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Posted by Moe Jones on August 1, 2006, 3:51 pm
He is so right. You may want to put the money on repairs in a new unit and
have no problems for some time.
Just remember to have your window unit washed and cleaned every year.
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Moe Jones
HVAC Service Technician
Energy Equalizers Inc.
Houston, Texas
> Sure is fixable QUESTION is, is it cost effective
> DIDO
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Posted by udarrell on August 1, 2006, 4:29 pm
JH wrote:
>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
>
Buy a new more efficient room A/C, around 9.7-EER or a little more.
Too high an EER might not dehumidify enough if you live in a high
humidity climate zone.
Optimizing Room A/C Output:
http://www.udarrell.com/airconditioner_current_temperature_btuh_charting.html
- udarrell
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HVAC Techs:
http://www.udarrell.com/ac-trouble-shooting-superheat-subcooling.html
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Posted by Bubba on August 1, 2006, 5:12 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
You can buy a new 5000 btu window shaker at Best Buy (and many other
places) for $99. You do the math, Einstein.
Bubba
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Posted by no one that you know on August 2, 2006, 12:56 am
At thoose prices soon to put "Big fat bubba "out of business!
Bubba wrote:
> >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
> You can buy a new 5000 btu window shaker at Best Buy (and many other
> places) for $99. You do the math, Einstein.
> Bubba
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Posted by gerry on August 2, 2006, 4:23 pm
[original post is likely clipped to save bandwidth]
>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.
At today's repair and parts costs, almost failure in a window shaker out
of warranty is not cost effective.
gerry
>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
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Personal home page - http://gogood.com
gerry misspelled in my email address to confuse robots
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