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Can evil things live in an Air Conditioner unit?
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Oct 1999
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So, I have had two window style AC units sitting in a storage locker for around 5 years.
I'm thinking that they may have become damaged or contaminated in some way due to the storage conditions.
It looks like they have been sitting vertically which I am worried has caused the refrigerant to settle in the wrong parts.
I'm also worried about mold or other contaminants spewing out if I ever try to turn it on...
I saw an article about a local resident who claimed that their AC unit caused mushrooms to sprout of out of their floorboards!
I am not mechanically inclined at all.
How can I assess the viability of these beasts?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Near Boulder, CO
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ac units dry the air so I have no idea how it would make it grow mushrooms...
I would personally blow it out with a shop compressor (using an air nozzle to clean out dust) and just run it...
-Zach
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2001
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Air conditioning units dry the air by pulling moisture out of the air - that moisture has to go somewhere, and where it goes is where evil things will grow.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Baltimore, MD
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Just take it down to your local church and have the priest bless it.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2004
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donate it to a local hospital.
anonymously
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Isle of Manhattan
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I found a small Bolivian village in my A/C, but I don't consider that evil.
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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: BFE
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Turn it upright and do not use it for 24 hours.
Clean out the coils and flush out the water drainage area. Air conditioners can spread Legionnaires' disease if not maintained (I learned this from House).
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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