Air Conditioner

[Bettye]

We need to do some general maintenance of our A/C, mainly clean the coils. It's a Briskair Duotherm by Dometic. Any suggestions?

[dznf0g]

without any specific complaint, just remove the cover and clean everything well, especially the condenser coils. I think, if it's an old unit, there are oil points for the motor shaft. Don't overdo it, just a few drops per end.

Check over the wiring for rodent, etc damage and see that the insulation is not cracked, etc.

I think that's about it.

[idroba]

Compressed air is best to clean the coils. Messy, but effective.

[HowieE]

You should buy COIL CLEANER from any heating and cooling supply house. Remove the cover if possible and spray the cleaner on then rinse with water.

If you have a weed sprayer that will work for the water as you do not want to flood the evaporator coils inside and make a mess.

Force of air or water is not recommended. Try and apply everything straight on to the coils as this will get the cleaner in farther.