When our HVAC professional came out to the house to check out our HVAC that had been having troubles, I was talking about how I cleaned the HVAC component pretty good, and when he evaluated the unit, it was pretty shiny from the outside, but when he opened it up, it was a mess! There was so much dirt and debris built up, I couldn’t believe it! I was confused because I thought the air filters I was using were pretty good.
When the guy looked at the air filters though, he said under his breath, “fiberglass air filter?” He clearly disapproved of the air filter, even though he didn’t make a big deal of it.
He proposed that I leave all of the HVAC maintenance up to the professionals. He said it was alright to do what I did with wiping down the HVAC component real well, even though I should consistently shut off the power to the component before making any moves like that, as a safety issue. I understood what he was saying, and I didn’t want to risk getting killed from electrocution or getting hurt badly. When we decided to go to the outdoor HVAC condenser, he shook his head. He said again under his breath, “No wonder this plan is struggling.” He pointed out that there were tons of leaves plus grass debris built up around the condenser basically choking the plan from essential air intake and the fin coils being restrained could not do their job. He opened up the component after managing the shut off plus he sprayed the debris out from within. He cleaned the fan blades real well and carefully plus the condenser looked wonderful when he was done. When he was finished, the HVAC plan was working perfectly!