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Alright guys, so this is just a little video on coil cleaning tips. Ok, the specifically condenser coil cleaning tips. This is a really huge thing for me when I send people out to clean condenser coils. I want them to understand what clean means.
Ok - and the other thing I want to point out is I use the term condenser coil acid, multiple times in here. I do understand and I hope that you guys understand that there is cleaners majority. The cleaners that we use these days are not actually acid. A long time ago, the majority, the cleaners that we had were acids - and you know some of us that have been in the trade for a while kind of used that term a little loosely.
I kind of bounce back and forth between condenser coil, cleaner and condenser coil acid okay. So I have a couple different clips in this that are just showing you guys, some really good tips that I think could benefit all of you guys very much so here we go if you haven't seen it already with or in my videos get you one of These wands from Lowe's, it's got a shower mode, and it really gets in there to clean those condensers allows you to really get in. It really helps with the AC condensers that you can't get in to let you really clean well and it doesn't bend fins or anything okay. So this is my second passive coil cleaner and I'm spraying from the top down and letting it drip down.
Okay, you see how it's kind of foaming up up there and look down here we're getting some nice foam action going on the right side, but it's not necessarily penetrating enough on the left side. So you always got to make sure. Don't just assume that you know one pass is good enough. We need to obviously do some more work in that left corner right.
Okay, on this guy, I want to reiterate something: clean means: clean, okay. This is my third rinse and I'm still getting stuff blown out of this coil. When you clean this, don't waste your time, just shining it up make sure it's clean all the way through. Okay, always keep your service manager, your boss, whoever in the loop, let them know hey this coils impacted, but don't just make it shiny and move on.
Take your time and do it right. The customers will appreciate it. Okay, as soon as you get done, rinsing the condenser getting all that stuff out, you need to get the lint that you washed out of the condenser, whether it be this style where it sucks up from inside outside, whatever you need to get it off the floor. Get it out of here because what's gon na happen is if we leave it all in that rack as soon as it dries, it's just gon na suck it right back up to the condenser look at the chunks of stuff, I'm washing down we're gon na get It away from all the condensers I'm gon na come over here, see it's all over here, big chunks of stuff.
That's all gon na go we're gon na rinse out this whole rack try to make sure it's gone. I have shown you guys in my videos before I don't like to work hard. I like to work smart and work, easy, there's a small little coil cleaning hole on this panel and it's annoying. It's that tiny little hole over there just pull that panel off. It's like 20 screws man. You got a drill up here, anyways, so zip that thing off. Then you got great access that coil get you one of these coil ones, not saying you have to have one, but this coil wand right here on this shower mode. Oh yeah, I'm gon na pre write this coil and then once I get it, pre wet I'm gon na put cadet squall cleaner on it, clean it from the inside out nice and good.
You can see I've got barely any water trickling through and I've got the full force of this okay. I've applied the acid, and I take my time and apply the acid row-by-row nice and slow make sure it gets full penetration through the coil same on this side. Full penetration through the coil, you want it coming out the other side and then you're gon na rinse it from the inside out. Take your time.
Do it right the first time take a look at the difference of water flowing out once you get it clean? I am still on the same AC, just the other side of the condenser. I've used, four bottles of condenser coil, cleaner on the Stasi and the condenser still not coming through Queen, and it's still impacted in certain spots. I literally don't have enough cleaner to completely clean these things, so we are gon na have to come back, but I've done my best. I'm gon na turn it on here in just a few minutes and test the operations and see if our refrigerant pressures look better but yeah.
This one's intense I've used four bottles and it's like down towards the bottom. It's impacted: it's coming out pretty decent right here like pretty decent, but in some spots it's still really difficult and it's just coming out caked on. So it's just taking multiple passes. This is just a massive lack of preventative maintenance.
Here they don't do any. They have a filter, changing company that comes through, I think, once or twice a year and cleans these coils and they don't take them apart, like this in clean them, so they're never cleaned right. So, okay, so that's it! Nothing too, amazing! Nothing too technical, okay, but I really feel that people miss out on the importance of cleaning the condensers properly taking the time and making sure that the water is flowing through them. A lot of people that I've come across have never clean condensers from the inside out.
There's times when you can't there's times when you just have to give it a rinse from the outside but understand, that's not the right way. If you think about how a condenser works, it sucks the air in through it and blows it out. You know one direction. So if you can clean that the opposite way that the air came in then potentially you could dislodge some of the debris.
That's stuck in the condenser easier. Instead of having to force it all the way through the condenser to get it out a lot of times, that, in my opinion, is why we come across impacted condenser coils, because people have rinsed them from the outside in too many times, and that stuff will never Come out all the way, obviously you know if we're not cleaning these condensers right, it's gon na lead to all kinds of goofy issues. Okay, head pressure, problems, weird, you know refrigerant problems, all kinds of weird stuff. Okay, so obviously, if you guys can clean these, you want to clean them properly and be thorough. It's important, in my opinion, to let your management know your service manager, the owner, the boss, whoever you have to report to to let them know if they need more time and if you're gon na need to really break this thing down. That gives you an out. You know it covers your ass basically, so that way, they know that you wanted to spend more time on that, but they were the ones that decided. You didn't have any more time to spend on that.
Okay, so always cover your ass when you're, when you're doing these jobs, because a lot of times you can't clean this condenser in 20 minutes, it's not going to happen, and I get it even at my company. We have preventative maintenance as where we're only supposed to spend four hours at the location, and that includes servicing all the refrigeration. All the air conditioning all the ice machines and everything in the restaurant there's no way possible to get to that. So have a verbal understanding with your management that way they know hey.
I don't have enough time to clean this thoroughly. I'm gon na do a quick rinse, but I just want you to understand this needs more time. Okay, that's it guys! I really appreciate you watching my videos, please consider subscribing to my channel, leaving me a comment down in the comment section. Giving me a thumbs up.
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man way to go on the youtube progress
First week doing HVAC at apartments and I developed OCD from the amount of fuckery that's happened prior
Great video only recently found your channel in the last week and I am binge watching your videos over my Xmas holidays, I'm a Refrigeration and Catering Coordinator for a company in the UK and would recommend anybody to watch your videos, personally I use a portable battery powered pressure washer on low settings but I can see your reasoning about not showing this because of the risk of damage to the coil fins, just a quick question it's really hard to have that much water on a cabinet in a busy kitchen, how do you deal with greased up condenser that have been dragging in grease from fryers etc. Keep up the good work.
How to clean microchannel coils? Are you in Ottawa ?
What's the best way to clean an Evap coil
I learn again
I love what you did I think that everybody should do that with any condensers for anything. Can you do videos on mini splits
I like how you always say, do it right and take your time. I wish it was true for most hvac companies but there is a rouge element of bad companies who make money a priority over doing it right. The hanging capacitors and unkept units are the symptoms of that and a lazy customer but its there stuff so who cares right? Just pointing at reality of what i had witnessed in life. Are you in Nepean ?
Nice cleaning job, few people do it the right way. Here in the Northeast Cottonwood clogs the coils in spring/summer. My old boss would see the Cottonwood flying and say " it's money falling from the sky!".
Brilliant technical knowledge A1
Good video,… future videos? … How about the stuff that nobody shows. A door that won’t close properly. A walk-in door with a new gasket that now won’t close all the way because the new gasket is a tad thicker because it’s new. A door gasket that closes on all but one corner. A display case that needs a spring tensioner rod tightened up for more power to close the door. Lights in a display case that don’t work and it’s not the bulb…. making a calibration adjustment on a thermostat reach in stat to let’s say 38f using the small set screws (not the knob). Rebuilding your vacuum pump. Rebuilding an old set of analog gauges, everyone has backup gauges. Installing a snubber. Installing a door heater wire. Installing a drain line heater. Adjusting air dampers on ac’s for air flow where it’s wanted,…
these are many of the mundane things we see all the time that’s not in a book,…. Service area Ottawa??
Yep. Clean means clean!
I love cleaning coils . It's easy work!
Good tips Chris, I agree with you 100%, and I’m fussy about cleaning condenser and evaporator coils too. I’ve worked for companies that do a quick spit shine and call it a day, and then condemn a system because of high head… it’s professional to clean them properly.
i like using a little ryobi electric pressure washer
Your videos are excellent ! I watch them all the time . I do commercial and residential service/installs and the occasional refrigeration call . Its my own buisness and its tough on my own, but your vidoes really help me . Especially with the refer stuff . Keep them coming Chris !
Just bought that extension wand……..already paid for itself
Thanks for the tip…… Are you in Orleans ?
Just be careful when working on package unit guy. Specially on the evaporator coil. Remember your return air is come through their and the last thing you need is to get water flowing down the return duct and messing up someone’s property. I normally use a panel from the machine and cover the hole to try the best posible and not get water down that duct. I should know I mess up an item or two when I was an apprentice Doing maintenance on air-conditioners
Love your videos
Very excellent point. Was told just to rinse with water and should be good. 20 yr old unit. Still high head. It took 3 passes of coil cleaner to get that thing to operate correctly. Nice point brotha!!👍🏼🤙🏼✌
Carrier unit are always the worst from the coils not being split when cleaned. The look good from the outside but are still barely breathing.
Always been nervous about getting anything electrical wet. Obviously electronics are a no no, but what electric parts can get wet vs always avoid?
Tell that to my boss: work smart not hard.
To do a good job you still have to make a profit. Service area Kanata??
I always look forward to your vids, and add alot of your methods to my personal tool box.I deal with alot of dirty greasy impacted reach ins. How do you go about that? Service area Barrhaven??
same with residential
What what kind of cleaner you use ?
Great video. In what section can we find that wand?
One thing as a newer tech that I struggle with is refrigeration wiring. Like walk ins and such. Put me in front of a boiler or a residential furnace/light commercial package unit, and I feel at home (except for trane. I'm not a fan).
But if I run into a electrical gremlins on a walk in, I always feel overwhelmed because of my unfamiliarity.
So yeah long story short, cover as much refrigeration wiring as you can!
Either way I love your content and appreciate all the work you put in!
Do it right the first time less problems down the road great video…………
Excellent cleaning 👍 Service area Nepean??
Chris do you work on the grease hoods in the restaurants much? Smoke rolling out or capture problems. Make up air & exhaust systems out of balance. Cooks that are uncomfortable etc. Anyways love the videos, always well thought out. Teaching seems natural for u. I think the fact that you started with the videos to teach your guys & now we all get the benefit of that frame of mind is really helpful.
I found it after years of using coil cleaner is the binder between the aluminum Finn and copper tube has been severely deteriorated and will not transfer heat as well what are your thoughts on thatWe just used a portable pressure washer
Ever shorted an electrical part by washing off the compressor section?
Have u ever used that nubrite undiluted? I did once and it foamed thick and cleaned condenser coil really nice
Great job as always.👍👍👍
👍👍👍👍 fantastic
Hey Chris love your videos ! Do you have an Instagram for this channel ??
Iv been telling customers this for years. This is murder in the residential industry they offer this under 50 bucks tune up and run the hose from the outside in and dont remove the louvered cage. This is worse in the restaurant industry blowing refrigerant or dry nitro through the condenser coils is not cleaning. It's not!! Its a quick emergency job and that's it until you get back to do it right….
Okay I'm done now.
What brand cleaner?
Good job on C & C of units.