"Steven L." wrote in message
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Hi all,
I've got a Sears Kenmore room air conditioner unit in a thru-the-wall
sleeve in my living room.

When it's running, it keeps spitting out little pieces of
black--something--perhaps dirt, that are really dirtying up my nice
carpet. Not all the time, but maybe a half dozen chunks each day.

I cleaned the A/C filter, but that's not stopping the problem.

Where is that black stuff coming from, and how can I stop it?




-- Steven L.


My old unit had a sponge rubber filter right under the front vents that
dried out and began to crumble after a few years. It was pretty worthless
to start with. While it did catch some dust, it was hardly enough to keep
the cooling fins from getting pretty gunked up so I tossed it.