Kevin, I had a problem with my AC unit keeping up a few summers ago. The repairman came and told me he wouldn't charge me anything if I just cleaned the outside unit myself. He told me to just hose it down by spraying from the outside toward the inside of the unit all the Way around it. He said if that didn't work, he would come back and see if there is another problem. I gave it a good spraying for about 15 minutes and turned it back on. It has been fine ever since. I sprayed it again last year just to keep the dirt from accumulating again.
The repair guy told me there is a cleaning agent available that is supposed to help dissolve the dirt, but, that I really didn't need to use it. He said it is available at heat and AC supply stores but they only had it in a large container and you dilute it with water and it is very expensive because there is enough stuff in the bottle to clean a hundred units. Anyway, as I said the hose water alone cleaned it just fine. Hope this helps. Tom Hodges, Newport, Kentucky From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Doucet Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] thinking ahead; cleaning AC coils Hi list, I know this is early for the AC season, but, do any of you clean your own coils on the AC unit? If so is this a doable deal for a total and how and what do you use to accomplish this feet? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
