|
Posted by Bill on July 18, 2006, 2:17 pm
Newer window air conditioners have a pool of water in the bottom which is
always there. The fan in the back splashes the water onto the coils and this
helps it cool more efficiently. This standing water can get things growing
in it. I just pour a little bleach in the side of the air conditioner
outside and this kills whatever is growing in the water.
Then the fishy smell goes away. I only need to do this once or twice a year.
> What might cause a room air conditioner to put off a fishy odor? My
> room air conditioner (large room) has always been filtered properly,
> seems to have adequate draining to the outside and otherwise works fine
> cooling-wise. All of a sudden one night, it started putting off this
> rotten fishy type odor and we can't figure out what's causing it.
> We've had this unit (from Sears) for probably 5 years and it's worked
> fine up until now. Sometimes in the past, it would put off a musty
> odor and we'd clean the filter and all would be well but now, it's more
> than we can handle once it starts smelling like that. It's running for
> probably 20-30 minutes just fine before it starts putting out that
> smell (even though it operates fine where temperature is concerned).
> Also, it runs fine in 'fan' mode with no odors for extended periods of
> time. thanks for any ideas...
>
> John
>
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap