I have enjoyed reading this thread and this site.
I made the mistake of telling my wife one time that she had to many shoes, several years ago, right after she brought home another pair. She drug me to the garage and opened the second drawer of my tool box and said start counting - it was my...
Good question about the water. I have not given that much thought, but have been running a mister on the old unit for 15+ years and did not notice any build up.
Here is what I have:
A water mister that I built out of 1/2 PVC pipe and .7 GPH misting nozzles. I have a total of 6 nozzles surrounding my outside unit. In the past the unit on my house ran from noon to 9PM, never shutting off. Builder had put in undersized unit that would barely cool the...