Central Air Conditioner Condenser Cleaning - How To - Make it COLD again!
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- Central Air conditioner blowing hot or warm air? Not cooling like it used to? Not cooling your house? How to clean your central air conditioner condenser like a pro but in a way you can do yourself. See how I clean my central air conditioning system and how it still looks and runs like new after 20 years.
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I show you how I clean my central air conditioning system. Yours may be different and you have to decide what are your limits for work like this. Consult a professional and this is to be used to see how I clean my system. It may not work for you or your skillset. This video does not replace annual servicing by a technician and is intended for information purposes only.
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Silver Cymbal after watching your video I checked my unit and it was totally disgusting. I couldn’t even find a clean area. Now it’s looking new. Thank you.
@@lakeeffect7114 Glad to hear that thank you for letting me know and I am so glad the video helped.
Excellent video. I have never seen that done, great walkthrough and I am using that link for the coil cleaner.
Thanks!
@@johnbuck5181 I really appreciate that. Thank you very much
When should I clean it I just recently brought a home that had one home owner for 10 years
Your video and a couple more helped save me $380 from two HVAC contractors who were willing to charge that much to clean my condenser. What a bunch if slithering snakes they can be! WOW...they won't make any money from me, but, they will make money from other people. Videos like yours and various other videos here on TH-cam are a Godsend. Thank you!
As an HVAC tech i approve of this cleaning!
As an HVAC tech, I have cleaned this very type of unit (RUUD) many times and I can tell you that he just didn't do enough. Between the outside of the coil and the coil cover holds a lot of debris and needs to be removed to properly clean that out..also a little pink (acid) coil cleaner (obtainable from HVAC parts stores, or online) works much better than that canned crap you get at Lowe's. The acid doesn't need to be strong but does need to be rinsed throughly.
@@mitchross8614 This cleaning is more than sufficiant considering most home owners doesn't even clean their unit, or at most just hose them down from the outside once in a blue moon. He for sure did enough, you can spend 30 more min and do it to a 100%, but this was 98% clean, as an Hvac tech, you should know that those last percent wouldn't do much if anything for head pressure, i can bet on it.
@@DH-fk2pr I've seen differently. The average can cleaner (and most commercial strength) does a poor job at lifting dirt from deep in the coils. The area in which I live has cottonwood that settles deep into the fins and an average cleaning like this would never suffice; the coil would "look" clean but too much junk still present in those fins. I have seen it a lot in my 20 years of service. He does fine but as an actual professional I differ in this definition of a "professional cleaning". I have had to spend several hours cleaning coils that were already cleaned; dismantling over-engineered frames and panels that trap dirt like these RUUD condensers or those darn Trane RTUs with double stacked coils and many more models. He (and you) [no disrespect intended] can clean however you deem sufficient. I just see it differently.
@@mitchross8614 GODD@@M mitch! Just be happy that he even took the time to clean it and possibly help a homeowner save a few buck. JEEZ!!
@@memphistiger4647 lol true...but...Do it yourselfers usually are the bane of residential HVAC servicemen.
Such an underrated video. Most home owners have no idea this is a thing. It saved me money on my electric bill too.
No idea why this was recommended to me but hell yeah this was awesome.
I really appreciate you watching and the nice words. Thank you
It's was recommended because the algorithm knows....it knows all
Maybe because its June and it's 90 degrees and humid, but that's just a wild guess
Same here 🙌
Me too, but the amazing part is this is the exact AC unit I have! Going on Amazon now to see if I can find that cleaner.
Former AC tech here.... This is great advice.
Former ac tech? Get your ASS back to work!
Learn on the job? Or trade school?
When rinsing with a hose be sure you don’t have too much pressure. Too much pressure can bend the fins on the unit!
I learned that the hard way by doing just that. Any recommendations on what to do with bent coils?
@@brianfleischmann4410 use a small straight screwdriver to lift the fins up. If it's only a couple spots dont worry about it
@@brianfleischmann4410 You can use a fin comb to straighten the fins
Vadim Lashchuk thats a great idea! Thank you
They make fin straighteners. You can purchase them on Amazon for fairly cheap.
I’ve never cleaned my air conditioner. Another project to add to the list. 😊
I always suggest that before folding the fan and top back over, lay a piece of wood or a piece of a small branch off a tree limb under the wires so they aren’t resting on the metal so in case they get stretched, the metal isn’t cutting into the wires.
I just nervous doing these things
Great advice as always. And a good reminder that I need to do this sooner or later. Been in this current house for almost 4 years and never cleaned it this thoroughly.
Thank you. I am always so happy after I clean this thing, There is something satisfying to seeing the dirt coming off. It's great for the power bill and longevity of the ac system too. Thanks for watching.
Great work. Concise and informative with no fluff. Well done!
I've commented on several videos on your lawn but you are really doing people a service with this channel. You give them home care advice that will help people maintain their home and retain it's value. Solid channel. You could expand to anything around the home really and if a new home owner watched your channel they would have a wealth of advice and knowledge on what they need to do to protect their investment and get the most out of it.
Thank you very much I really appreciate that
I have watched quite a few video about how to clean the condensers but I think yours is the most simple and easy to follow . I will wait until summer arrives then I will clean it following your instructions. I have mine installed about 10 years ago and I have never done any cleaning. However, i visually observe it and it is not very dirty. Thank you very much and God bless you!
I did this today and it worked. My AC is working a lot better. Thanks for the video.
Been in the HVAC business for quite some time (years) and this is a really good DIY video. Please make sure you have the power off at the disconnect box
My AC has been out for a week now and its 93 inside the house. You better believe I will be following this advice in the future.
This channel should be a mandatory subscribe for all homeowners. Great work!
Thank you so much for this! I decided to work on mine due to your video and since I didn't feel like my unit was working at it's best. I thought this would take me an hour max, but I was out there about 2! Dirt was so matted to the bottom coils, it took forever to break them up! My ac is running great! No telling how much money you've saved me.
I F’n love this! So simple you took the “mystery” out of a simple home maintenance job....thank you thank you....
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this video! I ran across it totally by happenstance. I followed your instructions precisely, replaced the filter in my furnace, and dropped the cooling temperature output of my A/C unit by about four degrees!
Good advice, former HVAC tech as well. Always get a spring/summer tune up and fall/winter as well. AC systems can last long and it's always a good idea to check and find any potential problems before they get worse.
Thanks so much! My family & I are going through closing on a home and this is on our list! You just saved us about $100 thank you 🙏 god bless you!
I worked in a large plant that had a dedicated HVAC crew and they always said that cleaning the condenser coils like you say would really extend the life of the system. I have never used that spray cleaner but did order a can after watching your video. My system is 22 years old now and still working great. I have sure gotten my moneys worth out of it because of preventative maintenance. I also use the pleated air filters to keep my evaporator coil from getting all gucked up.
Ty so much for your precious time and effort for the every day homeowner. I have a new home of about five years and have yet to have serviced it so I will be getting on it directly. Again thank you and God bless
I moved into a house with central air just a couple years ago and was wondering if and how maintenance should be done on my AC unit. This is a great guide and I am going to clean it out this weekend. Thanks for the video!
great vid, used the soap method you posted and saw and felt the difference.. will have to try the coil cleaner also..thanks
Wanted to clean mine and You Show Me How..... Thanks, from Florida.
Gonna do this soon, glad YT recommended this vid. Thumbs up from this guy.
I must say you did an A+ Job on this video
I am a commercial HVAC tech. This is a great do it yourself video. We usually use a stronger chemical, but that’s not always needed. As a side note, try to spray straight into the coil fins. The water penetrates deeper, and you can also bend the fins when you spray too hard at an angle.
I’ve done all the steps but why my central air still not cool enough? Any help or suggestions please
@@davidjimenez2406 Clean the evaporator.
@@davidjimenez2406 Depending on age of your unit, it may be low on coolant, and all it needs is a shot.
Great video! Thank you for helping us! You are truly a cyber angel! ❤️
When you like someone's video enough that you actually click subscribe. Lots of great home stuff here. Thank you!
Excellent video! That's how I clean mine every year during spring just before it gets hot.
Thanks! 👍Always good to keep these expensive things in great shape!
Great video, another thing to add now to my to do list.
Did this today and the unit looks like new thank you for all the great tips for taking the time and effort to help people like me .
Glad it helped
Thanks a bunch. You're my favorite New Englander-TH-camr.
Hello sir i have watched many of your videos you are very informative your videos on lawn care humic acid really helped my lawn out then as the weather got hot here in nj my air conditioner stopped getting cold this video really saved the day i ended up taking the fan apart an to my discover it had leaves an dirt all over the fan an fins i used a back pack blower to clean it up now the air is ice cold this saved me a great deal of money thank you an keep up the great work...
The foam is meant to be removed by the condensate that builds up on a evaporator coil. This is a condenser coil so it will definitely need a rinse. Awesome video. So many people are scared to use a hose on a AC unit, so I hope this shows them it works well and can help it keep the efficiency up!
The spray he is using is for condensers not indoor coils, and the directions say to spray the coil afterwards. You must have thought this was an indoor coil cleaner.
Excellent. Best vid I've seen on cleaning coils👍🏼
Very professional instructors, thanks
Awesome! Thanks, I just bought a new AC unit for my central air this year 2021 cost me $5000.00 dollars plus they updated my furnace. This is great my out door unit isn't a year old yet and I love my central air and heating, so now I can learn how to master my unit like I know how to master my furnace. By the way the reason I had to replace my unit because 2017. I had a brand new central furnace system put in and the next day my AC unit was stolen. I had to go two summers without central air. Thanks again.
Awesome, I use diluted SUPER CLEAN works great. Thanks
Nice job, man - great video! Thank you!
Thank god there’s videos like this. Very useful. Thanks! 🙏🏼
Thanks. I was getting ready to just use water to do that. Now I'm going to Ace to get the cleaner. I'm confident I won't screw it up now.
My original AC condenser lasted 21 years and I did this every couple years like you do. I have a new system that is a year old and I'll continue to do this.
That is amazing, you've sold me on adding this to my list of house maintenance.
Mine is going on 29 years .. Still cooling 👍
thank you so much! not only did i have leaves I had dirt 4" deeps with live worms living in there, cleaned it all out and boom! it was cooler! Thank You!
Glad I could help!
Did you take the worms fishing?
It is funny, I was just looking at mine yesterday... I keep an eye on my unit (I have the exact same one) keep it clean, but never have used coil cleaner...
Thank you for the basis directions, I appreciate it, will do the work this week.
I tried this and it really works, thanks for the video.
Great idea. Thanks for the tips.
14 years I’ve never cleaned my condenser. Great video, thanks.
Glad it was helpful. Good to do for sure.
You're the only place I found that said when I could turn it on again. Thanks!
Thank you. You show how to do maintain and clean the condenser so well. God bless you!
That coil cleaner is normally available at Home Depot and is designed for evaporators but I like to use it for condenser coils too. You have to rinse the cleaner off of the condenser coil because condensation does not form on the outside coil during the cooling cycle whereas the evaporator coil will condense water out of the air and self rinse the cleaner off of the indoor coil.
Great video and thanks! I just picked up a can of this stuff from my local Lowes. I had a lot of debris inside my unit.
Glad I could help
My man! Thank you. I'll be doing that this week. Let me head on over to your channel and see what else ya got.
Excelente video! Facil y practico.Gracias.👍. Saludos desde Texas.
Excellent video with outstanding information,really good. I’m on my way to get some foam.thanks
Thank you very much
That well elevated, clean, level platform is the first step in keeping you condensor in good shape. Get your unit up off the ground a few inches and level if you want it to work well and last. IF it isn't it is easy to put gravel or bricks under the pad to get it raised and level.
I just bought a house and it's two story house.
There are two air conditioning units. One is a year old and the other is going on 10 years. It looks like it could use a good cleaning. I will follow your steps to clean it.
Thanks and great video.
Thanks for the video. I can't believe I've never done this. Makes so much sense.
You're a great narrator!
Great video and explanation. Thanks!
Thank you very much
I have the same AC but from 99 that I removed all the coveres off this year to clean. The outside of the coils had a fuzz that looked like years of dandelions and cottonwood fluffy everywhere.
I am rewatching your video before I go clean 4 units at a building of mine -- you're saving me some $$$
HVAC Service Tech here, this is great to do once every couple years or so, but DO NOT do this too frequently. If there is no material,(Dirt, lint, debris, etc.) for the coil cleaner to remove, it will start to strip the aluminum fins. It WILL cause the fins to degrade significantly faster if done too often. Otherwise, fantastic video!
Thank you man! Was just the info I was looking forward to just got a whole new system installed last Summer. So guess I can be lazy another year or more? Yay :) thx again! :)
I'm gratified to see somebody else doing this cleaning and video. I been maintaining my HVAC and mine is 1992 Carrier that still cools great. Thanks.
Best vids around. All the info you want and need. Great stuff!
Pretty simple and down to the point. Thanks!
Glad this popped up in my feed. I watched it and went out and cleaned it.. Damn thing was so full of dirty and leaves. I washed it out and it looks brand new.
Glad it helped. #1 reason these have issues so it's great to keep it working well. Saved yourself some money too.
And did you observe any changes on the system? Cooler faster or Heating quicker? Or do it just look great?
Vince Mansapit we just turned the system on two days ago. It working fine. Quiet and clean inside. I don’t think it’s going to change how it works. Just going to keep it working for many more years...
Nice now I have another project after watching this. 🦚
Thank you for watching.
I'm going to do this next week. Great info.
My AC burned out because my coil was too dirty... was shocked after a guy came to clean it.. Algae everywhere... 10x cooler. I'll remember to do that every year.
What I have found with that particular type of unit to do an efficient job the louvre case need to come off from around it too. Living in Indiana cotton wood plugs up units every year.
yes. If you can remove the louvers that is where the grass gets caught. Good comment !
I have a similar model condenser. Now I know how to open it and clean it. Very helpful.
I bought 8 cans of the air conditioner cleaner that you used at Loew's. I own 2 homes and both have central air so I use them a lot. Great product and great video!
We have cottonwood trees in Ohio and in the early summer they release there seeds. It will look like it snowed it’s that bad in parts. I use a leaf blower multiple times to clean the coil out. Blow from the inside out.
This is a great video any homeowner can do it safely. BUT one of the biggest culprits is a dirty filter which should be changed regularly. Don’t believe the filter packaging that says “ 6 month “. Check regularly and change at he first sign of dirt ( cheap ). If you have pets hair is a real problem. Again, great video and a money saver.
Who the heck is giving this video thumbs down? This was insanely informative for anyone who doesn't know much about cleaning condenser units themselves.
That was awesome. Can't wait to clean mine.
I clean mine every spring and make sure it stays clean all year. I also polich the outside metal frame with car polish. Just like your car paint the paint on your unit will stay cooler when the sun is on it when it is polished
Yup, I do the same and mine looks better than new 12 years later! No stains or rust. Also, it makes the surface so slick that dirt, snow, or bird droppings slide right off. So worth the little effort it takes!
TH-cam literally recommended this after I was talking with family about cleaning the AC 😭
lol.my ac guy was here adding freon to my brand new system.im learning sign language.
That microphone on your phone is always on. Just sayin....
Bro it does that shit to me all the time and everyone thinks I'm nuts
I was going through a handful of ads and looked at one for A/C service, it had a photo of a guy opening up a unit. Thought about doing the job myself. That was about two hours ago. My cameras are blocked. Must be the mic can pick up thoughts.
Google is watching and listening.
I have the same unit. Thanks for making the video, really helped out
Well instructed and illustrated in the video. Nice job.
You always have great, useful videos!
Thank you for being a part of the channel. I always appreciate the nice comments from you.
Keep up the great work!
Thank you
I didn’t know about this coil cleaner. Thanks!
Great video! I just bought a new house with a 4 ton Bryant unit. I will do this when it cools down here in Las Vegas.
You should also wipe down the fan blade. Anything on the surface actually changes the shape of the blade.
Thats a great tip, I will have to check that out the next time,
Also, if the motor has oil ports, oil it while you have access. Use 20 weight motor oil instead of wd-40. A can with built in dispenser tube will last the ave homeowner a lifetime.
Add oil to the fan's motor. It is a simple task and it will save you at least $300
Great video, but I recommend to be cautious of wasps! They like to build a nest in my unit!
Good advice! They can be aanywhere
very nice and no stupid commercials. well done
Great video. I usually vacuum the fins with a light brush prior applying the cleaner.
One of my units hasn't been cooling as well this summer. In Texas we need all the help we can get. I'm trying this before calling an ac company. Thanks again for the tip!
Thank you, a plugged condenser is the #1 reason for cooling problems. Glad this helped.
Please report back. I live in Texas too. I’m interested to see how well it works for you.
@@TheSonsOfSimon will do.
@@jetah50 the coils look fine as far as being bent. However, I do have some of them near the bottom kind of eroding. An AC company that I used last year said it's from urine from my dog. (I don't know)
@@jetah50 will do. Thank you
I do not know why you got 485 dislikes this information you had just shared was very important and perfect information we greatly appreciate you and your video.
And to the losers with 485 dislikes you're just jealous.
Angry Hvac techs. The good ones know it was done exactly by the book and should applaud real info.
EXCELLENT very informative video. Thank you!
Loved the video! Hopefully this helps our AC unit isn't even two years old we are having big big problems!
Thnx easy enough, I just finished cleaning my air mover! House is freezing at 78°
78is not freezing. We gotta run ours at 70 in order to not boil. I literally start to sweat just sitting in bed if it’s above 74
@@Caleb_Torres I understand, we live in Central Florida where it's hot and humid.... anything in the 70's is a treat... summers will set our stat at 77° with ceiling fans also... I would freeze at 70° 🥶 🧊
@@LifeisGood863 oh. I see your point now. We live in south Texas and we usually set our AC at 74 in winter because the high is still in the 70s and lows in the 40s. But in the summer we usually do it around 70 because it’s usually around highs in the 110s and lows in the 90s but last summer the indoor unit furnace thing went out so we had to replace the 40 year old thing and this year the outside one started to go out in the winter due to a Freon leak in the outside condenser thing but since it would be like 3k to replace it my parents were like meh and waited for it to go out completely so the home warranty company could fix it so now we are without an ac in the summer again trying to replace a really old unit in the dead of summer through a home warranty company that doesn’t give a crap about us and is takin for for ever all because they didn’t want to at least save a few hundred a month for this to be able to just outright replace it ( believe me I know they have the money to replace it judging on the frivolous things they buy and their income ) instead they decide to plan a trip to Alaska. I’m just so annoyed with this because my ceiling fad don’t even work right and it’s like 85 in the house and all this is because they can’t get their priorities straight. Like it should be simple to not go spend 500 on clothes and bath and bodyworks this weekend when you already have soap and clothes that can work and instead you should save for the AC unit and I’m only 17 and have 1 more year of high school so even though I can technically move out in the falls When I turn 18 it’s not smart to do so in my case. I’m just so frustrated with my parents poor decisions
Great video, I intend to do this to my units
We just got new air conditioning today, and with our old unit we did clean it and took great care of it, but with this new one we got, we will clean it even more often and more in depth
I just did this and NOW I get this video in my feed (Google is kind of scary). Didn't know about the coil cleaner spray. I replaced my HVAC a couple of years ago so I will use coil cleaner next time. Thanks for the video!