I guess it was dirty....

[Highboy]

I clean my a/c unit every year, but was on vacation and fell behind. Usually wait till all the fuzzies are done. Here are some photos. It's a Armstrong Air 2 stage high efficiency unit so it runs on low speed a lot and picks up more junk.

 

[97K15004WD]

Wow, lot's of buildup there!

 

[Chris Meutsch]

Yeah that needs a backflush.

 

[Highboy]

Yes sir. I shop vacuumed the fuzzy stuff first, then some simple green and rinse.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

I have discharge and inlet screens for my condenser. Discharge screen to catch mape helicopters in spring, remove that and install inlet screen when cottonwood snow starts. Remove that when that is over and will install discharge screen to catch leaves in the fall. These screens do catch almost everything and don't seem to degrade performance.

 

[The motor guy]

what is all that stuff? You don't even have to touch the condensers in my area.

 

[GumbyJarvis]

Is the dryer exhaust outlet next to the unit?
The last house I rented some genius decided to put the outlet literally next to the ac fan. It looked worse than this after like...3 months

 

[Highboy]

Originally Posted by motor_oil_madman
what is all that stuff? You don't even have to touch the condensers in my area.


I believe it's from cottonwood trees.

 

[Highboy]

Originally Posted by GumbyJarvis
Is the dryer exhaust outlet next to the unit?
The last house I rented some genius decided to put the outlet literally next to the ac fan. It looked worse than this after like...3 months


It's about 15 to 20 feet away.

 

[Cujet]

Well, the good news is, all that fuzz keeps the dirt out......