NEVER Be This Camper! MUST Know UNVOICED RV Duties
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- Don't be a camper that does this. Hands-off RV camping has never existed. Unfortunately, we have learned this the hard way today. We talk about your RV AC and how to prevent ice buildup, short cycling, and AC malfunctions while camping.
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How do you feel that we did explaining this whole “AC” dilemma? Is this something that is relatable to you? Share your story below!
You should of rinsed the outside of the AC with water with a water hose. At least that’s why my AC guy told me.
Well, having been in the AC business for 40 years, I’d say you did good for a novice.
But, like others had mentioned, condenser cleaners will come either acidic or caustic. It’s best to rinse the condenser with water to avoid any corrosion.
Evaporator cleaners are self rinsing since the evaporator by default collects water on the coil evaporated from the air in the RV.
But, good job overall!
Any suggestions for staying at universal studios. Looking to go down in October for the Halloween bash. Thanks guys enjoy watching you three.
I am not a HVAC tech but I do clean my A/C. I shut off the power, use compressed air to blow out the loose stuff then I cover any electrical with plastic. I take a garden hose and rinse. Not High tech but it has worked for me for forty years on the various rigs I have had. Cheap and easy.
Cool to see you reach beyond your comfort zone and attempt repairs. Right or wrong you definitely grow.
Thank you very much, Melvin! Yes, it's always hard learning, but we are thankful to have a little more experience. We appreciate all your support in watching our videos 😊
As an HVAC tech, for the condenser (outside coil) next time spray the foaming no rinse cleaner close to the coil, left to right and let the foam foam up in-between the fins and the tubes. Let it sit til it stops foaming and starts running the coil. Then rinse the condenser coil out with water and watch the dirt roll out. Just don't get the motor in-between the indoor and outdoor coils wet to be safe.
The evaporator no raise coil cleaner uses the condensate to raise out the coil. You can use an evaporator cleaner on the condenser coil but need to rinse with water.
For the fin combs do not use those. They weaken the fins. Only if they are really bent over from a hail storm or something. I use a small flat head screwdriver and work the fins straight.
Love your videos I wish I had a mobile job to get out and live wherever.
Thanks for the info John!
Just to reiterate. Wash the condenser coil. If the cleaner in left on if can damage your coil over time. Simple green is a great all around clean from laundry,drive ways and a/c coils (evaporator and condenser). Be aware at the bottom of your evaporator coil is a drip pan for the water to drip into.vacuum that out carefully, the best you can both sides if possible. Side note, leaving your a/c on is not bad but when when the fan shuts down the coil lets out some excess water and if left on can also put moisture back into the space if a/c is set to cold. It normally not a big deal but in small spaces you can definitely tell. I’m a retired a/c tech rv full time with my wife a travel ED nurse.
Probably should have paid the professionals this time. Hope you didn't permanently damage your coils or create a leak. If you wouldn't scrub a patients wound that hard Dont scrub ac that hard.
Air conditioning in nurse terms; The compressor (heart) pumps the refrigerant (blood) through condenser (lung) where the heat (carbon dioxide) is expelled and the cool (oxygen) is introduced to the refrigerant that passes through the evaporator (muscles) where the cool is exchanged for heat...
I can totally relate to this hahaha
So great 😆
Gr8 analogy!!!
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Now you’re talking my language, and the Hanks too!!
I have been semi-binging, watching your some of your videos (about 12) for the past 3 or 4 hours. I have enjoyed them and sometimes shake my head and laugh at some of the repartee, experiences and foibles. One the comments one of you made in a recent posting caught my attention regarding loneliness on the road and sadness when you had to part with friends. Someone responded; "I am sad, but I know we will meet again a few months down the road". My antenna went up when I heard that. You are young, healthy, strong and filled with vitality but do not take the future for granted. Make all your moments count as much as is possible. My wife and I sold everything and went fulltime in 2000 for nearly nine years and from 2009 till now we have at least spent half of every year travelling in our RV. We have reached the point, because of age and health (77 & 86) where we know when we part with friends, the odds are getting very high that we won't see them again in this life. We have also experienced the untimely loss of a few very close friends, throughout our whole life, that we had great ideas / plans about our future adventures together that never would be. Cherish your time with your friends and families. I am going to try to copy my long write up of our RV adventure so you can get a glimpse of a couple of “old timers” experiences.
AN RV LIFETIME ADVENTURE (NOT QUITE FINISHED) SAME 36 FT CLASS A MOTORHOME V1O FORD - 22 YEARS 8 ½ YEARS FULLTIME - 13 ½ YEARS HALFTIME 153000+ MOTORHOME MILES 250000+ DRIVEN / SIGHTSEEING MILES ON 3 TOWED VEHICLES (JEEPS) ALL 49 STATES (MOST SEVERAL TIMES) - ALL CANADIAN PROVINCES (MANY SEVERAL TIMES) PLUS NEWFOUNDLAND
FORWARD HI! My name is Phil (Philip) and my wife’s name is Bev (Beverly). We have been married 54 years, have 2 sons and 4 grandchildren. We spent our working career (beginning in 1962) entirely in the Sacramento, California. Beverly retired from the Department of Defense in 1986 and I retired from private industry on 31 December 1999. The following pages contain the relatively condensed version of our story on how we accomplished our long held dream of being footloose and fancy free and to wander through the USA and Canada and to visit our many friends and relatives throughout this great land. I was born and raised in Old Town, Maine. Beverly was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. We both believe we have been very blessed and also lucky in our life’s adventure. My belief that we were very blessed does not mean that some luck was not involved. Seeking Divine guidance in our life does not preclude that natural events (both good and bad) won’t play a part in our lives. We are humans and live in a natural world (that was Divinely Created) but is controlled by natural laws (step into the path of speeding truck and you are going to get injured or killed or be in the wrong place at the wrong time, possibly the same result). Well, enough philosophy. My objective for this book is to inform, instruct, entertain and inspire you as you begin or continue your own great adventure. May you be blessed and “lucky” during your own great adventure.
WHAT WE DID AND HOW WE DID IT Our adventure began many years before we retired. In our early life we did some tent camping. That didn’t last too long before we decided there had to be a better way. We graduated to a large Starcraft pop-up tent camper which served our family very well for several years. Once the kids got into their mid / late teens and didn’t camp with us most of the time we disposed of the tent camper and bought a 10 ½ foot Lance cabover pickup camper which then allowed us to tow our boat. That worked very well for about 8 years. In 1992 we (Beverly and I) took an extended five week / 5000 mile trip through the Northwest USA, into Western Canada and then down the entire West coast as far as Point Reyes National Seashore in California. We pulled a large utility trailer which carried our 18 foot Old Town canoe, a 250cc four stroke Honda, dual purpose motorcycle, a relatively large barbecue grill and miscellaneous camping gear. It turned out to be a marvelous trip. The camper was self contained and had a SMALL wet bath. We found we could stop pretty much anywhere we wanted, at least for a couple of days. Of the 5 weeks, we stayed about half the time in established campgrounds and the other half of the time stopping and staying at some of the most beautiful and serene places imaginable. The trip was essentially trouble free (blessed & lucky) this was about 1991. After this trip and over the next 3 or 4 years is when we began to consider and made the decision to go full time in an RV upon retirement.
THE PLANNING AND HUNT FOR A FULL TIME RV About 1995 /1996 we got serious about finding a rig that would meet our requirements. We pretty much ruled out “tag alongs” or fifth wheels (there were not very many suitable toy haulers at that time). Over the course of three years (1996 to 1999) We frequented RV dealers, RV shows, some motorhome manufactures on the West coast ( Fleetwood, National RV, Rexhall, Monaco and Country Coach (test drove many, many class a motorhomes - most brands - 32 feet to 40 feet) both gas and diesel pushers (remember, there was not the variety or selection that has existed the past several years in terms of slide outs, interior designs, fully painted exteriors, engine choices etc.). We had decided (after several of these excursions) that we wanted a class A motorhome for a few primary reasons. First, it was because of the spectacular view / visibility out that front window; second, we could stop virtually anywhere to eat, rest, nap, use bathroom without ever getting out of the RV; third, we wanted to tow a 4 wheel drive vehicle so we could sightsee the backroads / trails in all our travels; last, we wanted to have enough room and at least 3000 pounds of weight carrying capacity for all our stuff. For the first couple years of searching it appeared that we would need a diesel pusher to meet our requirements. However in late 1998 / early 1999 (may not be exactly right) Ford Motor Company introduced a larger RV chassis with the V10 engine. I believe they had an 18000# and a 22000# chassis and for a very short time built an 18000# chassis with a tag axle with a total GVWR of 22500# (7000# front, 11000# rear duals, 4500# tag). All the chassis came with 19.5 inch wheels / tires. The net of it all was that we found OUR motorhome. It was manufactured by National RV in Perris, California in May / June 1999, we took delivery in July 1999. We thought we were ordering a 1999 model year and ended up getting a 2000 model year with a totally different exterior graphics design / color which we greatly preferred over the 1999 colors and design (lucky once again). The model was the 6351 Tropical with the tag axle setup. It was slightly over 36 feet long, had one long living room slide, large walk thru bath with two pocket doors and tons of storage (drawers and hanging closets, a north / south full queen size bed and a very good size shower). By the time we took delivery we had sold our home and did a one year lease on a home in the same area (which gave us until April of 2000 to dispose of a lot of our “stuff” and to make provisions to store what we wanted to keep). We rented a 10’ X 20’ storage bin for approximately $130.00 a month. We paid rental on that storage unit for 8 ½ years. We put all we wanted to keep, but did not want to take with us, into the storage unit and the rest we loaded into the motorhome. We moved out of our rental unit and began our full time travel on 4/18/2000. When we took delivery of the motorhome in July of 1999 it was stored at a 24 hour access storage lot nearby. There was no room to keep it at the rental unit. From the time we took delivery (July 1999 to 18 April 2000 we had taken 14 trips and put about 4500 miles on the odometer - it had about 320 miles registered at delivery).
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, wisdom, and story 🤗❤️
You paid $13,500 to store yr stuff over 8 years. That's a lot. Was it worth it? Neither of yr sons had a backyard to store a moving pod for y'all?
Good story Phil. How did you meet yr wife pls?
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Just an FYI - use the brush to light clean the fins, mostly to loosen dirt. Then spray the cleaner on, let it sit and finally rinse with a spray bottle or spray hose until clean. Go slow and no water will be a problem. You also avoid having to straighten fins, of which each one which is damaged reduces efficiency. Keep cleaning with the cleaner two during the summer, once in the fall and spring and all the residue will be cleaned out. Just my two cents.
Great tips!! Thank you so much for sharing 😃
Technically the better option is compressed air. Wetting down anything will harden it.
Im a heavy equipment tech and deal with clogged coolers and ac condensers regularly. Ps love the videos as we are full timers as well. Keep up the good work!!!
HVAC tech here I concur with my other HVAC brothers. Spray foam let it sit till foaming stops then use water hose and use water to rinse and the dirt will roll out of there. Love the vids and humor! Let er ripp!
another great video. 93'F and 64% humidity? that's perfect guys! Come down here to Pensacola, 97'F and 95% humidity.... yuk! thanks for the video!!
Right outside of there now and know what you mean
Here's a helpful hint.... take some classes at the NRVTA in Texas. Both you and your lovely wife can benefit immensely from what they offer. Just something to think about for the future. I highly recommend NRVTA (National RV Training Academy). 🙂👍👍
When my wife and I retire into an RV, we don't plan on traveling east of Kansas or west of the Rockies. We may, once or twice, go to Michigan to visit my mother, or, if it's winter, Florida, but only briefly. Other than that we plan to stay pretty much in a narrow band of geography. That's where our children and grandchildren live. That way we avoid the high humidity of the east. I've been there. I remember feeling wet all the time. All. The. Time. I hated it then, I'll probably hate it even more now that I am elderly. Still, good video! I will be saving a link to it to remind me to clean out my AC units.
Another way I use is soak the condenser with Purple Power cleaner let it sit for about ten minutes the hose it out with the garden hose. As long as you push the water from the fan side to the outside of the condenser unit you wont get water inside.
Good to know, thanks!
I think that blinking is Morse code for “LEAVE ME ALONE”!!!😂. I’ve found that a small paint brush 2or 3 inches wide and trimmed down to about half its brush length works really well cleaning those ac fins.
I used a straw cleaner (looks like a pipe cleaner). Strong enough to remove dirt and leaves and soft enough to not bend and coils.
@Hanks from the Hinks! Looking forward to your visit to Pennsyltuckey at the Hershey RV Show!
I really enjoy following you on RUclips and will be at your rally in Georgia next month. I saw this video last night after attending some seminars at the FMAC - Family Motorcoach Association rally/convention in Lincoln Nebraska this week.
There were about 600 RVs - Class A to Class C. And loads of seminars. Because you are always recommending and discussing the evaluation of new products, I thought I should update you on what I learn about 2 products....
The presenter at 1 of the seminars (Steven Raye) who is RVTI master certified, recommended a product called 3X:Chemistry Coil Cleaner. You don't need to scrub or rinse it off. He also recommended Micro Air instead of Softstart because it's UL approved and made in the US.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Great info on ac cleaning would also mention that when removing the cover of the ac unit be cautious of wasp or hornet nest. They can get in there I know this because it happened to me many years back it was a huge wasp and mud dobber nest. Be careful. #THANKSHANKS.
There should be a water drain in the evaporator coil chamber. Make sure it's not clogged. If the water is not allowed to drain it will freeze on the evaporator coil and build up further until it spits ice. The moisture in the air condenses and freezes. Then the unit cycles, melts and suppose to drain. Think of your A/C as a refrigerator freezer without a door.
You two put a lot of work in these videos, and we all appreciate it very much. Thanx Hanks!! I should go put my shirt on for this comment.
Thank you so much Don!! It’s always wonderful catching up with you 😃👍🏼
We have extra filters left over from a failed AC unit from a friends houseboat. We keep one clean set in the cabinet at all times and every couple of weeks of run time, we just swap out and clean the other set thoroughly without being in a rush. When they dry, back in the cabinet they go.
Uh, the evaporator freezing up indicates that the refrigeration portion is fine (meaning the condenser is NOT the problem.) Raking the fins can be counter-productive on older units as the fins weaken with age. What is happening is either a) the airflow across the evaporator is insufficient (plugged filter, collapsed or restricted airflow caused by ducting/devices) and/or b) the refrigerant throttling device isn't working properly. If it uses a TXV valve it isn't closing properly. If it uses an orifice tube the temp sensor isn't doing its job.
Cleaning out your ac coils and condenser can be done gently with compressed air or flushed out with water, however if you use a blow gun nozel you can blow it out in seconds and save money on cleaners and save time in the long run, plus you can save yourself cuts and scrapes. Remember to blow debris out from the inside out, so you're blowing the debris out the way it entered your unit, just a thought and tip. My wife and I love you guys.
Our A/C doubles as a sound machine so yes, it has to run all night. Low Cool, with vents blowing directly onto the bed. It also ensures we sleep in late lol. What a “cool” video 😂
Lol love those cool vibes
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Hey Kyle and Renae! One thing I've learned from Josh the RV Nerd, is that if you leave your A/C in dump mode too long, the cold air is getting sucked back up into the system. He suggested that you leave it in central mode. I think that would keep it from freezing up. I may not be correct, but I'm just reiterating what he says. Go check out his videos. He knows what he's talking about. Take care and see you on the road. Peace!!!
I think they should go meet Josh! Man, that would be entertaining hahaha. Love Josh and The Hanks!!!!
Thanks Nicholas!
@@CharmaineSilva777 I don’t know if YT can handle Josh and Kyle together lol. You’re right though! It would definitely be entertaining!
@@nextupcamping hahaha yes
I agree if you leave it in the dump mode too long it will cause it to freeze up.
I AM a hvacr technician. It's Lemmon sent because it's designed for the evaporator coil. It's a "no rinse" product. The condenser coil can be cleaned with a more aggressive cleaning solution and rinsed with warer. I just used tri power hd on our 2015 Evergreen. All that said.
There are two things that will cause freeze ups. Lack of air flow ( dirty filter. Blower motor not working or running slow) or low on refrigerant charge.
Kyle, Renae has a strong chill factor that’s why she doesn’t sweat as much as you lol
Nice job on the AC. Compressed air is your friend when cleaning these coils.
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We manage some rentals. I've seen some DIRTY ACs. Totally thick, dusty/hairy/cotton and yuk!
Yours looked pretty good. I'd consider some other things as the potential problem.
I thought Dexter would tell you to rinse with a spray bottle. I sent Dexter an email so he won't forget next time you clean the AC's. He also said all was good inside while you were cleaning up on the roof. He was just chilling and missing Mom and Dad..
Air compressor or a can of compressed air works
If you use a cleaner that isn’t a no rinse cleaner, take a spray bottle or water hose and spray the coils after the cleaner has sat for a little time. That will get all the dirt and grime out the cleaner pulls out
Wondering, how the Coils got damaged in the first place, but I think Simple Green mixed 1/2 & 1/2 with water, in a Pump Sprayer would work a lot better for what you are doing, on both of the Coil Fins! Simple Green is non toxic !
Hey y’all, are you leaving the A/C on high all the time? All those other task are important, cleaning and straightening fins, but leaving the A/C on high continuously makes it freeze up. Especially in humid areas. I leave mine on “LOW AUTO” and it works fine, even in high temps. That’s where the RV Airflow really helps too. You might try it. Lov’n the videos.
Interesting! Someone else in the comments said keep it on high instead of low to keep it circulating better. It all sounds like good info though! Thanks 🤗
Iced up coils usually boils down to 3 things:
Dirty Coils
Dirty Filter
Low Refrigerant
I live in SE Florida and use my thermostat like an on/off switch. I run it all night then turn it off for most of the day. The place slowly heats up but it's a slow enough process that I don't really notice it getting warmer. I turn it back on when my wife gets home from work.
Thanks for sharing 🤗
You can actually straighten those with that Start out away from it and work your way to the Dent slowly reak through it
I also made sure the drains are clear because they fill up with crap and then it will leak condensation water into the RV too. I had to drill a couple holes to help it drain better because the originals were to darn small
Thanks for sharing Jim!
Hello from East Tennessee!!
We installed the RV AirFlow system in our hybrid camping trailer. I had to get my winter robe out of the closet I was so cold. I bought it before your video on it. Thanks for sharing about the ac maintenance. Just had our seals replaced.
I love watching your videos but I have to say you are stressing me. We just bought a Solitude. I'm hoping we don't have the number of issues with our new rig that you guys have with yours. Our current rv is an 8 year old Crusader that has never given us any grief and it has traveled many many miles. Do you think you have that many issues because you are full time?
Keep up the great videos. You guys are a hoot!
Yes being full time and also still learning as we go!
A cost effective cleaning solution is to use a 50/50 mix of simple green and water in a spray bottle. Loosen the dirt on the coils first then spray (lightly) both the condenser and evaporator coils. The simple clean will clean out any mildew and mold that may build up in the fins. Then take another spray bottle of clean water and rinse out the simple green cleaner and dirt out of each coil. Use a soft brush to scrub out the buildup on each coil. Also, ensure the drains in the bottom of the coil trays are clear so moisture will not build up during a/c operation. Add this procedure to your yearly maintenance jobs and your a/c’s will love you by giving you many years of problem free usage!
Kyle, you are so lucky that your wife is willing to get her hands dirty with you while doing RV maintenance! She seems to enjoy doing the not so fun tasks of RVing so encourage her and thank her for her help! Take care you two and enjoy sharing the work of maintaining your RV.
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Thanks so much Tim 🤗
100% relate to the giant wad of hair swirled on the shower wall
It has been my experience that the most common reasons for ice are: 1 short cycling (pulling cooled air back into the return air either via the dump or the internal seperator of the exhaust and return air not properly sealed) 2 the thermal probe in the coils has come out or it's wire has been compromised.
#1 shouldn't be your issue as you have the RV air flo system (I may be off on the name)
# 2 may be your issue, I would check it when you clean the coils.
PS: My wife and I really enjoyed your videos
One thing that I did to get my coils straight again when they are pinching together is take a flat head screwdriver 🪛 the kind that you would use to tighten the screws on glasses 👓 and your able open those fins back up then you can use the fin tool to make them more straight 👍
hi guys
couldn't sleep so I'm watching your vid. . 😁
love them all
when I clean the inside filters I also go up into ducts with feather duster
I can't believe how much is cramned up in there too. yuck!!!😖
keep up the good content
safe travels
I like the A/C on auto. We just completed camping at Emerald Isle, NC and A/C worked fine! In the beginning of August, we were camping in Elizabeth City, NC and A/C worked fine (it as 95 with a heat advisory).
Rene, Carl is right about the hair.
I just had to replace my ac because the coils kept freezing up. It was very low on freon and because it's a closed system I had to replace it. You can clean the evaporator coils from the inside of the rv.
Good to know, thanks!
My sweet husband likes the RV air conditioners set at “morgue” temperatures. I sleep in socks year round and an electric mattress pad to say warm enough to sleep.
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Yea, long hair does tend to clog the pipes, doesn’t it Ney Ney? That’s my job here at home(since I have long hair). Gotta do it, to keep the pipes clear, right? Cat hair, too, is a problem. I brush the carpets and then vacuum them to remove the cat hair. Then I use sticky tape to pull up cat hair from the furniture! There’s always something to do, that’s for sure! 😊 💜.
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If it’s freezing up inside the exterior coils are usually fine. It’s the interior coils that collect dirt>slow the airflow>slower airflow on interior coils prevents the interior air from transferring heat to the coils>interior coils remain too cold and freeze condensation then dump ice on your bed.
Dudes!!! I actually “high-fives” you, Nay Nay! This was an excellent video…some things to think about cleaning as we prep our camper for a week long trip to Branson, MO while my husband takes a carving class! Wish we’d run into you guys on the road sometime! You two are the neatest humans!
Thank you so much Janet!! You rock! 😃
We hope to run into you guys for sure, stay safe out there and enjoy Branson!
As a hvac tech, you don't want the A/C to run all night it will ice up on you. Let it get satisfied and also make sure the drain line is draining properly, and as for the condneser coil cleaner you want the foam to enter inside the fins to push out the dirt and then spray the coil down with water and you will have much better results. Love the videos you guys are great.
I'm also an HVAC tech. I run mine when ever I want and have no freeze ups. Weird huh?
Another FUN and Informative video this week.
Prolly should have hit up the youtube first...LOL The wife and I love you guys. We just started following your content. Also thank you for the hook up on RV Airflow, just ordered ours today. Going to be cleaning BOTH coils as well as doing the Airflow upgrade on the main unit. Got a look at the evap coil while measuring the plenum it was ugly. we have a `18 344 GK-R. The Grand Designs are built well but it takes a lil motivation and a lot of RUclips to keep up with the maintenance. We only part time. It`s our towable motel for our fishing and exploring adventures. We look forward to maybe catching you guys at a rally soon. PS, DJ Sexy Dex is dope...we have a kitty as well. Safe travels!
Love your videos I live in Durham NC its been HOT this summer I would have hosed the AC unit coil out but thats just me
I really don't like those plastic scrubbers that come on top of the spray cans. I think in the future I would use a regular one or two inch paint brush. It's softer and will get in between the fins deeper.
Hey!!!!! I'm getting a Golden Retriever puppy. Today I will visit him for the first time. I'm going to give him another 2 weeks with his mother. I'm trying to think of a name for him. What do you think about "Carldexnae"? Just kidding. I think I may go with Cosmo. I want to keep the name in the Marvel family and not because that was the dog's name on Fuller House. Until I actually pick him up I won't pick an official name. Names in the running are Thor, Cosmo, Xavier, Gambit, Khan, Loki, Maverick, or Romulus.
Everyone loves my new Thanks Hanks t-shirt. It is of really good quality and it's super soft. Thanks Hanks!
Huge hugs from Logan, Rockett, me, and "soon to be named".
Aww congrats!! The name cosmo is a good one! ❤️❤️❤️
I probably say this in every comment that I leave but seriously THANK YOU for this channel. Times are hard for me and my family and we will be doing RV life which I don’t mind I’m a move every year kind of girl lol but we have zero experience with RVs and their maintenance so seriously thank you for showing us both the ups and the downs. Instead of going to google I will be coming to this channel first if we ever have technical issue 🫶🏼 God bless you both.
Thank you for such a sweet comment 🤗
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Our bedroom ac has been dripping water on the bed. I guess ice would be worse but I’m not enjoying the water either!😜
Oh goodness Donna...that is terrible 😕 Any thoughts on what is causing the leaking? Maybe the AC just needs to be cinched down a little more?
Probably a clogged drain hole on top
I’m not sure. Still getting up my nerve to go up there. I am not sure that I won’t go through the roof. This is a 2007 model!
Great video everyone needs to service their AC. That spray cleaner is ok for a quick clean but it doesn’t clean all the way through. The tubes need cleaning same as fins. I always use a pump up sprayer with water to wash off the cleaner. It has been hot but not as hot as normal but a lot of rain. Can’t wait for some cooler weather. Stay safe and God bless.
Same here! Thanks Dwight!
I think the lemon scent is for the benefit of the person spraying... It's better than a noxious odor 🙂
My husband and I have been creating RV content on RUclips for a couple of years. We are fans of the Hanks and are looking forward to meeting you and Less Junk More Journey at the Hersey RV Show on September 17th. We travel in our 2014 Grand Design 303 which we love! ❤️
Love this! We look forward to meeting you both as well 🤗 How exciting! Much love from the Hanks family, we will see you guys soon ❤️
Hey there Renee and Kyle, we really enjoy your shows. Great job on the cleanup of the condenser coil. But if you still get ice build up on your evaporator coil. You may want to have a hva tech check your freon level. Low Freon pressure will cause the system to build up ice only evaporator coil.
Humidity off the charts at 64%? Here in Florida, we'll, you can just guess. Heat indexes of 107°. Temps of 90+. Enjoy your rest of your summer@
Thank you for making rv maintenance fun 🙂
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Great video. I was asking the same thing about the lemon scent, LOL. I didn't buy my combs until after I did my bedroom unit. But now I have them for when I do my main. I also have a really small shop vac, and I took that up on the roof with me to help suck out as much debris as I could.
I donot like the provided brush on the cap since it bends the fins. A tooth brush is much better
Great tip!! Tooth brush seems legit 😀
@@HappilyEverHanks Toothbrush works good to clean those tight spaces behind faucets too.🙃
Found our RV air system would coil freeze over faster in some travel locations than others. {Did not do any research - Humidity - Elevation - did not check it out, just turned it off when no air was passing through the coil}. The unit then was about a year old. Funny how the evaporators have a thermal probe stuck between a couple fins, but do not seem to sense the freezing over of the coil and then turn off compressor. Frustrating roof air systems. I so relate to your concerns… Thanks again.
Good to know!
So looking forward to seeing you two and LJMJ at Hershey
So exciting! See you there!
@@HappilyEverHanks I so hope Dexter is doing better and Rey Rey looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Ok wait! What shoes did Kyle put on before he went on the roof those look neat I want to get some for my husband.
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Garden hose with lots of water is your best cleaner when cleaning condenser coils. If these products aren’t rinsed off well it can eat your coils up and cause leaks. Most of these coil cleaners are acidic and eat the grime off.
So happy for this video. I have done HVAC for many years and you gave a really good tutorial on Evap Coils / Condenser coils and the products to clean them.
A wire brush works really well for cleaning indoor (evaporator) and outdoor (condenser) coils just be careful not to bend the fins on the coils. The fin comb is really just to straighten bent or flattened fins on the coils
Just bought a 2018 Grand Design 230RL Reflection. Of course we had to buy a truck also. Chev 2500 6.6 Turbo Diesel. Your trailer made me look at Grand Design. They are very nice. Love your channel.
Congrats!! That is a nice model 😃
Aggressively blinking... LOL!!!
Hey guys I hate to tell you but you need to use water on the condenser coil and put a towel in back to keep it from getting in the coach. Start at the top and wiggle the comb slightly as you go down. Not bad for first timers.
I need to do this. myrv is five years old. granted i don’t travel as much as you.
Thanks for keeping it real, telling it like it is, and how to deal with it!
Spray the day lights out of the coil. You have clean it in the center too. Just scribing the outside of the coil ismt enough. Spray it till it foams the dirt out then rinse well with hose. Not power washer, no more pressure than hose end sprayer.
Toothpick works pretty good for the coils
Hey loves. Doing maintenance is defiantly a good idea. But most likely the icing happened from humidity. We were told to leave ac on “on” so the blower keeps going between cycles. Not sure if that makes sense 😁
Hope it was helpful.
Thanks for sharing!
caustic soda for the dissolving of the hair, works, great, but the crystals, not the liquid. and ventilate. then flush. is my thinkn.
Awesome how to video. It's amazing how quick the coils dirty and alot of that is the environment your in. Thank you for the how to, ya'll be careful. Looking foward to the next video
Thanks Rick!
I blew mine out with water mostly from the inside past the fan. then some at at angle from the outside. Water in that area not a problem there is a drain pan under the coil that should be cleaned too.
Burst out laughing at shower looks like art piece with all the hair!!!😂
Thank you so much for your continued helpful videos! Also, you guys should be in the Hollywood! All your videos are so much fun to watch! You guys make my day! Keep up the awesome videos!
Good Info... A couple of weeks ago I started let autoplay choose my video after your new weekly video is done, so I watch a re-run of one of your old videos, dbl the hanks isn't a bad way to spend a few minutes, and much like the new video, you never know what you are gonna get.
You rock, Tom!
Interesting timing . All my supplies to clean my ac came in this week including the AC improver thingy you two installed . Install and clean this weekend 👍👍👍
Awesome John!! Stay cool 😎
The only suggestion I have on a otherwise perfect video, is when you use the cleaners, stop spritzing! Hold the button down and cover it thoroughly and thickly and then let it sit and do its job. Then you can come through and brush it off and see if you need to do it again. This little spritzing thing doesn’t do anything and you don’t get an even coat.
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You guys teach me so much. Great job as always. Grandpa Jack
Would love to see you two go to an rv show and give reviews
Good job with this video and excellent how 2 with the content! I have learned so much from you guys.
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!
Mannnnnn I do hvac for a living and this hurt my soul to watch, no one do this at all, just leave it to the professionals, if u can’t afford it only recommend a hose with water and cleaner but make sure not to bend the coil…..
And fyi and combs your using and only meant for coils that have damaged from to much water pressure or hail bending the coil…
Thank you for sharing your feedback
Y’all are so goofy with each other I can’t imagine you two arguing 🤣 it probably last for 1 min before one makes the other laugh 🫶🏼
Pretty much
@@HappilyEverHanks 😆haha that’s cute ❤️
Have to agree with Carl, my wife and I have double vanities in our master bedroom, my vanity flows with no problem down the drain, where as my wife’s flows extremely slow, LMAO! !
Let R rip with the foam spray till it’s dripping. Give it a few and rinse
Careful with using cleaner on your ac fins make sure you rinse well some have acid and can eat up the fins. The nucalgon evap cleaner is the best stuff in the world no rinse. for condensers I just use water its always just dirt and polen buy a bullseye water nozzle and it will push the water all the way through the coil and not dmg fins as long as you go straight on. They are low pressure high flow but if you feel better with coil cleaner nucalgon all the way they have been doing it for years. Also everything that isnt wrapped up can be wet the condenser coils compressor fan all that gets rained on just kill the power so an exposed wire dosnt kill you. AC’s create ice for a few reasons usually its a restriction either on condenser flow or evap flow. The other reason is refrigerant leak low on charge.
Good Job cleaning out your condenser or was it your evaporator? 😉 We always enjoy your videos. Have a great weekend. Mary 💕Fred
Many Thanx Hanx for the pranx and the gooood informative video!!!
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I'm sure the high humidity is helping with your snowing in the bedroom.
Hey NeyNey. I thought you were just going to supervise. How did Karl get you cleaning?
Couldn’t help myself!
Love these videos guys.
And Karl lock nana in the bathroom.
Run outside put a Screwdriver in the door lock.
Get on the roof, cut the ladder.
Clean the coils yourself.
PS! If she makes it to the roof .
JUMP
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Safety tip bring a 5 gallon bucket with all your supplies and a bottle of water next time you're on the roof it also helps in case you get stuck you have something to drink💁♂️ Ask me how I know🤦♂️
That is fantastic advice!