__________________ Great news! The drug companies are now using graphics in their ED drug ads (not kidding). I guess not everybody fully understands what ED is and how to cope, eh?
I wanted to update the A/C stuff, but can't decide how much detail to give. I'll just recount a few things and y'all speak up if you need something else.
First, I found a way to properly clean the evaporator coils (or, rather, Dad found a way). Once we had everything apart, inside and out, Dad found a small brass brush that was tossed in the back of the toolbox. Shaped like and about twice the size of a toothbrush. We removed all of that nasty smelling insulation from inside the plenum, soaked everything down with water and then were able to brush most of the gook off the coil.
We're about to have a pretty good thunderstorm, so I'll add more later in case we lose power.
Jim
__________________ Great news! The drug companies are now using graphics in their ED drug ads (not kidding). I guess not everybody fully understands what ED is and how to cope, eh?
We used the little kiddie pool on the floor inside to catch all of the water run off. Once we had brushed off as much of the gook as possible, we soaked the coil down well with Krud Kleaner, Waited a few minutes, flushed with water from the garden hose and repeated that a couple of times. This coil came very clean. The reason that this coil gets so nasty is that the filters used on this thing don’t seem to work very well.
A couple of pics. You can see the squirrel cage fan and the evaporator coil that it blows over, just in front of the fan. The other side of the coil (the part that faces the inside of the camper) is what gets so nasty. Unfortunately, I can’t get a good picture of the inside of the coil.
__________________ Great news! The drug companies are now using graphics in their ED drug ads (not kidding). I guess not everybody fully understands what ED is and how to cope, eh?
The Condenser Coil on the back side of the unit also needed cleaning. Used pretty much the same method to clean it.
We didn’t bother putting the insulation back in the plenum. It looked to me like it was just sitting there getting nasty and it was only about ½” thick, so it couldn’t be all that effective as insulation. We also sealed the plenum with the aluminum tape to keep the cool air in and keep from pulling dusty, hot air in from the outside.
I have other photos if anybody needs them.
Jim
__________________ Great news! The drug companies are now using graphics in their ED drug ads (not kidding). I guess not everybody fully understands what ED is and how to cope, eh?
How were the nuts & bolts for your shroud? I have only glanced at mine and they look like they are rusted through. Did yours come loose when you went to take the shroud off? My air is working but I bet it is as nasty as yours. I need to get up and take a look.
Dang, I had a response typed up and Internet Explorer crapped out on me.
There are only a handful of sheet metal screws that hold the shroud to the ac unit. They were rusted, but came out pretty easy. We replaced them with stainless. If you have the original Armstrong unit, you have to take the aluminum band off the shroud first, then the screws. You may have to take the fan guard off the compressor fan as well, just depends on the type of guard they put on yours.
Jim
__________________ Great news! The drug companies are now using graphics in their ED drug ads (not kidding). I guess not everybody fully understands what ED is and how to cope, eh?
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