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Told a guy his 'condenser coil cleaning' trick was snake oil...
Had this old timer at a supply house swear by using a leaf blower on outdoor condenser coils instead of a proper coil cleaner. I laughed it off for like a year. Finally got a call last August where a unit was tripping on high head pressure and I forgot my chem spray at the shop. Grabbed his leaf blower trick as a Hail Mary. Blew out about 15 pounds of cottonwood fuzz and dog hair in under two minutes. Pressure dropped right back to normal and I saved myself an hour of spraying and rinsing. Has anyone else found a 'wrong' tool or method that actually works better than the proper stuff?
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joel_mason2216d ago
Ever notice how we're all trained to think there's one "right way" to do everything? I'm the same way with my truck - I used to think you had to use some expensive ceramic wax but then a buddy showed me how a basic clay bar and some cheap spray wax gets the same shine for half the money. It's like everyone's scared to look dumb trying the simple fix first. That leaf blower thing is pure genius because it shows how sometimes the fancy chemical is just a crutch for not understanding the actual problem.
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lunashah16d ago
oh man the leaf blower trick is legit and honestly it connects to something bigger I've noticed in life. we get so stuck on the "right" tool for everything and forget that sometimes the dumbest simplest hack works because it just brute forces the problem. like how people buy expensive kitchen gadgets when a sharp knife and a cutting board will do 95% of the same stuff. or how everyone thinks you need a special cleaner for everything but soap and water handles half of it. the real skill is knowing when the fancy stuff actually matters versus when you're just overcomplicating things because you were taught a certain way. your old timer was probably right about a lot of other stuff too if he had that kind of practical thinking.
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