On Apr 6, 2:40*pm, Evan wrote:
On Apr 6, 10:39*am, brassplyer wrote:

On Apr 6, 2:51*am, Evan wrote:

It is obvious that you don't have a clue what
to
look for when you "hose down your condenser"

My method - disconnect power from unit at the outside breaker and main
breaker. Take top grill/fan piece of condenser housing. Pull plant
crap out by hand and/or with a shop vac, hose down the coils to remove
other crap. Anything wrong with this?

Unit was working like a champ the last time I fired it up a few months
ago. Cooled off the house quickly. Sound like maintenance was
obviously called for (as of that time) to you?

Yup... *BEFORE you start it up for the new season you should do
maintenance on the entire system...

Just because something was "working like a champ" the previous
time you operated it has no bearing on any number of things that
have happened to it since your "well it worked the last time I used
it" situation...

Has it rained since the last time you used your AC unit ???
Could have had a lightning strike nearby that fried an electrical
component inside the heat pump...

If your idea of "maintenance" is just cleaning it out periodically
then you have no clue... *Preventive maintenance is the
cumulative effect of doing small things much more often
to allow the equipment function normally without having to
struggle to keep up with demand because of dirty and clogged
coils... *It also requires more care than turning off a switch in
the fall and a few minutes under your wet/dry vac in the spring...

Count yourself as lucky that it lasted 22 years...

~~ Evan

Go ahead, tell us the specific items you do for pm on a split system
ac?