Air Conditioner icy Up? Try This Out

A base complaint among homeowners is that their central air conditioner is always frosty up. If this is the case for you then you might want to think about doing a maintenance check. Failure to have the problem properly diagnosed could succeed in long-lasting damage to this crucial unit.

While there are, in fact, some reasons that your air conditioner is frosty up the typical surmise is your refrigerant levels. There could be a leak in one of the lines or it has just run out.

When this happens the coil starts to get very cold and ice begins to form on it. It builds and builds and over some days, maybe weeks, it grows into a large block of ice. Over time this causes damage to your compressor (the large block unit on the exterior of your house). To preclude this you need to make obvious that your refrigerant levels are routinely checked once a year in order to preclude this from happening.

A quick explication to ice forming is shutting off your compressor, while letting the fans still run, so that the excess ice melts.

The evaporator coil also needs a good place to drain its excess condensation. You will notice some type of tube or pipe attached to it for this purpose. If this gadget gets blocked, some way, it can cause a huge build up that could damage your unit and cause it to freeze up. If you should notice that the problem is getting worse over time then you need to call a certified Hvac technician to come out and find the exact location where the leak is and fix the problem.

Another quick fix is just changing out the air conditioner filter. You would not believe how many homeowners let some years go by in in the middle of them doing this. These filters are at the most and development sure they stay unclogged is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to preventing precious problems with your air conditioner. A dirty filter will restrict good air flow which in turns will lower the cooling point of the evaporator coil below its typical frosty point. You need to study all the vents and keep on top of them staying debris free and clean.

Lastly, you need to check the thermostat. It's rare but sometimes it is not the central A/C unit that is malfunctioning but the unit (thermostat) controlling it. Not only should you set your inside temperature 15 degrees lower than the temperature exterior but you need to have it inspected once every some years. There is a way a homeowner can study the thermostat himself by discounting the Y terminal and looking if the air conditioner still turns on but you should only attempt this if you indeed know what you are doing.