly,jut a little, but it will improve comfort inside the house and give compressor some extended life.Savings depends where you live and how long your AC is running.Here in Florida is a quiet savings of energy..Yes I do check rain once and then a year, it doesn't vary much, it keeps very low TDS 4-10 and pH is also almost the same around 7.

haha i typed STD ? anyways.. thank you for your quick response. It is really fascinating to see someone is really putting their efforts to do this kind of work.

It was fun project.I love it. :)

Copper and aluminum don't rust, they oxidate.The coil cover is steel, but heavy coated.No signs of rust nor oxidation yet in 2 years of using this misting.That's why I use rain water, which is neutral and almost 0 TDS.

cool(lol)

Thanks.It's been almost 2 years working and the coil has no sign of clogging or oxidation at all.I used filtered well water before and my previous coil dissolved in 6 months despite all filtrations..So rain water works just perfect, the coil is the same.I know because I do 2x a year maintenance and exposing the coil to check.

Nice to live where you get enough rain water we do get some thunderstorms in July and August but not long enough to do much even that water is full of dust it leaves a mess on my car where you live not much dust lot of clean rain. We can run evap cooling which I'm running today it's 104.6 out 12% humidity 75F in my house. We usually turn on the AC July 4th when humidity climbs into the 20-40% range goes until first week of September.

We do get plenty of rain from June-September,but winter time in SW Florida is dry,rains once in a 2 months or so.It is getting drier past few years, so I was thinking to start collecting rain water into bigger storage.Yes Arizona is arid place, evaporative coolers works great there.Misting cooling on patio here works to some extend till high humidity is reached, but not for cooling indoors, it would be a killer humidifier.We have to run AC during winters to dehumidify sometimes.

Yes all those gears and belts and blades at work make a lots of noise ! It was much more noise with gas engine for sure before..I converted the cheapest lawn mower,I'm guessing John Deere would be much better quality and quiter..:)

Couple hundreds dollars..The tank, solar panel and the pump are not coming cheap..LOL

This project wasn't about saving money ! It's about to improve comfort inside the house.You didn't get it.

It's not specific mist kit.Misting T and misting nozzles and water line.All found on ebay shipped from China.No hardware store in USA carry this.

MB031 I understand thank you!

I didn't put it on Ebay ! I said I bought material for this on Ebay.The water line I got from Home Depot. :)

Thanks.