AC evaporator cleaner - Reef safe?

[Mattrg02]

So my ac coils look a little dirty and I’ve ordered some foaming cleaner spray. Reviews say it leaves a lemon scent in the air, which I’m used to viewing as a bad thing. Anyone have experience with sps corals and this no rinse spray cleaner?

Contains Ethoxylated alcohols and Sodium xylene sulphonate. There are two vents near my tank :-(

 

[jsker]

Cover the vents and clean the coil. Since the coil and you should be good to go, then uncover the vents.

 

[ruth howard]

Is it central air? If so, are you spraying the condenser coils (outside unit) or the evaporator (in the plenum of a furnace)? I would not use it on anything that is going to be pushed through the vents, such as the evap. coils. We use the foaming cleaner on our vending machines and coolers that sit next to check out lanes at grocery stores, box stores etc. It cleans well, but it makes a mess and it does smell.

 

[Mattrg02]

This is the inside evaporator coils. Cleaning this thing manually would require a tear down to get into the coils.

Hmm. I might look into other solutions to spray in there.

 

[trido]

The stuff I use at work says to wear a respirator. Its absolutely not reef safe. Now, is it going to cause your reef problems while its soaking on the evaporator coil? Possibly. Treat it like it is and cover the sump, cover the tank, run some carbon and turn off the skimmer so its not sucking air.

 

[Mattrg02]

Order cancelled

So, whats safe to spray in the evaporator?

 

[ruth howard]

Can you take the side of the plenum off and use a soft brush and a small vacuum attachment to pull stuff out? ( be carefully not to damage fins and coils). I have to deal with this too due to having cats. Lol

 

[trido]

Order cancelled

So, whats safe to spray in the evaporator?

Spray ( with spray bottle, not garden hose.) some water into it to loosen the debris and shop vac it out, or blow it out with compressed air. If its actual corrosion on the cooling fins, you will need coil cleaner as first planned.

 

[Mattrg02]

Spray ( with spray bottle, not garden hose.) some water into it to loosen the debris and shop vac it out, or blow it out with compressed air. If its actual corrosion on the cooling fins, you will need coil cleaner as first planned.

No corrosion, just some “funk” I could see while sucking out the drain line. I may hold off for now as I’m battling tank issues and this could definitely lead to a whole order magnitude more trouble. :-(