Guys! You all got DIY clean your aircon blower ?

[Foetid]

I recently discovered one area on my wall which has an aircon pipe (concealed by plasterboard) leading to a bedroom, seems to show signs of leaking. The plasterboard feels damp to touch and have stains.
The FCU nearest to the suspected leakage isn’t showing any signs of water leaking.

Can anyone advise what I should do now? I’m not sure if such problems can be handled solely be aircon service technicians since it involves concealed aircon pipes.

 

[iosnewbie]

I did that vacuuming also but the leak on the plasterboard didn’t go away.

 

[jeffprobst]

i diy into my aircon and blow it

 

[Foetid]

I did that vacuuming also but the leak on the plasterboard didn’t go away.

hmm, try doing both ends of sucking then, suck from aircon end and exit end. Or buy white vinegar dont dilute and pour into aircon drain tray. Try your best not to touch the fins

 

[Foetid]

i diy into my aircon and blow it

can be suck or blow bro

 

[sumako]

sg normal aircon servicing no use de. chemical washing over do, can only chemcial wash for twice. all failed to clear the water pipe drainage. 3-6 months always clogged.

i brought high pressure water jet and all the accessories on taobao to do it myself. choose the motor that can adjust the pressure one. total cost $100 only. use 1 time, my cost all come back. the high pressure water jet blast into the water pipe, can see all the jelly flow out of the pipe. every year before cny do once only. can also use it on the outdoor unit.

i show my equipment and accessories to my aircon service man, he also shock. ask me where i buy and how much.

 

[sumako]

The Bosch aquajet 100 lo, I gotta extra long Bosch water jet cables dunno 20 or 30metres from TB so that after connection, my water jet gun can reach all aircons n external compressor, the box cables not long enough. Alternative u can get wireless one that can suck water from pail which some bros here described earlier.

bosch i see my aircon man use, cannot adjust the pressure. will spoil the fin of the coil.

 

[sumako]

no use de

 

[Monstruo^]

Q1) My aircon recently not cold one, I think for a few months liao. Does cleaning the two mesh thingy not enough?

Q2) There was 2 times when I woke up middle of the night and I smelt poop smell, why ah? One night the smell was strong enough that I woke up somemore. What’s wrong? I suspect coming from the aircon.

 

[sumako]

Shopee has. The cheap china ones are sufficient.
Get the one with the bigger batt.
Sufficient to do a decent job, only issue is cannot hit the back coil....of coz, that is to be expected.
Just a cheap proof of concept gadget, is ok.

I got this one, primarily to clean my bike chain after degreasing. Just tried it out on the AC for fun and see how it works vs my pressure washer in which i dial it down to approx half the pressure.

The advantage of this is that the setup/tear down time vs the pressure washer is quite a bit faster.
Actually there is next to no setup time. Just fill up water source, dip the hose in and off you go.


https://shopee.sg/Novi-Cordless-Wat...5a&xptdk=94d6f9aa-822f-4609-8382-5a08e012125a

Back coil I mean by this.

this one i got. but i prefer the 90 degree one

 

[sumako]

just did my first diy cleaning, my AC look clean but after spraying with ajax then wait 6min then spray 2nd time, and pressure wash the fin and blower, my FCU dont look dirty le (blower hardly any dirt, and fcu no dust stuck on it) but after washing i can feel it even colder then before


before washing

after washing

this is correct. but i remove the case and water pan to access the blower. water jet blast it

 

[BlackTortoise]

2 years never do servicing Liao. Some more few months ago dripped water then came back from jb no drip water till now

 

[sumako]

2 years never do servicing Liao. Some more few months ago dripped water then came back from jb no drip water till now

next time drip water again, you can go jb. come back will auto settle

 

[BlackTortoise]

next time drip water again, you can go jb. come back will auto settle

Ya lo ha. Maybe few days in jb no on aircon so aircon auto fix itself. Huat ahh

 

[ruster]

I pour some magic clean pipe and sink cleaner near the drain pan of the aircon every 4-5 months, 5 years so far never seen any jelly.

 

[halocast]

the author suggest its 05mpa, bosch aqua tek 100 is 100 bar which is about 10mpa, so think its roughly 1/20 that of a 1.1kw bosch aquatek 100

Portability wise.. should be better right?

 

[Foetid]

Portability wise.. should be better right?

Yes indeed, but i probably wont use it, given i already have a nonportable Bosch Aquatek 100.

Also the power seems too little.

 

[The_King]

i hope to reach you guys level of diy cleaning skill

me slowly increase the water pressure when cleaning my fcu. hope to use near fully power

 

[sumako]

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?_u=g207129pqmb3cb&id=803341994912

i use this. way better than anything else. wont damage the coil.

 

[0nePunchm@n]

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?_u=g207129pqmb3cb&id=803341994912

i use this. way better than anything else. wont damage the coil.

Ajax cleaner should be safe right?