Any HVAC Techs Here?

[birdhunter1980]

Been in the industry for over 20 years and if you keep the window screen clean it's not going to cause problems, what causes problems is when the condenser coil gets stopped up or sprayed from the outside and the debris is pushed into the coil. I could go on for days about it, some condenser coils are double row and must be separated to clean them properly. As far as cheap fiberglass filters, don't use them unless you want to be cleaning your evaporator coil and blower wheel etc etc. It your having airflow problems the cheap filters are a band aid fix. Each system has different requirements as far as airflow. Typically around 400cfm per ton average. I don't put anything around my unit and wash it out a few times a year.

Let me back up a little bit, I would basically recommend what the manufacturers of your unit suggests. And ductwork being undersized is one of the biggest problems I come across in the Tulsa area.

 

[saddlebum]

Let me back up a little bit, I would basically recommend what the manufacturers of your unit suggests. And ductwork being undersized is one of the biggest problems I come across in the Tulsa area.

Next time you have an under warranty compressor fail let manufacturer know there was a screen wrapped around the unit and see if they replace it

 

[Camo]

I hope you're not an HVAC tech for a living ,if so you need to apologize to your customers and your boss. honestly you sound like one of those apartment maintenance goobers who almost know what they are talking about but not really

I hope you learn to think for yourself some day. Not everything is one size fits all.

 

[Camo]

Next time you have an under warranty compressor fail let manufacturer know there was a screen wrapped around the unit and see if they replace it

If it fails it not because of some window screen wrapped around unit. It’s a defect.

 

[Camo]

Been in the industry for over 20 years and if you keep the window screen clean it's not going to cause problems, what causes problems is when the condenser coil gets stopped up or sprayed from the outside and the debris is pushed into the coil. I could go on for days about it, some condenser coils are double row and must be separated to clean them properly. As far as cheap fiberglass filters, don't use them unless you want to be cleaning your evaporator coil and blower wheel etc etc. It your having airflow problems the cheap filters are a band aid fix. Each system has different requirements as far as airflow. Typically around 400cfm per ton average. I don't put anything around my unit and wash it out a few times a year.

Great advice.

 

[Camo]

you obviously aren't understanding the issue. if you are an HVAC tech and advising your customers to put screens around their condenser then you should be prepared to pay to replace their compressor when it fails and the warranty is denied because of the screen the the installation instructions clearly say not to do

If your a HVAC tech and your answering the same service call over and over due to plugged coils due to an extreme environment of contamination (like cottonwood seed) plugging up a unit, I hope you’ll be honest and recommend a fix even if it’s not in the brochure for the unit. Cmon man you gotta problem solve sometimes.

 

[saddlebum]

If it fails it not because of some window screen wrapped around unit. It’s a defect.

Good luck convincing the manufacturer of that

 

[Camo]

Y’all take care, gonna go clean my HVAC screen on my unit. This thread is no longer interesting. Everything has been covered.

Shoot safe everyone.

 

[Camo]

Good luck convincing the manufacturer of that

Irrelevant.

 

[saddlebum]

I hope you learn to think for yourself some day. Not everything is one size fits all.

My experience is why I know you are wrong