Yes, you can. But it would be no where as effective as having the techie use
the correct cleaning chemicals and solvents, and rinse it out with the
garden hose.

Please don't try to save money and just hose it down yourself -- you're
likely to get electrical stuff wet, and cost yourself more repairs.

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"Ignoramus16661" wrote in message
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Our A/C guy mentioned that it would be helpful f they cleaned the
outside AC unit (compressor/condensor).

My questionis, is it necessary (I assume so), and second, can I do it
myself with a big wet or dry vacuum or something.

Thanks

i

On 2 Sep 2003 19:46:15 GMT, Ignoramus16661
wrote:

Our A/C guy mentioned that it would be helpful f they cleaned the
outside AC unit (compressor/condensor).

My questionis, is it necessary (I assume so), and second, can I do it
myself with a big wet or dry vacuum or something.

Thanks

i


The fins on mine have a grill over them. I use a blow gun to remove
debris between the cover and the unit, and regularly sweep the debris
on the cement slab.

What do you do when it rains? I usually turn th power off remove the grill and
spray the fins out with a garden hose, Sometimes I soak them with simple green
first. I take care not to spray water anywhere else, although anywhere rain
goes I figure its sealed enough so mist won't hurt it. after i am done I run
the ac for 10 minutes and the fan dries everythhing out.







Subject: Cleaning compressor/condenser/outside unit
From: "Stormin Mormon"
Date: 9/2/2003 4:57 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Yes, you can. But it would be no where as effective as having the techie use
the correct cleaning chemicals and solvents, and rinse it out with the
garden hose.

Please don't try to save money and just hose it down yourself -- you're
likely to get electrical stuff wet, and cost yourself more repairs.

--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.org
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.

"Ignoramus16661" wrote in message
...
Our A/C guy mentioned that it would be helpful f they cleaned the
outside AC unit (compressor/condensor).

My questionis, is it necessary (I assume so), and second, can I do it
myself with a big wet or dry vacuum or something.

Thanks

i

"Blank" wrote in message
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What do you do when it rains?

Didn't you know the rain KNOWS better than to go to the wrong places! :-)

He's new, he's lost...........and looking for home, just hasn't found it
yet! LOL

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Ignoramus16661 wrote:

Our A/C guy mentioned that it would be helpful f they cleaned the
outside AC unit (compressor/condensor).

My questionis, is it necessary (I assume so), and second, can I do it
myself with a big wet or dry vacuum or something.

Thanks

i

What the tech would do is remove the outside covering
(likely to be as few as 4 to 8 screws), then he would squirt
some stuff on the coils, then rinse it off. This isn't
space science. The difference between the results of the
tech and the results of you spraying with a garden hose will
be minor. And you will be ahead if you spray it once each
month or two compared with the tech spraying it once a
year. You don't really need to remove the outside
covering/grill and you really don't need to spray any
detergent on the coils, but if you do it better be mild so
that it doesn't eat the aluminum (Dawn would be good). All
you need to do is spray the coils through the covering with
a garden hose. The electrical part is pretty much sealed so
spraying with a hose isn't going to hurt it especially if
you direct the spray mainly at the coils..

Sounds like a lot of work to do every time it rains. Usually when it rains,
I just leave it alone.

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"Blank" wrote in message
...
What do you do when it rains? I usually turn th power off remove the grill
and
spray the fins out with a garden hose, Sometimes I soak them with simple
green
first. I take care not to spray water anywhere else, although anywhere rain
goes I figure its sealed enough so mist won't hurt it. after i am done I run
the ac for 10 minutes and the fan dries everythhing out.







Subject: Cleaning compressor/condenser/outside unit
From: "Stormin Mormon"
Date: 9/2/2003 4:57 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Yes, you can. But it would be no where as effective as having the techie
use
the correct cleaning chemicals and solvents, and rinse it out with the
garden hose.

Please don't try to save money and just hose it down yourself -- you're
likely to get electrical stuff wet, and cost yourself more repairs.

--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.org
.
.

"Ignoramus16661" wrote in message
...
Our A/C guy mentioned that it would be helpful f they cleaned the
outside AC unit (compressor/condensor).

My questionis, is it necessary (I assume so), and second, can I do it
myself with a big wet or dry vacuum or something.

Thanks

i

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...
Sounds like a lot of work to do every time it rains. Usually when it
rains,
I just leave it alone.

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Christopher A. Young

He was referring to you saying "to not get water on the electrical
components".

Not that he cleaned it every time it rained.

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