On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 11:52:41 AM UTC-5, Muggles wrote:
On 9/15/2015 11:43 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Monday, September 14, 2015 at 9:51:18 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 16:10:48 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote:
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
Ideally it should be removed at the end of the season, cleaned and
stored until just before the beginning of the cooling season.
If you watch the second video you will see why I don't recommend removing window units at the end of every year. The condenser coil stands a better chance of damage every time the window unit is removed or installed. Of course I'm here in Alabamastan where we don't usually have extremely cold winters and tons of snow that could build up on a window AC. It did go down to 4 degrees F at my home last winter when Canada stuck out its tongue at The South. If I were living in Yankee Land, I'd put an insulated cover over a window AC when cold weather was on the way. I even have an idea for a Plexiglas cover for window units in areas that have a lot of snow during winter months. The cover would sit atop the insulated covered AC and slope toward the upper part of the window from the outer edge of the unit with a steep pitch like those roofs of homes in cold climates meant to shed snow. I like to experiment. ^_^
[8~{} Uncle Snow Monster
We have a couple of window units and always cover them in the winter.
One large unit has issues with the control panel (we think). It would
work for a while and then the compressor would shut off and leave the
fan running. When that happened it wouldn't respond to any attempt to
turn it off as all. We eventually had to just pull the plug to get it
to turn off. It's still in the window because it's one of those big and
HEAVY units and it takes a couple of strong men to move it. We also
haven't decided if we should try to fix it or junk it.
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Maggie
Back in the early 80's someone gave me a dead 24,000 btu window unit which I fixed without much trouble and put it in the window of my shop. It simply needed some TLC and it ran for many years. Your big AC could have had the electronic control damaged by a power surge if that's the type it is. Do you know the btu rating of your big AC and have you checked the price of a new unit of the same size? ^_^
[8~{} Uncle AC Monster