Re: Re: air conditioner - service? R. CHRIST

[Guest guest]

Hi Robt,

Thanks for info on how you have learned to handle

your a/c.

I may clean them then myself too, just in case.

I guess I can just spritz them with something

recommended here in group but how do you know you

have gotten to the back of coils?? There is

definately no visible mold on top of coils, even

before I got germicidal light.

What do you use to clean them with?

When I say I turn a/c way down to wring water out

of air, 74 is lowest I've ever put it. I have to

put jacket on at anything below 76-77. Sometimes

I put jacket on at 77 if I'm just sitting

around!!! Just a few degrees makes a difference

in humidity, may take it down a few notches, from

say 55-50.

--- Christ <antares41_41@...>

wrote:

> Barb,

> I would not spend any money on a drip pan

> unless it's leaking, or

> going to leak or it has visible mold on it.

>

>

[Guest guest]

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:04:04 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>

>Hi Robt,

>Thanks for info on how you have learned to handle

>your a/c.

>I may clean them then myself too, just in case.

>I guess I can just spritz them with something

>recommended here in group but how do you know you

>have gotten to the back of coils?? There is

>definately no visible mold on top of coils, even

>before I got germicidal light.

>What do you use to clean them with?

>When I say I turn a/c way down to wring water out

>of air, 74 is lowest I've ever put it. I have to

>put jacket on at anything below 76-77. Sometimes

>I put jacket on at 77 if I'm just sitting

>around!!! Just a few degrees makes a difference

>in humidity, may take it down a few notches, from

>say 55-50.

>barb1283

Barb,

I never see mold on my evaporator coils, (because I clean them

everyday) the most you are going to see on them is an accumulation of

dust or dirt. You probably won't even find this based on the way you

maintain your unit but that does not mean microscopic organisms are

not there just that you cannot see them. I only know my unit grows

mold that makes me sick because I can conduct experiments where I get

the same result every time. That experiment is to not clean the

coils, when I do this I get sick without fail 100% of the times I try

it.

I have confirmed this even further though by finding black mold in the

ducting and took it to a friends where I did verify it was not dirt

but was in fact a living colony of something. Not being an expert I

can only speculate it was some type of black mold being it was black

and I know of nothing else it could have been.

Best way to find a suitable commercial coil cleaner would be to goggle

" ac coil cleaner " Here are a few links.

http://www.rectorseal.com/ac.htm#coil%20cleaners%20and%20brighteners

http://www.azpartsmaster.com/shopazp/Coil+Cleaners+-+Foam-A-Coil+(H415).html

http://www.nucalgon.com/nucalgon/nucalgon_products.nsf/SelectCategory?OpenForm & C\

ategory=Coil+Cleaners+and+Sprayers

http://www.cleanac.com/PowderKegs.htm

Keep in mind that what I was doing was very impractical, that's why I

finally moved, I was only doing it out of desperation, I had to do it

or pay a price.

Also understand that constant cleaning like that exposes you to the

solvents and cleaners on a much higher level than even the

manufactures intended for which is not good. Most cleaners warn you

to rinse the product off well be sure to do this too.

Again I believe if you don't have a problem anywhere in your house you

don't need to be as obsessive as I am. I have a serious problem in my

trailer. That's why I had to do this.

If you have a problem in your home than in my unprofessional opinion

you are going to have a problem in your ac which is going to be just

as problematic to rectify as the home it's self.

Your best option in this case is to focus on finding a safer place to

live.