Why is my window air conditioner freezing up
How to De-Ice a Window Air Conditioner : Air Conditioning
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hello everyone I'm Joshua Clement today
I'm going to talk to you about how to
de-ice a window air conditioner the
reason it freezes up is because of the
high humidity in the room the air
conditioner doesn't create cold air it
just removes the hot air and when it's
pulling that hot air out the
condensation that is caused through that
process sticks to your coils and ends up
freezing
the first step to de-icing your window
air conditioner is to shut it off and
unplug it let it sit there and let the
warm air from the outside thaw that ice
out that way you're not putting heat on
there and damaging those coils you want
to let it do it slowly and over time you
don't want to rapidly melt that ice off
there one reason is is all that water is
just going to end up melting down and
filling up the water tray in the bottom
of your air conditioner and overflowing
to the inside of the house you want to
let it do it slowly so that way can
filter out through the back of the air
conditioner and to the outside you want
to make sure that you aren't trying to
scrape the ice off of your coils on the
inside that can damage your coils and
cause it to freeze up faster you also
want to make sure that you keep your
coils clean having this dust on here
will reduce the amount of air that can
flow through it which will cause it to
freeze up faster so you want to just
take a rag and wipe off that dust and
keep it as clean as possible it's
important to make sure that you aren't
running your air conditioner when it is
frozen up that's going to cause the
compressor inside to overheat and blow
your window air conditioner thank you
all for watching and good luck with this
project
you
