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jjoshua
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join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ

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Re: Mice in air conditioning condenser

Do you run the unit with the cover on?

ArgMeMatey
join:2001-08-09
Milwaukee, WI

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said by jjoshua:

Do you run the unit with the cover on?

Not sure what you mean by cover, but ...

1. The attenuator has stayed on the compressor year-round.
2. I do not cover the condenser with anything at any time. It's got louvered sides and a solid top. It is strictly factory design. I have added nothing whatsoever.

The attenuator is supposed to reduce the noise coming off the compressor. I recall a few years ago during this routine starting the compressor with the attenuator removed, and it did make quite a difference.

I am washing out the unit and, for the off-season, will leave the attenuator removed. I can't think of anything else easy to do. Traps would be too hard to check and I don't want to use poison outside.