Condensor Cooling Fins Dissolving - Cats!!

[kuma]

The aluminum fins (Im guessing they are made of aluminum) on the condenser are dissolving in the lower right corner of a 5 ton split system compressor/condenser unit. I am 99% sure that male cats mark their territory their. How bad is this? Will it destroy the copper tubes eventually? Only a very small amount of actual fins are partially gone so I am not concerned about overall efficiency. More concerned about the unit longevity as its only 7 yrs old.

[ascj]

The aluminum fins (Im guessing they are made of aluminum) on the condenser are dissolving in the lower right corner of a 5 ton split system compressor/condenser unit. I am 99% sure that male cats mark their territory their. How bad is this? Will it destroy the copper tubes eventually? Only a very small amount of actual fins are partially gone so I am not concerned about overall efficiency. More concerned about the unit longevity as its only 7 yrs old.

Let's look at it this way.......if it ate the aluminum, then it will eventually eat the copper.

Stop the cats from pissing on it ASAP!

[kuma]

Teaching cats not to do something is like trying to herd them.

Is their something that can be used to neutralize the piss? Maybe just hosing it off once, twice a week? Diluted Bleach?

[chuckcrj]

Maybe if you would rinse it off everyday you could keep it from happening.

Their are products out there that repel cats.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=cat+repellent

[tinner73]

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7372/shotgunu.jpg

[kuma]

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7372/shotgunu.jpg

LMAO

Thats what I use on the rattle snakes!

[kuma]

Ok, after more thought I will build a barrier around it out of chicken wire so they can not get closer than a foot or two from it. PITA

According to this guy, you just lay the chicken wire on the ground. Cats hate walking on it.

http://landscaping.about.com/od/pestcontrol/a/cat_repellents.htm