Low Performance Trane AC unit lack of maintenance serviced

No clue how I got here. I know nothing about ACs, but i watched the entire video and enjoyed it.

The one disadvantage of those spine-fin coils. When they get neglected, they get clogged up good and proper.

Suggestion to the customer that they turn off the AC whenever they cut the grass if at all possible...

My Trane unit is 22 years old and still going strong. I stay up on maintenance and every 10 years change out the capacitors and relay.

One of the few things I was told about the air handler drain was to vacuum it with a shop vac after every season. I’m able to draw about a cup of watering in the fall . Every year my A/C mechanic checks my drain & he says it’s always clean & the pan is dry every spring. My air handler is in a crawl space that I can’t fit in because I’m freakishly large. So, I let a pro handle that for me. On a foot note. I have a 2-1/2 ton Trane 14 seer condenser (installed in 2004) for my central air. I had my A/C mechanic install a hard start capacitor in it last year so I can start it with my Honda EU7000is generator. After the cold load pickup I was able to keep it running by dropping the thermostat to 60 degrees. Then slowly pick up my entire house with the same generator. Just so everyone knows? You can stay comfortable in a power outage & keep your family safe. Of course you’ll need an electrician to wire your generator to your house electrical system to pull that off.

Being one year done of HVACR school I just love your videos That Condenser sprayer from Milwaukee is the neat I will need to get one now!! Thank you for posting your videos

Ted, a good tip for when you foam a coil, if you are trying to get the foam all the way through, start at the bottom and work your way up, that way you have a better idea what has been foamed working up.

Thank you so much for the basic demonstration! Things like this is what a normal person can do but I see ut as somewhat of a hands on in your case. It just seems like you are a great leader and it shows, vary informative!

this version way mo' better I work night shift and my wife is early riser so loud music did not wake her tonight, thanks Ted

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and time. I plan on doing some HVAC cleaning tomorrow on my unit. Thanks again and have a great day. I’m looking forward to your next video.

I'm happy to see you washed the coil correctly from inside the unit out. I cringe when I see techs wash from outside and push all that dirt further in the unit and just cuz the outside looks clean they think it is. Doing it proper takes 5-10 minutes longer but saves you from having to go back and service a unit that most of the times can be taken care of off 1 visit.

Nice job on that clean, I like the Milwaukee pump as well.

My XR14 with ECM Fan Motor and Air Handler gets a thorough Coil cleaning using professional cleaner each season. Also have a full mesh cover. It runs like a champ. Almost 💯 the way you did except I vacuum it out 1st and clearing all drain ports. I use interior safe spray on air handler. It has NEVER looked like that Unit! Great Job. Upkeep matters.

I have always worried about those tinsel type coils and cleaning them. Good tips, thanks for posting.

👍Good stuff👍Ya gotta service (anything) like it’s your own. Worked well for me & I always slept well at night.

Nice job! That was a dirty birdie! I like the milwaukee sprayer

I can't understand a word without the music! ;)

I also have a Trane unit similar to the one you cleaned the coil on, When I first got it every spring from mid-May to July I would have to wash it out several times because of the cottonwood seed plugging it up, 3 years ago I wrapped the sides of the entire unit with window screen mesh, now every few days I rinse off the mesh and it only takes a few minutes. That was a real pain in the ass!

This video randomly popped up on my feed but I admit it was very satisfying to watch

Looks like a dryer vent to the left on the condenser. Sure is a lot of moisture gathering on the coils to collect this much dust. Good job cleaning and again explaining those high MERV filters!