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Old 08-04-2025, 04:25 PM
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Interesting. I would rather read the paper to see what it described as cleaning. I noted that this “recommendation” is actually an advertisement for a periodic maintenance contract.

Hot tap water once per month seems to work for me. A friend is having a more difficult time.
Then it's best to just google causes of hvac evaporator failures and you will see a lot of information that refers to "studies". But at the end of the day, what I mentioned makes sense. In addition, my friend had his HVAC system replaced by Sunshine today and I asked the installer about this topic and the answer was do not put anything down the condensate line except hot tap water. He also said, he's seen a lot of damage to the PVC and the coils in his experience when customers put "chemicals" down the condensate line. He also said it may even void your warrenty but best to ask the manufacturer.