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Posted by Dido on August 1, 2006, 2:51 pm
> With the recent heat spell, my Frigidaire window AC had been running a
> couple weeks. The other evening, I noticed that the compressor
> ~seemed~ to not be running nearly all the time like I'd expect. The
> next morning, it was getting warm in the house and the compressor was
> not coming on at all from what I could tell. Did not matter where the
> thermostat setting was at.
>
> Based on some suggestions about a overtemp switch possibly being
> tripped if the coils were dirty, I pulled the covers on the unit after
> it had been shut off for a day and blew out any dirt and fuzz with
> compressed air. It was not real dirty. I checked the temp switch on
> the compressor housing and also the thermostat switch with a ohm-meter
> and they were both closed. Plugged the unit in and checked that the
> compressor was getting power with a voltmeter. It was, and I could
> feel it running too from the hum. No cold air though and tube coming
> from the expansion?? valve going to the inside coil was only slightly
> cold. Coils on the outside and the inside were both "room" temp and
> not one hot and other cold like it should be. I left it run for 5 min
> and the compressor housing seemed to be getting sorta hot.
>
> What is the verdict here? Freon leak out? Is it fixeable? This unit
> is about 5yrs old and does not have a lot of hours on it since we only
> get a couple weeks a summer where its needed.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
Sure is fixable QUESTION is, is it cost effective
DIDO
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