Does the condenser need cleaning if it's covered with willow catkins?

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Condensers covered with willow catkins do require cleaning for the following reasons: Willow catkins adhering to a car's radiator and air conditioning condenser can impair heat dissipation, potentially leading to engine overheating or ineffective air conditioning. The condenser, a crucial component of the refrigeration system, functions as a heat exchanger with two primary roles: 1. Converting gases or vapors into liquids; 2. Rapidly transferring heat from the tubes to the surrounding air. Its operational principle involves: 1. After absorbing heat from cooled objects in the evaporator, liquid refrigerant vaporizes into high-temperature, low-pressure vapor, which is then compressed by the compressor into high-pressure, high-temperature vapor before being discharged into the condenser where it releases heat to the cooling medium; 2. The refrigerant condenses into high-pressure liquid, passes through the throttle valve to become low-pressure, low-temperature refrigerant, and re-enters the evaporator to absorb heat and vaporize again, achieving the purpose of cyclic refrigeration.