How To Improve Your Air Conditioner's Efficiency - Part 1

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Window and portable air conditioners use a lot of power to do their work. Make sure you're getting what you pay for by cleaning your air conditioner out every so often. It's free and can save you lots of money.

Just remember to be careful--some air conditioners are heavy. Get help if you need it to move one. Unplug the air conditioner before doing anything in this video!

Comments on this video are moderated, due to excessive stupidity. Save my time and yours--if you're not capable of offering constructive feedback, just go away. I'm generally a nice guy and interested in your views, but only if you're able to put together a coherent sentence with some reasoning behind it.

Also: please stop suggesting fin combs or that flushing the unit with water and getting some on the electrical wiring was somehow bad. I've seen A/C units with wiring exposed to the weather, and what do you think the natural process of weather is going to do anyway? Letting the unit dry will remove any possibility of an electrical problem.

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[cleanturns]

This guy needs a fin comb.

[uxwbill]

@cleanturns Please watch the video response.

The focus of this video is the average homeowner, who probably does not own and may not want to buy a fin comb.

[2hatelibs1]

If I were you I'd keep my day job a condencer brush for the fin job in about half an of the chemicals on is not a good idea just washer water

[uxwbill]

@2hatelibs1 I don't mean to sound sore, but have you read any of the other comments? I'm not a professional. Nor did I ever claim to be.

I have clearly (and repeatedly!) stated that this video is for the average homeowner who wants to clean their air conditioner and potentially improve its efficiency. I stand by everything I said in this video and urge people to think before they do.

I leave comments enabled here only because there are some folks who are grateful to have their A/C back again.

[mrRhwalden]

I have an older air con unit that needs this treatment. It's a 34,000 btu unit (220 volts on a dedicated circut).... It's probably the largest window unit I've ever seen... but it's used to cool the whole house (sorta, well not even close) but it's never been serviced. (wish it fit in the dish washer like your computer) anyway, this is a great video but it's gonna take three of us to get it out of the window.

[uxwbill]

@mrRhwalden Dang...that is a HUGE window air conditioner. Probably more like a "two window" air conditioner! It's certainly the largest I ever heard of.

I've gotta hand it to you--putting an air conditioner in the dishwasher...now THAT is hardcore. :-D

[uxwbill]

@mattahelz When I saw the stupid, I just banned the user.

[uxwbill]

@LastCynicStanding Remove your own comment if you must ... but before you do, please consider the following:

1. Comments wouldn't be moderated on this video if it weren't for the multitude of...well, there is no really polite term...people who feel the need to make pointless comments.

2. It takes me time to notice everything and respond to it.

3. The vast majority of my videos have fully open comments. Most people know how to behave themselves, but as usual the few spoil it for the many. Sorry.

[monsterdrumworks]

on new a/c units(R134A) you have to cover the thermastate in a plastic bag to protect it from cleaner ( newer thermastates are neaprime (not metal) ) and will damage the plastic thermastate which will cause a no start and will be buying a complete control head !!!

[mrRhwalden]

@uxwbill It is. I was going to replace it last summer but the largest unit I could find was like 28,000. I'm telling you, they don't build them like "Big Birtha" any more. You even look at that air conditioner and the bill goes up like 70 bucks.

[4x4milo]

Just an FYI to all.. They sell coil combs to straighten out the coils instead of using a flat-head screw driver

[DiabloDrift]

What if I don't want to get to it. Can you clean mine for me? lol. Thanks for the video.