Well folks, it happened again. What Carl? What happened? Well,
let me tell you. Exactly what happened. More ice fell out of
our AC this morning and laid it all out on the bed for its
grand appearance in the Hank'shousehold.
You like that? Yeah. That that about sums it up. Like what
what what's going on? I thought we addressed this already. We
did the baffle trick. Everything was working fine.
Mister AC you were working cool. You were sending cool
vibes and now you're doing this. Way too cool for me man.
Way too cool. I don't want ice. I don't want to sleep with ice
in the bed. Ney Ney was in a panic. Dexter was freaking out
and I'm just like here we go again. I hit the ground. I
thought another tree was falling on us again. No you
didn't. It was that loud. Like We have a little break in the
weather. Yes, it's been thunderstorming so that adds a
little excitement to the Hank's household. So, I figured I'm
going to take you guys up there and we're going to get this
puppy cleaned up nice and good because I think the coils on
the back of the AC are getting really gunked up and cruded up
with whatever you want to call it of all of our travels. Dirt,
grime, junk. It needs to be addressed. So, we're going to
go up there and address it right now and literally just
heard the AC kick on in the bedroom and I think she's
screaming for some attention. I feel like we need to give it to
her today. So, got our Thanks Hanks shirt on. What? It's going to
be a Thanks Hanks day today. No, yeah, you're welcome. I
mean thank, thank you. Can you still hear me in here? It's
really loud. This stupid AC is so loud. Even though it's not
Thanks Hanks Thursday. We'll just make it Thanks Hanks
Saturday because that's how the Hanks roll. Babe, you want to
you want to tackle this with me or am I just doing this myself
today? I mean I'm working on stuff but I can come up and
supervise for a second. You know?
Are you coming? Let's go. Let's go. Come on. Everyone's waiting
on you. Let's do this. High five everyone. Are you sweaty
already? Yeah. Dexter needs his AC so let's, let's hurry up.
Let's hurry. Honey, you act like this is my first rodeo
here. It's peaceful out here. Oh, it's nice. Lovely day. It's
so hot right now. We're in Tennessee and the humidity is
off the charts. Yeah, like the sun doesn't feel that bad. It's
just like, it's moist. I beg to differ. It does feel bad. It's
very hot. What is wrong with you? Hey, it's all good. I
guess I'll just do all the work today. Thanks Hanks. It should
be noted guys. Now, before we got up here, we killed all the
power to the RV. So, I shut off the 50 amp and I killed the
battery disconnect. I killed it. So... Everything's off.
Everything is off. Completely. Dexter's inside. We set a
reminder to go check on him in half an hour. It's super cold
in there because I just cranked up the good working AC. This
one is the bad one. This is the one over our bedroom and all
that ice was just not a good sign. I mean, jeez, you think
an AC kicking out ice would be like wow it's nice and cold but it
doesn't work like that. Do you want to share with everybody
why we're doing this AC and not the living room AC. Well that's
a good question honey and the reason why is because the other
AC is actually a brand new one from the tree falling on the RV.
Oh my gosh, yep, that's a biggin. Oh my god. From what I could see
there's like an entire tree like fell on the wire outside.
Ring a bell? So this is our actual original AC that came
with the unit when we first bought it and we have not
addressed it thus far in our travels, and it's been two years
now. Why don't you love me? You got this. Nice and easy.
Oh, look how dirty she is. She's dirty and I'm hot. So, yeah.
You got it. Let's get this addressed. So, we ran into a
little bit of a dilemma. There is a housing on top of the
other evaporator coils. There's like a housing around it and we
don't know if we need to take that apart and address that or
since it's completely enclosed, there's no really concern about
getting it all grimed and dirty and sticks and twigs and all
that stuff so... Yeah, this is the housing unit that we're
talking about here. So, I don't know. It's completely enclosed and I'm
not sure if we have to really worry about all the twigs and
trees and leaves getting in there and really gunking
anything up. So, what you're seeing in the actual video is
the shroud housing. It's just an encovering housing unit that
actually encompasses the whole evaporator coil. Now, we never
addressed this during this day so we had to go back and address
it at a later time. Take a couple screws out. It opens it
up and then you're able to get in there and clean it nice and
well. Back to what the evaporator coil does however is
it pulls some of that moisture and heat from the inside
elements of the RV, it expels it outside and brings it back in
so it helps to cool down the RV. So you're going to want to use
a different product I'm going to have it somewhere on
the screen here and basically this product is a breathable
cleaning agent. You know, you want something that you're not
going to be toxic when breathing in and that's what
our concern was with this Frost King that we're using on later
on the video. We had it all backwards. We thought the
evaporator coil was the one we are working on in the video and
the condenser coil was on the opposite side. So, I'll
reiterate it as we go down this video but we just kind of
want to give a basis of this is a shroud housing. Yes, it needs
to be addressed even though it's encompassed. There's still
dirt and grime that can get in there and you want to make sure
you stay on top of it. So, the problem here folks is exhibit
A, it's really grimy and dirty and yucky on here. It's just
disgusting. So what we're going to do is we're going to
use our foaming cleaner exhibit B and we're going to spray it
on there and get this all really nice and touched up and
then we're going to use these awesome fin combs, not to brush
my hair, but to actually comb the AC, you know what I mean?
And the reason why we're concerned about bending is
because when they get squished together, the ventilation isn't
able to like really actually happen, efficiently. So, you
want to make sure they're equally spaced apart nice and
straight so that you can breathe. You know, you want to
make sure this puppy breathes. Isn't that right? Technically,
it says this is a lemon, it leaves a lemon fragrance. So, I
would assume it's okay to somewhat breathe in but
according to other tubers, it's not. This maybe the last time
the Hanks address an AC. What do you think? Yeah, this might
be it for us. We'll see what happens. Wow. Look at that.
Look at that, Ney Ney. That's amazing. Isn't that cool? So we
are... I didn't know we were playing with silly strings. I
know. You want to spray it on? Get a nice coating, let it do
its job. Are you a professional? No. Don't breathe
this in. It says you want to be in a well-ventilated area. As
it's going into our ventilated foils.
Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Babe, why are you being a negative Nancy
right now? Now, to back to what I was saying previously, what
we have been working on the entire time in this video is
the condenser coil. Way to go, Carl. Basically, this is the
coil that helps pull that hot air out of the RV unit as well
while it's shoving cold air in and sucking hot air out. This
is where it evaporates out of the air outside. So, if you're
going to clean this with any cleaning agent, go ahead and
use what we're using in the video because you're not
going to be breathing that in even though it's a lemon scent.
What gets with that? That's so confusing. Why scented lemon if
it's going to be outside? It just doesn't make sense. If you
guys need links to any of these products that we're talking
about, we'll leave them linked in the pin comment and
the description below for you to have easy access and like I
said before, the one that you can actually breathe in
previously with the evaporator coil, I'll leave that one down
below as well for you to refer to. Thanks Hanks. Smells good.
Smells like lemon. Wow, I'll breathe that in, it's fine. Technically you're
supposed to have gloves. Does Carl have gloves? No. Folks we
are not professionals here so please do your own research and
do what works best for you. We're just going to show you
how we do it, how the Hanks like to do it and yeah we're
going to go with that. Look at this hun, there's hair up here.
Have you been up here lately? Yeah. Okay, here's what I'm
thinking. Now that we let this sit for a little bit, I'm just
going to kind of give it a light scrubbing. You know what
I mean? Like a nice little exfoliation and then after
that, I'll kind of touch it up with the fin comb. Okay, that's
what I'm thinking. And then we'll be done. Oh, now your
sweat's going to be in there. Don't even talk to me right
now. Look at that. What do you think? Are we done?
Oh, wow. Look at all that dirt. Can you get up close up on
that? Yeah, it's a lot of dirt. Ooh. Yeah, that's a lot of
dirt. Careful, Carl. Ooh, that bent but you might have
slipped. Like that's might what happened. Where bent? This?
Yeah. Oh, I see. Yeah. We'll get it all touched up. I guess
I should just do a nice, gentle scrub. Alright, folks. Learning
curve number one. Don't overkill the stroking.
Easy does it. You know, a lot of people are out enjoying
Pigeon Forge today and we're doing this. It's so fun. What
do you want from me? No, I'm the one that was like, we need
to get this done today because I need the AC to run all night.
I don't know. Are you guys like I need to have the AC running
all night type of people or you like when it kicks on and off
to keep it a consistent temperature. These things kick
on and they're so loud and they wake me up. Well you need a
finer one. A finer one? Yeah. That's like pushing em, like I
could see what it's, you need like a really fine one. Oh
yeah. Trust us. The Hank's got you. Your life is in our hands
now. Can I try the coils? Yeah, why don't you give
it a run? Notice nobody else is outside on top of their RV in
the middle of the day in the hot humidity. It is the hottest
time of day. It really is. Where's your sense of
adventure? Spray it on again. See what happens. Whoa. Nice.
Nice, Ney. Nice and gentle, okay? Are you listening to me?
I am. I mean, I could see through it. That's a good sign.
Yeah, that's a plus. Oh, wrong way. Oh, this came out. So,
these coils are really fragile. So, you just want to take it
nice and easy unlike Ney Ney's doing it and just letting er rip. Let er rip. The last
thing I want to also address is like this stuff down here.
Yeah. Yeah. Let's get all that junk out of there. It's sharp
down here. Yeah, I know. We should be wearing gloves. Guys,
this isn't like a how-to video. This is just showing you what...
That, that. What you're getting yourself into if you buy an RV.
Hun you're just doing great I'm going to let you keep going,
going at it. Yeah, I think everyone knows us well enough
by now that you just can't keep your hands out of all the, the
repairs. If you guys are first time here, Ney Ney is obsessed with
doing things herself and just addressing things and it's hard
enough being a guy, I'm just like well I can get it, she's
like no, I need to get it. I'm like, okay. I wanted to walk you
guys through this a little bit here with Ney working at this
in the background. Basically, what you need to be concerned about with
this is ventilation. Ventilation is key, and if those, those fins
on the back of the, like the coils are actually squished
together or they're gunked up, that ventilation is not
going to have room to breathe. See what I did there? Room to
breathe. Do you get it? So, what you need to do is stay on
top of this unlike the Hanks. So, get up on top of the roof.
Check out your AC and make sure that everything is nice and
clean, tidy it up as you go along. Listen, the more you
stay up on top of it, the better your situation is
going to be and then you're chasing your tail, sweating
your face off in the middle of Tennessee. May I add a little
disclaimer? Please. Going up on your roof on your ladder is
dangerous and you could fall off your roof and get injured.
So, if you feel worried for your safety about going on the
roof, that's fine. Just have someone else come up and do it
for you. There's professionals out there. There's mobile techs
who can probably come and do like RV like AC maintenance.
You know, we tell you guys to get on the roof and check
things. It's not that we want you to get on the roof. You
just need have somebody go on the roof and just make sure
everything is spick and span. Did you find the right
appropriate size comb? I did but the problem is like. You're
janking it up more. It's like the best you can do. Okay. Cuz
like once they're pressed in, you can't like pull them back
out. Well, here's the thing. Hear me out. Maybe you
shouldn't be doing it more then. I fixed it though as best
I could. It's pretty good. Not to toot my
own horn but that's pretty good. Yes. Yes, you should be wearing
gloves and the reason is, is because these fins on the back
of the coils or whatever you want to call it. They're sharp
and they can cut you. So, I'm sure we're going to have some
cuts later tonight. Well, that's the ER nurse in me
brought this just in case we cut our finger and we have to
hold pressure. Nicely done. Thanks. I love that attitude.
Are you happy? Is it hot for you right now? No, I'm fine.
Why is it that I'm the only one that sweats when we get up here?
And then you're just like, no, I'm fine. It's like you have a
lemonade in your hand, an imaginary lemonade. You're
like, are you real? Are you human? Do you actually sweat or
what? The breeze. It feels so nice. Do you want to hit this
side one more time with the cleaner. Just don't breathe that in,
honey. The wind, you know? You might want to stand up. There
you go. Nice. Okay, don't spray it on the on the stuff back
here though. Electrical system. Look at that, fan. I'm a fan. I
would say this is a successful Hanks DIY project that we
accomplished today. I'm proud of you. Thanks. I'm proud of
you too. Okay. Okay. You're not going easy on her. I thought
you said you're going to take it easy on her. You gotta
apply a little pressure. It just sounds worse... Yeah, it actually
is cleaning up pretty nicely. What do you say? Yeah, like, I
guess we can see it before with the footage. The only thing
that doesn't look nice is like this foam like they're all
wonky on the sides here but that's okay. Look at that.
Well, how on a scale of zero to 10, how confident are you
feeling about the cleanup job we just did here? You feeling
pretty good about that? I'm feeling like a seven, eight and
a half. Okay. Out of ten? I like that. But also when that
morning when the ice was spewing all over us again?
Yeah. The, you know, filters inside that are, you just take
apart and rinse off. Those were really full of cat hair. Cat
hair and Ney Ney hair. No. Yeah. Prove it. Do I really need
to? I mean have you seen the bathroom sink and the shower?
It's like an art piece going on in there where you like take
your fallen out hair and you're like doing circles and painting
some freaky art in the shower. Yeah, I would say that's
relatable, right guys? They said yeah. I don't think you're
accurate. I'm hot now. You, you say you're hot but you're
still not even sweating. I don't see anything. I don't
think you're real. You're not human, that's for sure. Yeah.
Hey, while you're down there, can you turn the actual 50
amp back on. Like the breaker? Yeah, let's get the ACs
running. Yeah, there's a lot of junk that came off. Now, the
most important piece out of all this is you have also coincide
all this cleaning up on the roof with maintenance down in
the RV itself. If you don't stay on top of cleaning out
those filters that are down inside the RV, it's going to be
really worthless that you did all that work out there. They
have to work together because they do. Honestly, if you're
sucking hot air out and you're blowing cold air in and there's
some kind of discrepancy there whether it be the filters or on
the outside of the RV AC unit whether it be dirt or hair,
Dexter's hair, Renee's hair, you want to make stay on top of
cleaning that out. Super important. So, what we like to
do is we'll pop the filters out, Ney will take it under
some water, clean the actual plastic covering over the
filters, and then we'll just do a very light scrub with our
hands and make sure we get all that hair out of there, all the
grime that's going to build up and inhibit the air passing
through the filter. That's the problem. That leads to things
like short cycling and that's where when things inhibit the
movement of the air throughout the AC, it causes things like
freezing and build of ice that gets kicked onto the bed and
that's just no fun to deal with. Plus, if you guys are looking
for more in-depth explanation of like short cycling, what I
was just talking about, or the baffle, check out this video
below because we have a lot more detailed explanation and
some things that might fix other problems you're having
with your RV AC. Or check out some other videos that we have
as well back in the previous years. We have so much content
out there. We love you guys and we want the best for you.
We'll see you next week.