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In Taiwan nobody would do this. If you're well versed in HVAC then refurbing a used mini split is infinitely better and easier.
A window unit has one motor for both condenser and evaporator, it's essentially a motor that spins 2 fans on both ends. This saves the number of parts needed but you would have needed at least another blower for the condenser or evaporator in order to make this work. Then sheet metal work to house all of these because the condenser is going to be outside so needs to be weather proof.
I think window unit splashing condensate into the evaporator is smart, not only you deal with the water but that condensate going onto the condenser coil actually improves efficiency as well as prevent excess back pressure in the compressor and causing acid in the system.
I actually thought about setting up a water sprayer system to spray the condenser with a fine most of water for this reason, especially with condensers in direct sunlight, they get extremely hot.
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Originally Posted by
servicefitter
Glad it comes with a fire extinguisher and what happens with the condensate.
I was thinking the same thing, the condensate would easily evaporate, with the dry AZ air?
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Originally Posted by
taiwanluthiers
In Taiwan nobody would do this. If you're well versed in HVAC then refurbing a used mini split is infinitely better and easier.
A window unit has one motor for both condenser and evaporator, it's essentially a motor that spins 2 fans on both ends. This saves the number of parts needed but you would have needed at least another blower for the condenser or evaporator in order to make this work. Then sheet metal work to house all of these because the condenser is going to be outside so needs to be weather proof.
I think window unit splashing condensate into the evaporator is smart, not only you deal with the water but that condensate going onto the condenser coil actually improves efficiency as well as prevent excess back pressure in the compressor and causing acid in the system.
I actually thought about setting up a water sprayer system to spray the condenser with a fine most of water for this reason, especially with condensers in direct sunlight, they get extremely hot.
That is because you don't have American hill billy ingenuity. 
I would just buy a portable, and put the tube out the window, if I did not working with refrigerant piping.
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Nobody swaps compressors on mini splits in Taiwan either. I feel like the first person in Taiwan who did anything like that, and brazed a flare fitting to the inlet and outlet too.
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