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Janitrol UE-49 How do i clean the A coil

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Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the site and not an AC guy but mechanical. I cleaned the outside unit of my shop AC and it was completely clogged up, I bought the property last year and they had paperwork that cleaning was just done. So, I was thinking the A coil must be filthy too. so i half way removed the front panel (it has the copper tubing running out of the front. It looks like the A coil will need to be accessed from the sides. It looks like there are 3 walls connected with each other going around the rest of the A coil and not an easy way to take it off. here are the details of the Air handler

Janitrol Air Conditioning by Goodman Manufacturing Corp
Model # UE-49 Serial #: 8401000060 Part # 15343-36 (All of that was on the front tag of the Air handler.

So a couple of things. I am looking for any documentation at all for this thing?
Second is, I am trying to clean that A coil and can't figure out how to get to the sides of the A coil, any suggestion from anyone?

Thanks for any help in advance.
Wes
 
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no choice

Unfortunately I am in a small town and the only provider is the one that supposedly has been providing a service to the older couple for years and either that were dishonest or he was. I know that had all the paperwork and info that the service had be completed though. I will attempted in myself so I am looking for some advice on how to get it done. Its cooling fine now that i have cleaned the outside unit but i want to get the a coil done too. If it is anything more than cleaning the A coil i will get a tech but it is going to cost me a bit to get someone to come out this far.
 
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the outside photo doesn't show it but the unit was completely clogged up and i don't think that can happened in a year. there is nothing close to the a/c unit and its in a covered area. I have done the basic maintenance on many friends, family, and neighbors units and small component repairs when it is the very obvious but that unit was the dirtiest i have ever seen
 
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Cleaning the indoor coil won’t be worth it on that POS. It’s not even mounted on the furnace correctly. Your best bet is to just clean the outdoor coil the best you can and keep your fingers crossed. Otherwise, start planning to replace that antique.
 
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It appears like he tried to move the coil over to see up inside the A coil

Can you can shine a light up in there , or shove your camera in for a picture ?

If they kept filters in place all these years you might be lucky ... the coil might be somewhat clean
 
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Thanks I appreciate it. It's pretty moldy up in it. I figure I will get a nibbler and make an access panel and clean it as best i can this year. If it messes something up I have a hook and get a reasonable deal on a new one. So is October 1984 right?
 
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This is not a DIU site. Take "Pnasty's " advice and save up some money. I will give you some very, extremely, unprofessional advice thou, might buy you one season: If you have a floor drain. spray any kind of mold killer/ degreaser/ soap up in there, lots of it (don't mix); pull the blower /motor out, and hose coil down. Don't bend the fins over or you will have no airflow.
 
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Cannot tell how much room you have for the copper lines ... but that A coil/plastic pan assembly.... will slide out of the frame. Sometimes there a couple screws holding it with little tabs ... sometimes not

If using degreaser , dilute it so you dont wipe the film off the fins

Water wont drool down the fins if you harm the surface

I use a wire brush to get most of it
 
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In my experience , the Foam cleaners do best

The foam pushes the crap out really well

Then when the foam settles , spray it again , and spray again , until its clean
 
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This was not the most helpful forum, maybe the worse or i just don't understand the mission of the forum. Anyway, i did take some of the advice from some of the post, foamed it cleaned the crap out of it. I also cut and access door on the right side as you look at the front of the unit. Used metal insulation tape and everything is running great. So for the people that gave helpful advice. For everyone that said call a professional or rep, i am guessing you must be a/c techs.:D I don't think anyone would take the energy to log onto a forum, give a good amount of info and expect people on the forum to go directly to call someone to fix it. Just wanted to pass on my opinion. Again, thanks to everyone that gave good info.
 
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mgbstyle65 said:
This was not the most helpful forum, maybe the worse or i just don't understand the mission of the forum. Anyway, i did take some of the advice from some of the post, foamed it cleaned the crap out of it. I also cut and access door on the right side as you look at the front of the unit. Used metal insulation tape and everything is running great. So for the people that gave helpful advice. For everyone that said call a professional or rep, i am guessing you must be a/c techs.:D I don't think anyone would take the energy to log onto a forum, give a good amount of info and expect people on the forum to go directly to call someone to fix it. Just wanted to pass on my opinion. Again, thanks to everyone that gave good info.
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Everyone who posts in your thread are ac techs, because that's who this site is for.
 
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the same as if i would have asked for suggestions working on my car, truck, mower, tractor, or anything else I would have ask for suggestions on. I take responsibility for my stuff. From my experience on giving advice on other forums, the people i having giving suggestions to or other threads i have watched, all the other people take responsibility for the stuff. Isn't it the whole point of a forum? to share ideas and experience, help each other out? Like i stated previously in the thread, had i gotten to a point where i thought i needed a pro i would have had no problem calling one.
 
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mgbstyle65 said:
This was not the most helpful forum, maybe the worse or i just don't understand the mission of the forum. Anyway, i did take some of the advice from some of the post, foamed it cleaned the crap out of it. I also cut and access door on the right side as you look at the front of the unit. Used metal insulation tape and everything is running great. So for the people that gave helpful advice. For everyone that said call a professional or rep, i am guessing you must be a/c techs.:D I don't think anyone would take the energy to log onto a forum, give a good amount of info and expect people on the forum to go directly to call someone to fix it. Just wanted to pass on my opinion. Again, thanks to everyone that gave good info.
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Thanks for telling us the outcome of your endeavors, most of the time we never get the conclusion to the story. Glad that you got it clean and running, just plain dirt kills a lot of machines. Working on one now that had over 90% of condenser plugged with dirt, unit popped a hole in high side and lost the charge. Cleaning evaps is a rough and dirty job, take pride in your work, after you have done that I'm sure you'll keep the filter clean (or at least installed).
 
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