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Skip this chore: Cleaning your air conditioner condenser probably won't make it work better

  • Written by David Yuill, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Skip this chore: Cleaning your air conditioner condenser probably won't make it work betterScratch this off your to-do list.Florence Yuill, CC BY-ND

I asked my neighbor who hoses off his air conditioner condenser every spring why he does it. “Because my dad always told me I had to,” he said.

Conventional wisdom like what my neighbor’s dad imparted may always seem right. But through my HVAC scholarship – the study...

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