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Question about that trick for cleaning condenser coils without a vacuum
I was at a rental house in Bakersfield last week working on a fridge that kept tripping the breaker. Pulled it out to check the compressor and saw the coils were caked with dust and dog hair. I had left my vacuum hose attachment back in the truck, 50 feet away through a muddy yard. Out of frustration I grabbed my air compressor blow gun from the pressure washing rig and hit the coils from the inside out. It shot all the crap out the front in about 10 seconds. The fridge started up fine after that and the owner said it hadn't run that quiet in years. I am thinking about ditching the vacuum altogether for coil cleaning. Has anyone else tried compressed air and ran into issues with the dust just settling somewhere else in the room?
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torres.blair20d ago
Hold up though, is it really that serious of a difference? I mean yeah compressed air blasts it out fast but now all that dust and hair is just floating around your kitchen or wherever. You're basically trading a quick cleaning for breathing in whatever was caked on those coils. Plus with a vacuum you at least catch most of it in the bag or canister. Maybe it's just me but I'd rather spend the extra two minutes dragging the vacuum over than have fine dust settle all over my countertops and floor.
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jenny_lee20d ago
Swear by it myself... I cleaned my coils with compressed air last month and it was way faster than messing with the vacuum. The dust kinda just floated around but it settled after a few minutes, no big deal.
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