Your air conditioner is under attack

It's easy to think that you can just let your dog out into your backyard to do his business and everything will be okay. But, Fido might actually be ruining your air conditioner. These photos show damage caused by dog urine to an air conditioner in a recent inspection. This type of damage is found in about one Kansas City home inspection each month.

The acid in dog urine disintegrates the aluminum air flow tubes on your air conditioner's compressor unit, reducing the flow of air that cools the compressor while the air conditioner is running. Not only is your air conditioner now more likely to overheat, but this type of damage can also lead to a freon gas leak. So, while it's great to give Rover free reign in the yard to mark his territory, discourage him from treating your air conditioner like it's a fire hydrant.

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