Fix It 101 | Pam's A/C Soapbox

You got a tiny little line that's hot and you got a big puffy line and it's cold.

And that's the refrigerant, but it's pulling the hot air out of your house and you like it very, very much.

Well, it needs to be protected.

The cold puffy line, the bigger line that's cold, you just want to make sure it's got a coat on, insulation.

And you buy this foam insulation at any hardware store.

But what happens is that when it gets super, super, super hot and we go through a drought, the little animals outside get thirsty.

And so they will find water.

And they are so smart.

They went to air conditioning school and they know that the puffy line on the air conditioner is wet.

It's condensating because it's doing its job.

So they go and chew air.

all the insulation off and then they lick the water off that refrigerant line.

Isn't that interesting?

You got a tiny little line that's hot and you got a big puffy line and it's cold.

And that's the refrigerant, but it's pulling the hot air out of your house and you like it very, very much.

Well, it needs to be protected.

The cold puffy line, the bigger line that's cold, you just want to make sure it's got a coat on, insulation.

And you buy this foam insulation at any hardware store.

But what happens is that when it gets super, super, super hot and we go through a drought, the little animals outside get thirsty.

And so they will find water.

And they are so smart.

They went to air conditioning school and they know that the puffy line on the air conditioner is wet.

It's condensating because it's doing its job.

So they go and chew air.

all the insulation off and then they lick the water off that refrigerant line.

Isn't that interesting?