Was it a mistake to install air conditioner returns directly to outside air in high humidity Washington DC?

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Yes. You will never get the type of performace from the unit you expect. The life of the unit is seriously degraded. You will have high humidity in the house, because the unit can't dry out the wet air as it could from an interior return. numerous bad issues here.

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