Comment on YSK: If your house has a split AC unit it probably could use a cleaning

• socialmedia@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Be careful hosing it down or scrubbing it. Those radiator fins are delicate and shouldn’t be bent or broken.

  I won’t say don’t do it because I dunno, its probably fine. But watch a how to video or read up on it first. Just don’t put a firehose on it.

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  • hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No one is telling you to power wash or scrub. If you rinse it often enough you’ll be fine. If a hose ain’t doing it for you, you are better off getting an HVAC tech to use their special cleaner that is only sold to HVAC techs

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    • felbane@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      …or to anyone who can walk into a big box store and grab a product off the shelf.

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    • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No one is telling you to power wash or scrub

      No, but some people get some carried away ideas when they hear “clean that machine”.

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• PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lol

  If you know what you’re doing, then sure. I do not. I know too many stories of people who attacked delicate machinery with their good ideas and then got all surprised when it afterwards functioned worse, and not better.

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• nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t. It’s a good way to get mold, and the AC blowing the unhealthy spores around the house.

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  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t think anyone is suggesting you take a hose to your indoor units. How on Earth you would contain the splashback is anyone’s guess.

    Use your hose on the outdoor unit. I use compressed air on the indoor ones, like OP. You can buy the cleaning foam stuff, too. Probably from whoever made your split system, in fact. I’ve never found it to be necessary, though.

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    • tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Use your hose on the outdoor unit. I use compressed air on the indoor ones, like OP.

      I mean, I guess that would work, but why wouldn’t you use a vacuum cleaner? I mean, if you’re hitting it with compressed air, now all the dust is all over the room.

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      • Opinionhaver@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s impossible to get a vacuum in all the nooks and crannies. Especially between the fins. Compressed air is pretty much the only option.

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      • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Compressed air combined with a vacuum cleaner to capture what the compressed air blows loose.

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  • hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Are you suggesting you hose down an indoor unit?

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    • nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, I think I misunderstood.
      What I was trying to say: I think there are good reasons for having professionals clean your AC.

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• QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hey, it’s your warranty. They do more than just spray down your coils. They’re checking for pressure loss and leaks as well as cleaning the blower motor and wheel (which is where a lot of issues occur).

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  • hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can take out the blower motor - it’s not that hard.

    I’m not sure what to say about leaks and pressure loss. My HVAC tech recently refused to find the issue and just refilled my refrigerant instead….

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