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I know you just copied the youtube title, but the title is obnoxiously pretentious.

I don't have information specific to midea, so there is some speculation, but I do have a ge unit which does outright say that the water condensate is slung across the condenser coil to boost efficiency. And yes, my ge unit got really nasty and I ended up drilling a hole in the base of the condensate pan to drain all the water.

https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=16758

Heat pump efficiency is limited by the temperature delta across the compressor. The larger the temperature delta, the less efficient a heat pump is. Evaporating water off the condenser coil drops the refrigerant temperature compared to air only and gives a small boost to efficiency. I don't think it's a big difference, but it's enough to be worthwhile doing if you can "get it for free." Unfortunately, a constantly cool and wet pool is a great breeding ground for mold and pathogens that you don't want airborne.

As for cleaning ease, I based that off of comments (on reddit I think), recommending people push midea to pay for a technician to perform the fix because taking it apart for a thorough cleaning is a hassle. So I have no firsthand experience there and I'll defer to your judgement.

I don't have one of that type, so I haven't contacted them. I was thinking about getting a unit like that, but then found out why they weren't in stock anywhere.

I think the lack of drain was intentional so that the water wiuld splash up on the condenser coil. An AC unit generates a lot more water than a refrigerator though, so I think any design with a condensate basin below the condenser coil will have mold problems. The other issue is they didn't make the unit very serviceable, so opening it up to clean out mold sounds like a huge hassle. Draining the water away will mean the units won't be as efficient as originally designed, but mold can be a major health hazard.

The U shaped units manufactured by midea were all recalled and are not currently available for sale.

You might want to look up the recall and get the repair kit. They were recalled for excessive mold build up.

I just leave the adapter plugged into the headphones. Then there's nothing extra to manage.

They are coaxial so you would have to carefully solder both the center wire and outer shield and keep the two from having electrical contact. Even if you manage to do that, there will be an impedance mismatch that might really degrade signal strength.

I would personally just shop for replacement antennae.

This is an x-y problem. You are asking about methods of placement when your actual concern is methods of accountability. Choosing someone else in the next election isn't accountability, it's a flimsy escape mechanism. Both methods of placement won't be able to correct for a bad actor without further protections from independent/external authority.

Not the person you replied to, but "How It's Made" has really been fitting the bill for me lately. It's just interesting enough to somewhat hold my attention, but the narrator and music are low energy and don't keep me awake.

The lack of violent opposition to ICE is how you know that none of their targets are actually gang members.

Yeah, a 4% swing is normal volatility for TSLA. Calling typical variation a plummet and attributing a cause is just projection on the author's part.

That was an average pun.

It does grow like that, but then it spreads out into whispy ferns that look a little like dill. Plenty of people who only ever see the young spears that are eaten don't recognize the fully grown plant.