Air Conditioner problems. Help ASAP=Peace

LoganSmith

LoganSmith

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Whats going on all?

I have a 8000 btu air conditioner that is only a few months old and the first one that I have ever owned. It is also a dehumidifier built into it. I have water that is gargaling and blowing out from the top area. So any info on this matter would be a great help. :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

Peace-
 
LoganSmith

LoganSmith

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Oh ya, last night I looked at the cooling area? I guess. and it was covered with ice. Whats up with that????
 
HATCH

HATCH

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Make Sure The Plug Is Not Pluged????,,,,,,,,,,,Some Time's You Are Suppose To Take It Out From The Factory..

& Does The Dehumidifeir Have A Res. That You Are Suppose To Empty????

Hope You Still Have The Book On It???
 
LoganSmith

LoganSmith

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HATCH said:
Make Sure The Plug Is Not Pluged????,,,,,,,,,,,Some Time's You Are Suppose To Take It Out From The Factory..

& Does The Dehumidifeir Have A Res. That You Are Suppose To Empty????

Hope You Still Have The Book On It???
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I took it out of the window and tilted it out side and some water came out from the bottom, but not all of it. It looks like it could be one of the plugs that you are talking about.

Ya I can look it up on line . Good point. :joint: smoke this for me.:mrgreen:
 
M4A1

M4A1

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The water is condinsation from the evap coil. The window unit needs to be tilted so that water drains out. Tilt it so the part hanging out of the window is lower then the front part hanging inside the window. the water should drain then. You will get alot of water. Thats why there is a drain pan to collect it and drain it outside. Some window units use this water to cool the out side coil(condenser coil). It sounds like a gurgling noise. The fan blade itself is actually designed to spin and pick up that water and throw it onto the outside coil for cooling. Most newer units do this. Just make sure you have enough pitch to drain enough water out.

As far as the evap coil freezing. There's several things that can cause this. Some common things that can cause this are, Low charge(lose of refrigerant), low room temp(cause you have it running all the time the return air is too cold), and dirty air filter(low air flow will cause it to freeze cause there is not enough air moving over the evap coil). Those are just some common things to look at that will cause freezing up of the evap coil. I did HVAC for a living for almost 10 years. So if you need some help pm me. Been sometime sence I did it, but it will come back to me if you have any more questions. LOL.



EDIT: Also make sure(like the one other guy said) that your drain plug is not plugged up. They put that little plug in there so you can hook up a line to it to drain the water somewhere else. If thats plugged up the water will just build up and then start to over flow into places you do not want water. Most people just let it drain right out(outside). They don't hook up a line to it. Just let it drain right out where it's at cause there's nothing under it that can get hurt by being wet(drain outside under the window is what I mean).
 
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LoganSmith

LoganSmith

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M4A1 said:
The water is condinsation from the evap coil. The window unit needs to be tilted so that water drains out. Tilt it so the part hanging out of the window is lower then the front part hanging inside the window. the water should drain then. You will get alot of water. Thats why there is a drain pan to collect it and drain it outside. Some window units use this water to cool the out side coil(condenser coil). It sounds like a gurgling noise. The fan blade itself is actually designed to spin and pick up that water and throw it onto the outside coil for cooling. Most newer units do this. Just make sure you have enough pitch to drain enough water out.

As far as the evap coil freezing. There's several things that can cause this. Some common things that can cause this are, Low charge(lose of refrigerant), low room temp(cause you have it running all the time the return air is too cold), and dirty air filter(low air flow will cause it to freeze cause there is not enough air moving over the evap coil). Those are just some common things to look at that will cause freezing up of the evap coil. I did HVAC for a living for almost 10 years. So if you need some help pm me. Been sometime sence I did it, but it will come back to me if you have any more questions. LOL.



EDIT: Also make sure(like the one other guy said) that your drain plug is not plugged up. They put that little plug in there so you can hook up a line to it to drain the water somewhere else. If thats plugged up the water will just build up and then start to over flow into places you do not want water. Most people just let it drain right out(outside). They don't hook up a line to it. Just let it drain right out where it's at cause there's nothing under it that can get hurt by being wet(drain outside under the window is what I mean).
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WOW...........

That was great bro. I do appreciate it. I can do anything at the moment but later on tonight I will take a closer look at it.

I did notice that last night when I pitch it up about 20* higher that water started to come out from the bottom. There is a hole about the size of a quarter or a bit smaller.

The unit didn't come with a catch pan. Is this a problem?

And as for the temps in the room, it is a small room and the temps are around 80* or higher with out the ac going. I norm have the ac at 64*, the unit will only go down to 61*. out side is always around 70* to 80*

Thanks for all of the info I will pm you if I need some extra help.

Peace-
 
GrowTech

GrowTech

stays relevant.
Perhaps its draining water from one water outlet, if not- look for another water outlet. Let us know how this goes.
 
LoganSmith

LoganSmith

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GrowTech said:
Perhaps its draining water from one water outlet, if not- look for another water outlet. Let us know how this goes.
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Thanks for stoping by.
I don't know what the outlet is, but today I went on line and looked at the manerf. web site and of course they sell the AC but when I tried to download the manu. they didn't have it. LOL:mrgreen:

I read a few art. about how some times you have to man. take the water out and the only way I could figure this out was by pulling the ac out of the window and turning it up side down and letting all of the water pour out from the top of the unit. And yes I unpluged the ac unit first. I really didn't want to u know all of the good times I could have had. :twisted:

After doing this I pluged it back in and it works fine. go figure the stupidest way of doing something worked. I wonder if Bush built it>>kiss-ass:spew:
 
BackDoorMan

BackDoorMan

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it froze over.. you cant just run it and run it.. you do have to give it a minute to dethaw from time to time.. make sure it's tilted in teh back so teh water can drain, and also, see if you have a freeon leak.. if all of those arent the answer, call Maytag man
 
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