Is 900.00 dollars alot to have evaporator coils in air conditioner cleaned ?”
Clean Coils Keep It Cool TOOLBOX Resize Print E-mail COMMENT 0 Comments COMMENTS ARE CLOSED Your browser’s settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSEComments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain “signatures” by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who’s Blogging» Links to this article By Jeanne Huber Special to The Washington Post Thursday, August 24, 2006 Q Is cleaning the evaporator (not condenser) coils of a central air-conditioning unit a job the
When most people think of their central air conditioning in their home, they hardly think of Evaporator Coilthe pieces of air conditioning equipment that make up the air conditioning unit . However, the evaporator coil is a vital piece of the overall puzzle. The evaporator coil is a piece of a equipment in a heat pump, furnace or overall air conditioning system that is useful in sending cold air throughout the ductwork located in your home. As air is passed through the system, the coil will absorb the heat and you in return get that cold breeze throughout the house. When you walk outside your home, you can visually see the air conditioning unit but might not pay attention to the evaporator coil when it’s in fact right beside the unit. The evaporator coil is usually on top of a furnace and apart from the actual condensing unit. Over time, the evaporator coil can age to the point that its beyond repair, due to rust and basic wear and tear. This should be looked upon as part of your regul
AYour question reveals that you understand some of the intricacies of maintaining an air-conditioning system. The condenser coil, which is outside, is fairly easy to clean, while the evaporator coil, which is inside, is trickier. Whether you can do it yourself depends partly on how handy you are and partly on what model you own. Air conditioning is a multi-step process that involves two heat transfers. First, the equipment compresses a refrigerant, a material with properties that allow it to change between gas and liquid states at convenient temperatures. The refrigerant is a gas at this point, and as its pressure rises, it heats up. The supercharged gas flows outdoors, through the condenser coil, and transfers a lot of the heat to the outdoor air with the help of an array of aluminum fins. This cools the refrigerant enough that it condenses into a liquid — thus, the name of this part of the system. Flowing back inside, the liquid refrigerant passes through a valve and expands, evapor
