If air conditioner efficiency improves when it rains outside, why don't all air conditioners include water sprayers to help cool them?

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The rain lowers the head pressure and changes the evaporation and condensation temperatures of the refrigerant and can actually make it cool less that it should.

Oh, I hadn't thought of that. Thanks for that information. Amazing how complicated this stuff is...