Air conditioner cleaning device

An air conditioner cleaning device comprising:

• an air handler of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, said air handler having an evaporator coil, said evaporator coil having a drain pan wherein said drain pan is configured to capture condensation that drips from said evaporator coil;
• a housing being mountable to said air handler, said housing having a front wall and a back wall and an outer wall extending between said front wall and said back wall, said housing having an attachment element being disposed on said back wall, said attachment element being attachable to said air handler;
• a pump being positioned within said housing, said pump having an input and an output, said outer wall of said housing having a bottom side, said input extending through said bottom side, said output extending through said bottom side;
• a container containing a liquid cleaner, said container having a neck, said neck being open into an interior of said container, said input of said pump being in fluid communication with said container, said pump urging said liquid cleaner into said input and outwardly through said output when said pump is turned on, said output being in fluid communication with said drain pan, said output delivering said liquid cleaner into said drain pan when said pump is turned on wherein said liquid cleaner is configured to clean and sanitize the condensation that is captured in said drain pan such that mold and algae are inhibited from growing in the condensation which could potentially obstruct a drain line of said drain pan;
• a lid being removably attachable to said neck of said container, said lid having an upper wall, said lid having a hole extending through said upper wall;
• an input tube being coupled to said input of said pump, said input tube being extendable through said hole in said lid, said input tube extending downwardly into said interior of said container, said input tube being submerged in said liquid cleaner, said pump urging said liquid cleaner into said input of said pump when said pump is turned on;
• an output tube being coupled to said output of said pump, said output tube receiving said liquid cleaner when said pump is turned on, said output tube being extendable into said air handler, said output tube being routed into said drain pan, said output tube releasing said liquid cleaner into said drain pan when said pump is turned on wherein said liquid cleaner is configured to disinfect and clean the condensation that collects in said drain pan;
• a processor being positioned within said housing, said pump being in electrical communication with said pump;
• an electronic clock being positioned within said housing, said electronic clock being in electrical communication with said pump, said electronic clock tracking a time of day, said electronic clock being actuatable to count down a duration of time associated with a timer function, said pump being turned on when said electronic clock begins counting down said duration of time associated with said timer function, said pump being turned off when said electronic clock completes counting down said duration of time associated with said timer function;
• a display being coupled to said front wall of said housing, said display being in electrical communication with said pump, said display displaying day indicia comprising days of the week, said display displaying time indicia comprising numbers to indicate said time of day, said display displaying timer function indicia comprising numbers to indicate said duration timer function associated with said timer function, said outer wall of said housing having a top side, said display being positioned closer to said top side than said bottom side of said outer wall of said housing;
• a plurality of control buttons, each control button of said plurality of control buttons being movably integrated into said front wall of said housing, each control button of said plurality of control buttons being in electrical communication with said processor, said plurality of control buttons including a menu button and an up button and a down button and a select button, said plurality of control buttons being positioned between said display and said bottom side of said outer wall of said housing, said plurality of control buttons being spaced apart from each other and being distributed along an entire width of said display, said display being actuated to display a menu when said menu button is depressed, said up button moving a cursor upwardly along said menu when said menu is displayed on said display and when said up button is depressed, said down button moving said cursor downwardly along said menu when said menu is displayed on said display and said down button is depressed, said cursor selecting an option in said menu when said select button is depressed;
• wherein said housing has word indicia being applied to said front wall of said housing, said word indicia comprising the words “menu” and “up” and “down” and “select”, said word “menu” being positioned beneath said menu button, said word “up” being positioned beneath said up button, said word “down” being positioned beneath said down button, said word “select” being positioned beneath said select button;
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• a power cord being coupled to and extending away from said outer wall of said housing, said power cord being in electrical communication with said processor, said power cord being electrically coupled to a power source comprising a power supply of said air handler wherein said power cord is configured to supply electrical power to said processor without requiring a user to replace batteries in said housing.

A method of sanitizing a drain pan of an evaporator coil of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, the steps of the method comprising:

• attaching a housing to an air handler of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system;
• wiring a power cord of the housing into a power supply of the air handler such that the power cord supplies electrical power to pump that is disposed within the housing;
• inserting an input hose through a hole in a lid that is attached to a container of a liquid cleaner, said input hose being in fluid communication with an input of said pump such that said pump urges the liquid cleaner to travel through said input hose;
• inserting an output hose into a drain pan of an evaporator coil of the air handler, said output hose being in fluid communication with an output of said pump such that said pump urges the liquid cleaner into the drain pan wherein said liquid cleaner is configured to sanitize condensation from said evaporator coil that collects in said drain pan;
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• programming an electronic timer which is disposed within said housing to turn on said pump at a chosen time and to turn off said pump when a selected duration of time has elapsed such that said pump automatically pumps said liquid cleaner into said drain pan at said chosen time.