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All you do is pack the dirt deeper in the fins. That's why you blow out from the inside

don't do this. he started out OK. you don't need to always take off the top. but use a degreaer while it's running, then rinse with not so direct pressure top to bottom

The only place to put a filter dryer is inside by the coil. I know the construction site to put it outside, but you want to protect it and put it inside where the metering device is.

You want to spray from the opposite side, big clogs will get lodged in further, you want to spray the opposite way it was sucked in.

I know it's a short but still too long. I don't give a f@ck about how many other videos are out there, blah, blah, blah.

Unless you have a tree over your house dropping stuff into the condenser, spraying the coil once, or twice a year is all you ever need to do. Most people do not think about it until it does not work.

If you have a 2 row coil how are you supposed to get the inside coil without taking the top off? Also, probably wouldn't spray water all over it with electricity hooked up and running.

Ummmmm

Hope he is not an hvac tech lazy

Don't use a pressure washer. You may damage the cooling fins.

Hack

Whatever works. Idk, I would still take the fan off and flush from the inside. I want to push the debris out of the unit not into it. I have mini splits though out of the house now. Those condensers are a different style and easier to clean

🤦‍♂️just 👎

Yeah nah mate, dont do this please.

I pull the breaker out of the panel and hose it while not running .

I always blast mine hard with a pressure washer and straighten the fins later with a radiator comb

I'm pretty sure that part we made in the United States are it doesn't make you proud 😮

This guy doesn't know how dirty my heat exchanger was.

Hey ive been doing this for over a 100 years so i got you beat. Kidding and either way if a home owner wants to shut the unit down and do it the right way shouldnt you be teaching that and explain why we secure power and remove the condenser fan ? Either way its their unit and if they want to destroy it then its more money and work for the residential guys.

Do this if you want to clog your coil and fry out your electrical

Why you going to push all the dirt and debris inside the unit so it can blow it back out through the coil again. Y'all are some bright people

If you have cottonwood or other detritus that packs the coils, there is ZERO chance of getting it remotely clean from the outside only. Add if you have a mat wrap inside the metal guard, everything gets trapped between the layers. Here's the thing, you need to know your own limits. If you can't lift it easily and keep from dropping it, safely remove the power and fan connections and reinstall it all correctly, you should hire someone as needed.

Pushing the dirt further into the coil.

Please pull the disconnect or shut off the breaker.. Don't ever spray into a unit while it is on or powered up. Rinse the coil and give sime time to dry out befor restarting unit.

Do they have a life span or just when they rot out

This is a fantastic example of an incompetent person doing something wrong and instructing others to do the same. Jesus.........

After school my first job I was told tell's that went against my ethics and I quit after a month

Holy shit! Do not do this

All I'm going to say is don't do this call professional If you know what you doing then you know If you don't please don't touch going to do a lot more harm than good let me tell you something I took mine apart the fins are very delicate I bought a fin straightener I bought a thin brush I bought so much shit because of the project I did outside kicking dirt everywhere grass everywhere I mean it was chaos I dealt with it myself I back flush the whole thing from the inside out with a foam cannon the correct cleaning solution that is pH neutral not corrosive or not acidic biodegradable non-toxic blah blah blah spent a small fortune I even got me a foam cannon that will dilute straight from the bottle once it sucks it up it will mix it with the water and shoot it out basically no pressure just like a little waterfall like washing your hands less pressure than that actually from your faucet inside your house that has an aerator just let that sink in there no pressure on the machine or you going to fuck it up The fins bend stupid easy I only pulled mine apart because a lot of shit I had in mind plus when it was put together from the factory a lot of the fins were bent over I don't like that shit that's inefficiency then again I didn't pay top dollar for my unit I got me a Goodman Good unit does the job but the people in the factory didn't give a shit

"anybody can do" I don't have a condenser. If I do this, the neighbor gonna wonder why I'm at theirs.

Wooooooooow! Make sure you do not hire this guy!

My unit stays under my patio out of the sun, I live in a really dusty area, I just use a leaf blower and air compressor and blow all the dust out of it about every 3 months.

I remember seeing these as four-wheel drive especially and guys with their head wrapped, mounted machine guns on tripods in the back or a post.

Unfortunately, some of us have louvers and the place where the contactor and capacitor live to watch out for. It's just better to spray those from the inside out.

I'm noticing in the comments that about 90% of the people are saying this is the wrong way to do it... this video is kind of reminding me of Clickbait...

Here in Washington state the "State of the homeless drug addict money beggars", here in Washington where we only have 2 months of summer and 10 months of "RAIN"(no joke) if your unit is on the north side of your house when spring time rolls around you will literally have a thin layer of moss growing on the fins... yeah, the top has to come off...

As an hvac professional this is not the best way to clean your ac coil. Chemicals sprayed on from the outside the fan removed and hosed out from the inside forcing the debris out the way it came in

This is the wrong way to do this. You need to remove the top, use a cleaner made for aluminum A/C coils and then spray the water from the inside out. The same way you clean a K&N filter. 34 years in the trade and now retired

Turn the power off

100% what not to do. You have to take the top off so you can spray from the inside out. And clean the pan

Don't listen to this guy call a professional and have it clean properly take the fan out use coil foam cleaner he is literally pushing dirt farther into the coil

I must been doing it all wrong by turning the thermostat off and spray from inside out from the top with low water pressure

Same situation as you trying everything the gunk is stubborn!

38 years in HVAC, people DONT do this!

You're supposed to BACKFLUSH the coil.... run water in the OPPOSITE direction of airflow. So you SHOULD remove the top shroud and fan so you can properly backflush the coil !!!

Thank you for telling these idiots

Twice I got electrocuted doing that.

You're just making the problem worst. You clean inside out not outside in. Good try

The way you describe a dirty coil, it would be bad enough to not really come clean with this method. Of course this metgod is great when its already clean, like the one youre cleaning, but then it doeant need to be cleaned. In reality, if their coil is dorty enough to NEED cleaning, they cant clean it.

When you think you know what you're talking about, but dont, you get stuff like this. Ive been in industrial support for 40 years. His first mistake is forcing water into a machine thats energized with 240v. Turn off the breaker, Mr. Beer holder. His second mistake is the inside may indeed need cleaning. His third is oxidation will form that needs to be cleaned, and water and soap wont do it. His fourth is thats an easy way to bend the fins,no matter how careful you are holding the hose. Terrible advice. What a joke.