Air Conditioning Problems Due To Chinese Drywall

Copper tubing darkened by sulfur-caused corrosion, on an air conditioning evaporator coil removed from a Louisiana home containing Chinese-made drywall. The classic red flag for contaminated drywall is repeated failure of air conditioning coils within a short span of time.

What should be shiny copper coils on an air conditioning unit are black and sooted, a problem associated with Chinese drywall.

Blackened air conditioning coils caused by sulfur-containing gases from chinese drywall

Clean coils.

A corroded two year old air conditioner coil
Ruined air conditioning unit due to sulfur gases from Chinese drywall.

Normal air conditioning tubing.

Blackened air conditioning tubing.

Ruined air conditioning unit.

Blackened copper lines leading to an air conditioning refrigerant container

Blackened air conditioning lines.
