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profdant139
Explorer II
Mar 03, 2022

Cleaning A/C coils: DIY or hire a pro? (See March 8 update)

I've had my trailer for ten years -- never did anything to clean the a/c components. (Shameful, I know.) But last summer, the a/c iced up once or twice -- sending me a message to do something. ...
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frankwp
Explorer
Mar 09, 2022
profdant139 wrote:

So, now we will test out the a/c and see if it still ices up (as it had been doing). If it does, we will call a mobile repair guy. We gave it our best shot, and there is nothing more that we can do by ourselves.

There is a time to boldly DIY, and then there is a time when discretion is the better part of valor.


Icing up indicates insufficient airflow over the evaporator coil, so either the filter is clogged or the coil is dirty.

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