Outland Air Conditioner Pan Cleaner Tablets

Clears out the mold. Use air to lightly blow the drain line out. keeps the pan clean.

These are 'quat' tablets, the same as you can buy at a hardware store or HVAC place. They come in different sizes, but they're basically all the same, as far as I've seen. The quaternary ammonia salt active ingredient is basically the same, and it's also found in algaecides for ponds and rain barrels and fountains, and so on.This product is often sold as non-toxic, and it sort of is, but also really not. This is one of those semantic things that depends on regulations. All you have to do is look at the instructions that come with these, and it basically says POISON over and over.Quat tablets MIGHT irritate your skin, and some people have allergic reactions to it. Why not wear gloves? Or put a plastic bag over your hand? Make sure your hands are at least dry. Avoid inhaling any dust from these. For the love of god, don't swallow one, or let your dog swallow one, or a child swallow one. They do look like candy. Wash your hands, don't touch your eyes, common sense stuff.On the other hand, a lot of HVAC workers handle these things regularly and never notice a problem. And apparently putting one in the drip pan under your refrigerator will not cause quat fumes to spread through your house, or anything. We use these in our window A/C drip pan, which greatly cuts down on a funky odor there, and under the fridge, which (and this took a long time to track down) was periodically blowing urine-smelling air out behind the refrigerator, to gradually percolate everywhere and make our cats look bad. One tablet fixes that just fine.However, how long a table *lasts* can vary a whole lot. Basically, they slowly dissolve when they get wet. The A/C produces a fair bit of moisture and then dumps it outside, bit by bit, and so a tablet in the A/C drip pan lasts about a month. Under the fridge, at least three months, maybe six. Mileage varies.This package isn't a bad price, but you can buy a bottle of fifty of these things, if you're going through them surprisingly quickly. But note that the more you have in one container, the more dust will build up as they gradually abrade each other. Don't breathe the dust. Also, whatever your A/C is dripping on will become somewhat insect and fish-toxic, although rain should dilute it.

The fact that these tablets appear to be successful in preventing odors before they become evident is one thing I value. Moisture control is essential because I live in a humid climate, and this lotion appears to keep things functioning without smelling like damp. Their adaptability is wonderful because I've also used them in my humidifier to avoid mildew accumulation, and they work just as well there. The perfume is a little more industrial than I had anticipated, which is my one minor complaint. It could be more neutral, but it's not overbearing. The smell does go away somewhat soon after use, but it's still preferable to putting up with musty smells from standing water.

These tablets with they keep the drain unclogged

These got the funky smell out of my window ac. I crushed one up in a plastic bag and poured it through the side vents and the front vent of the machine. Not sure if that is how you're *supposed* to use it, but that's what I did. I didn't feel like taking any part of my ac apart and pouring it in the way I did got it cleaned up so who cares.

Used this in a pan for a window unit that was having ALL kinds of growth and issues. A real gem of a landlord back in the day never wanted to help with out with our air units or general maintaining of the property so we took things into our own hands. For getting rid of the scuzz that was building up in the tray of this particular unit we just plopped these in the puddle of the pan and it foamed and knocked it out. Quick little rinse off after that and we were in good shape.

This has not helped with the smell from the standing water. Will not buy again

Very easy to use , does great job on keeping ac clean . We buy this all the time for ours