On Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 12:22:31 PM UTC-5, Muggles wrote:
On 9/12/2015 3:44 PM, Brandon wrote:
We recently bought and installed our window unit about a month ago, and it
has been working just fine since we installed it. We noticed this morning
that it started blowing water out of the front vents where the cool air is
blown out. I've been reading up on reasons as to why this would be
happening and have come up with a few ideas. Either we have clogged drain
holes or a clogged drain tube. What doesn't make sense is that our unit is
only about a month old and all of the other problems have occurred with
units that are over a year old. Any ideas as to why this might be
happening? Is there just not enough tilt on the unit? Anything would be
helpful.
Thank you,
Brandon
Ours did that occasionally when the thing would freeze up and start to
melt the ice that formed. We'd have to turn it off until it melted and
dried out before it'd quit doing that.
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Maggie
That can happen when the filter or evaporator coil(cold part) is clogged with dust. There is often a tubular bulb in front of the evaporator coil that's connected to the thermostat which senses not only the temperature but a frozen evaporator and will turn off the compressor (not the fan) until the ice melts. If dirt has built up in the condensate pan or is blocking the drain, water will drip out the front of a window AC. Ideally, a window AC should be removed just before the weather gets hot and taken outside to be thoroughly cleaned using coil cleaner and a water hose to hose it out. You should always keep the filter clean. A window AC unit is very easy to maintain in place without a lot of work if you don't let it get too dirty. You can remove the front grill and filter then use an aerosol can of self rinsing coil cleaner to keep the coil clean and deodorized. The outdoor coil can also be cleaned with a safe aerosol spray. The cleaner is available from Home Depot. ^_^
http://www.homedepot.com/s/ac%2520co...cleaner?NCNI-5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th0IEZ3fg7g
This guy is hysterically funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3t9np_XLSU
[8~{} Uncle Dirty Monster