jim wrote:
CMF wrote:
As you can tell from the question, I am not an HVAC person, but I
recently discovered a rather significant cold air loss in my attic due to
a shoddy job of evaporator replacement a few years ago. No telling how
much money I have thrown down the drain cooling my attic!
Anyway, I'm up there doing some cleanup and a little sheet metal work to
seal this beast off again, and I wonder if I should do anything to clean
the evaporator while I am in there? right now, I can't tell how dirty it
is if any because it was kind of frosty, but I have turned the unit off
and will go check shortly.
If I do clean it, what should I use? Personally I'm guessing that I
should leave it alone, but want to hear from experts. And I know I should
hire a professional to do this, but I'm not completely inept, however I
am completely broke.
--
Maury French
Wylie, TX
"I cannot teach my kids ethics if I do not
practice them myself"
how about a mixture of bleach and water, spray it on and let it sit and
then hose it off.... that ought to get off any mold that formed on it..
..
If there is any chance of a leak you DO NOT want to bring bleach near it.
bleach can combine with various chemicals and produce some lethal gases
in a flash!
Stay away from bleach, really!
Vacumn the thing out as best you can, get a moderate brush and brush
it inline with the fins unless they are the tinfoil things that look
like Christmas tree dressings. in that case, just vacumn what you can and
maybe try reversing the vacumn to a blower and blowing the rest off if
possible, But normally, just a wipe with a damp cloth will pick up a lot of
junk.
Beyond that, you need a professional to do it. they have the tools and
experience. Hire a different guy than the last one, as he apparently does
poor work.
Eric B.