Dog pee on ac unit

[Will_m]

This is both a warning and a question. First, don’t let dogs pee on your ac.

Second, has anybody had to replace a condenser coil? They are telling me it can’t be repaired and I’ll either have to replace the coil or just get a whole new unit. Supposedly they are going to get me some quotes on both.

2016 Goodman. Original owner didn’t register warranty so that’s out.

 

[hunterjmj]

I'd just get a new condenser. When those fins are gone your condenser looses ability to reject heat. Pee, vegetables gases and other things erode aluminum fins. I've replaced many evap coils in walk-ins from various off gassing from vegetables and other products.
At our last house I poured a concrete pad, built a fence around the condenser with a gate and then used plastic and rock for the ground around the concrete. It keeps kids/animals out as well as keeping weeds/grass from growing around it.

 

[mi650]

Yep, learned this lesson many years ago.

Put a garden fence around it. Very cheap insurance.

 

[gabenzeke]

We replaced a condenser coil a couple years ago. I think it cost us 1300 bucks if I remember correctly. AC unit was less than 8 years old at the time, but there was some debate as to whether our builder told us he registered for a warranty. Pretty sure he said he did, but either way it wasn't registered so that came out of my pocket.

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[92xj]

Happened to me last year and unfortunately our condenser was 20 years old, so 16k later we had a whole new system inside and out because of the regs with the coolant.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

Replace the entire condensing uint, By the time you get done with replacing just the coil and the labor cost, you will be into 2/3rd the cost of new unit. That was always the guide line we used when recommending repair vs replacement. I worked A/C for 38 years.

 

[Will_m]

Replace the entire condensing uint, By the time you get done with replacing just the coil and the labor cost, you will be into 2/3rd the cost of new unit. That was always the guide line we used when recommending repair vs replacement. I worked A/C for 38 years.

This makes me feel a little better. That’s what I ended up doing but I felt like they were taking me for a run with that.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

You did the right thing. Now put a wire fence around unit so dogs can't close enough to piss on.

 

[*zap*]

train that dog, my terrier pissed on a tent I had set up....twice. It took 2x to get the message across because he is a thick headed/hard terrier.