A quick tune-up could save your summer—and your energy bill. Cleaning your outdoor air conditioner unit may seem like a job for professionals, but it’s a task you can perform yourself—with ...

Your home’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system works around the clock to keep you comfortable, but like any ...

When cleaning the coils, be sure to clean the gunk out of the bottom of your condenser unit. After a service call to replace a blown capacitor in my air conditioning unit a few weeks ago, an HVAC ...

The Condenser Needle converts any garden hose into a powerful air conditioning condensing unit cleaning tool. According to the manufacturer, the unique 3-plus gallons per minute (100-psi) spray nozzle ...

A good window AC unit is the difference between a fun summer and a miserable one. Just like a refrigerator or dishwasher, the appliance needs to be properly maintained in order to keep you cool and ...

The quality of the cooling water intake and the amount of debris in that water affects the operation and performance of the condenser and therefore the thermal performance of the typical steam plant.

Dear Heloise: I had a note for J.P., in Pennsylvania, and others who take their children to a mall. J.P. said she keeps photos of her kids in her phone. I suggest that you take a current photo of them ...

David Yuill received funding from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers to conduct this study, under Research Project 1705. He is affiliated with ASHRAE. I ...

A versatile new cleaning tool simplifies air conditioning system maintenance and diagnosis. This wand-shaped tool, Lisle No. 88800, eases the potentially awkward job of cleaning a vital heat exchanger ...