Nick Perry shows how to clean your outdoor AC unit yourself: turn off the breaker, vacuum the coils, spray the fan from inside out. Takes an hour and saves around $500 in repair costs.
Twice a year.
About $500 in maintenance.
Don't make this landlord mistake and neglect your AC units. They need to be cleaned out twice a year. So here's how you or your property managers can do it. First step, turn off the breaker and make sure there's no power. Then remove the outer case and you'll see the coils. Vacuum them and brush them, because that's what's causing your AC unit to overwork. After you finish that, detach the fan on the top and use a hose to spray it from the inside out. And finally reassemble it and turn on the power. And that, my friend, is how you save yourself $500 in maintenance.
