They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, which is why it may be difficult to stop your dog from going to the bathroom on the air conditioner condensing unit. If your unit is in your backyard, this is the perfect place for a ‘doggy toilet.’ Though it may not seem like a big deal at first, it can ultimately lead to some bad consequences.
Continuous urination on the condensing unit could lead to erosion on the metal on the unit. This is very visible. It could also eat away at the coil that contains the refrigerant, resulting in a leak. This leak makes your air conditioner run improperly. (And you thought you just had to keep your dog away from eating the thawing steak on the counter). Not only could your dog’s “business” be the cause of a cooling malfunction, it also makes the condenser unit look bad.
How to fix it? Try planting bushes or putting up a little fence around the air conditioner so that your dog cannot get to it. Also, there are sprays that deter dogs from going to the bathrooms in certain areas. Last but not least, if building a new home–keep this in mind when figuring out a location for your air conditioner. Unfortunately, now you do not just have to worry about keeping doggy out of the living room she or he will not go to the bathroom, you have to be careful of the air conditioner too!
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