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Originally Posted by Ron342
Thanks for the spider man goo tip Jeff, i'll try it.
For us non hvac guys tho, how do you fix holes in aluminum tubed finned condensers anyway?
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With a "freebie", hobby or experimental coil, it's not extremely difficult to remove a bit of aluminum fin material around the problem area and braze. However, if the heat exchanger is more than 10-15 years old, there are probably more leaks hiding elsewhere, just waiting to happen. If the leak is buried in a multi-layer sandwich of copper tubing and aluminum fins, the repair may not be worth the effort. For a unit meant to last durably, swapping heat exchangers is the easiest way to eliminate all doubt. But easy ain't usually cheap at all.