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AC_Hacker · 08-23-11, 06:42 PM

The idea of using water that is condensed from the A/C should be a really good one... after all, since it is condensed from moisture in the air, it is literally distilled. Distilled water leaves the mineral deposits behind.

The spongy evaporator pads that swamp coolers use would be the cat's meow, with condenser water dripping into the top of the pad. The pad would have to go inside the A/C, ahead of the condenser. Some kind of tiny pump would be required to get the water to the pad.

With a mini-split however, this would be a piece-o-cake because the intake to the condenser would be accessible from outside of the unit, and also the inside unit is usually located higher than the outside unit, so gravity would bring the condenser water to the evaporator pad.

-AC_Hacker

08-23-11, 06:42 PM	#20
AC_Hacker Supreme EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 4,004 Thanks: 303 Thanked 723 Times in 534 Posts	Use Distilled Water... The idea of using water that is condensed from the A/C should be a really good one... after all, since it is condensed from moisture in the air, it is literally distilled. Distilled water leaves the mineral deposits behind. The spongy evaporator pads that swamp coolers use would be the cat's meow, with condenser water dripping into the top of the pad. The pad would have to go inside the A/C, ahead of the condenser. Some kind of tiny pump would be required to get the water to the pad. With a mini-split however, this would be a piece-o-cake because the intake to the condenser would be accessible from outside of the unit, and also the inside unit is usually located higher than the outside unit, so gravity would bring the condenser water to the evaporator pad. -AC_Hacker __________________ I'm not an HVAC technician. In fact, I'm barely even a hacker... Last edited by AC_Hacker; 08-24-11 at 10:43 AM..