Clean The Evaporator Coils
Remove the dust by using a soft brush on the coils. The dust may have small tiny particles of whatever pollutes your home. So it is best to wear a mask if you have an allergy to dust. But for the best solution, you can buy a no-rinse coil cleaner from the hardware store. This is a foaming spray that creates foam and then drips the dust into the drain pan, and it washes all the dirt with fewer efforts. The best time to do this is in summer because after cleaning, when you turn on the air conditioner, the condensation will rinse off the coils.
Clean The Air Conditioning Drain Pan
Once cleaning the coils thoroughly, use the soap and warm water and use bleach to clean the drain. Make sure to clean it thoroughly as it often grows algae. So to get rid of this, you can buy air conditioning drain pan tablets from the hardware stores. You can also do this by letting out moderate pressure from a hose nozzle.
Clear The Air Conditioner Drain
If you do not have the habit of cleaning your ac regularly, then the mold and algae can build up in the drain. It’s the PVC pipe that doesn’t take too much time to build up to clog.
Your drain may end outside on the basement floor. You can also use a wet or dry vacuum to clean the filter. Hold the vacuum at the end of the drain tube. You can also hold the towel to prevent leakage. Turn on the vacuum and let it run for a few minutes and then clear out anything back there.
Close The Air Condition Access Panel
The HVAC metal foil tape will help you seal back and reattach the access panel. Remember not to cover the manufacturers’ label as it will be helpful to perform maintenance in the future by professionals.
You may encounter many challenges while cleaning in an air conditioner, but you can handle all this alone. If you think that you need any professionals to help clean the AC, do take it.
Air Conditioning Maintenance
To keep your air conditioner running strong, you need to maintain it from time to time. Cleaning AC does not require professional efforts, and you can do it with the help of things like vacuums, chemical-based cleaning solutions, and specified tools. But getting your AC cleaned by professionals will get the work done in a more precise way, and also, they will have comprehensive checklists to make sure that the unit runs well.
Once the cleaning is complete, the professionals will provide you with a report of all the detailed work and the parts that need adjustments and repairs. Cleaning air conditioners does not require hefty tools, but only motor skills that are easy to gain and helpful.
You can also prefer to take the help of the owner’s manual, which will help you navigate through the process and systems, and how they are to be maintained. Also, don’t forget to call a professional within two to three years to check whether the services have been going well.
Conclusion
All the above steps were straightforward, and also it will only take a few hours to complete the work. You do not require any special skills and experience if you are familiar with the blowers, furnaces, and other parts of the air conditioners. The above were some basic steps to let you know how you can maintain AC like a pro. You can carry out the most maintenance work by reading the above points and procedures.
