Hmmm,

Definitely worth trying.


At 04:57 PM 1/13/2010, you wrote:
>
>
>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: 
><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] 
>[mailto:[email protected]]
>On Behalf Of Kevin Doucet
>Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:24 PM
>To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[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?
>
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