Cover for AC Condensing Unit

Posted by cavedweller on March 23, 2006, 7:20 am

Bubba wrote:

> Yeah but we dont all live in a trailer.

That's true, but from what I've seen of what you post in other groups,
I suspect you might....

Posted by Bob G. on March 23, 2006, 7:37 am

>>I use a piece of plywood cut 1" larger all around than the unit and
>>hold it in place with something heavy.....like a rock or a concrete
>>block.

>Yeah but we dont all live in a trailer.

===========================
Well I sure as the devil do not either...
BUT that is how I protect my outside unit....

Only attempting to keep out leaves and allow air to circulate..
Both my sons are in the heating and a/c business they both
told me that 99 percent of the units they see with rust problems are
the ones whixch are covered ...

I use a pretty "rock" to hold the plywiid down ...lol

Bob G.

Posted by Jim Redelfs on March 23, 2006, 11:28 am

>> I use a piece of plywood cut 1" larger all around than the
>> unit and hold it in place with something heavy.....like a rock
>> or a concrete block.

> Only attempting to keep out leaves and allow air to circulate..
> Both my sons are in the heating and a/c business they both
> told me that 99 percent of the units they see with rust problems are
> the ones whixch are covered ...

That cinches it: I'm not going to cover my new unit, either.

I am replacing a 1991 WattGobbler<tm> condensing unit that has NEVER been

covered - and it has never missed a beat OR rusted.

Convince me that there exists a viable and CONVENIENT way to keep out
cottonwood tree "cotton" and I'll consider it.
--
:)
JR

Posted by PrecisionMechanical on March 24, 2006, 10:07 pm

> >> I use a piece of plywood cut 1" larger all around than the
> >> unit and hold it in place with something heavy.....like a rock
> >> or a concrete block.

> > Only attempting to keep out leaves and allow air to circulate..
> > Both my sons are in the heating and a/c business they both
> > told me that 99 percent of the units they see with rust problems are
> > the ones whixch are covered ...

> That cinches it: I'm not going to cover my new unit, either.
> I am replacing a 1991 WattGobbler<tm> condensing unit that has NEVER been
> covered - and it has never missed a beat OR rusted.
> Convince me that there exists a viable and CONVENIENT way to keep out
> cottonwood tree "cotton" and I'll consider it.

Chainsaw......

--

SVL

Posted by Jim Redelfs on March 25, 2006, 12:40 am

>> Convince me that there exists a viable and CONVENIENT way to
>> keep out cottonwood tree "cotton" and I'll consider it.

> Chainsaw......

Hehehe! Nice try but NO cigar, Slick. :)

I specified (and emphasized) "convenient".

An army of chain-saw-wielding maniacs, given a few months, might make a minor
DENT in the cottonwood tree population nearby, but not enough to help free my
A.C. fins from clogging.

Cottonwood is indigenous to this area. Those that live to be >150-years old

grow HUGE enough that professionals use a CRANE to fell them. It is the
unfortunate property owner indeed that must pay THOUSANDS of $$ to have a big
one removed. Most are on public property, along creek beds and floodways.

Every few years, when there is a particularly big "cotton" release, it can
appear as though it has SNOWED - in July.
--
:)
JR

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