I never really thought about the fact that a racoon might be able to tear up the air conditioning unit at our house but that’s exactly what happened to us recently.
- I had started to notice that there was something wrong with our air conditioning system, but I didn’t really do much research into it for a few days because I was too busy.
Then, the weather outside started heating up and the indoor air quality in our house started going down. I noticed that the air conditioning wasn’t cooling the house down like it was supposed to, and so I started looking around to see if I could figure out what the problem was. I did not want to call the HVAC company because I did not want to have an extra bill on my plate this month. Anyway, the air conditioning unit in the house looked like it was perfectly fine, and the thermostat seemed to be okay also. I even changed the batteries to make sure that that wasn’t the issue. Since none of these things seem to be the issue, I ended up going outside to look at the exterior unit for the air conditioner. That’s when I found the culprit! There were scratches and all kinds of things on the exterior air conditioning unit. Apparently, a family of raccoons had taken to playing around on the unit and dropping trash and sticks and all kinds of things down inside of it! I couldn’t believe my eyes. I didn’t know whether to call an exterminator or an HVAC technician.