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AC
My AC has been getting a bit smelly. I'd looked a while ago for an AC-cleaning service, but there don't seem to be any. So today I decided to clean it myself.
I snapped out the cooling vent and washed it thoroughly by hand with dishwashing fluid. I used isopropyl alcohol to wipe down all the surfaces inside the output housing, which was quite a lot of it. Then I got a clean old toothbrush and used it to carefully clean off the metal intake. I also used paper towels with isopropyl alcohol; on some parts of the intake, that worked a lot better.
I used canned air to clean out dust from further in, did some more cleaning all over with paper towels and alcohol, let the alcohol evaporate, reassembled everything, and started it up.
It smells nice and clean and it's running colder. Mission accomplished!
I snapped out the cooling vent and washed it thoroughly by hand with dishwashing fluid. I used isopropyl alcohol to wipe down all the surfaces inside the output housing, which was quite a lot of it. Then I got a clean old toothbrush and used it to carefully clean off the metal intake. I also used paper towels with isopropyl alcohol; on some parts of the intake, that worked a lot better.
I used canned air to clean out dust from further in, did some more cleaning all over with paper towels and alcohol, let the alcohol evaporate, reassembled everything, and started it up.
It smells nice and clean and it's running colder. Mission accomplished!