Cleaning air conditioner?

[Zucca4]

Besides routinely changing my filters, should I use my garden hose to spray
through the a/c that extends through my window from the outside. Someone
suggested I do this at the end of the season to flush out pollen, feathers,
leaves etc.., but I fear rust :) How should one clean an a/c?

Also why does more air seem to flow from the right vents of my Friedrich a/c
and not the left?

Thank you wise friends :)

Lisa

[Phisherman]

On 09 Jun 2004 14:08:24 GMT, zucca4@aol.com (Zucca4) wrote:

>Besides routinely changing my filters, should I use my garden hose to spray
>through the a/c that extends through my window from the outside. Someone
>suggested I do this at the end of the season to flush out pollen, feathers,
>leaves etc.., but I fear rust :) How should one clean an a/c?
>
>Also why does more air seem to flow from the right vents of my Friedrich a/c
>and not the left?
>
>Thank you wise friends :)
>
>Lisa

It is good to keep your A/C clean. Using a garden hose is fine, but
make sure water does not find its way in to your home and make a mess.
If you run the A/C for a couple hours after cleaning, it will help dry
it. I clean my A/C towers a few times each year, sometimes with a
garden hose, other times with an air gun hooked up to a compressor.

[Shelley B]

I have heard from a friend that the way to really clean out a window air
conditioner is to take it to a do-it-yourself car wash place. THe force of
the water really does a good job of cleaning out all the much that gets
inside those things.

Good luck!
Shelley
"Zucca4" <zucca4@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Besides routinely changing my filters, should I use my garden hose to
spray
> through the a/c that extends through my window from the outside. Someone
> suggested I do this at the end of the season to flush out pollen,
feathers,
> leaves etc.., but I fear rust :) How should one clean an a/c?
>
> Also why does more air seem to flow from the right vents of my Friedrich
a/c
> and not the left?
>
> Thank you wise friends :)
>
> Lisa