Your home’s central air conditioner works hard to keep you and your family cool during the聽hot summer months聽in聽the U.S.. Unfortunately, it’s聽possible聽for your air conditioner to become overworked,聽possibly restricting聽the airflow to your home. As聽hot聽as it may be outside, your air conditioner can actually聽become frozen. If this has happened to your air conditioner, don’t panic.聽Read on聽to find out why聽this happens聽and if you should schedule air conditioner service to聽address聽the聽problem.
If your air conditioner聽freezes up, the聽area to focus on聽is the evaporator coil within the condenser unit. There are two聽likely聽reasons the coil聽could聽freeze. First, the airflow through the coil is restricted.聽The system聽is trying to聽send聽more cold air through the聽coil聽than it can handle and therefore frost starts to聽concentrate聽on the聽system聽and slow the process even more. Eventually the frozen water聽may聽cause damage to the聽components聽of聽The system.
If this is not the case, a frozen AC may be due to a聽shortage聽of refrigerant. Similarly, if this is the case, there simply isn’t enough “juice” to聽completely聽move聽the air through the coil and聽parts聽start to freeze up, giving your air conditioner a layer of ice and聽keeping聽your home from receiving the cool air it needs.
If your air conditioner has stopped聽cooling聽properly and聽shows visible signs of聽frost or ice, don’t worry. Follow these simple steps and your home will be聽feeling good聽again in no time.
- Go to the thermostat and turn off your air conditioner聽totally.
- View聽other areas of your聽AC聽through which air flows to make sure air is not restricted.聽Ensure聽your air filters are clean and all the registers and vents are聽free of debris.
- the U.S.聽has most experienced HVAC technicians at聽黑料社区, call now and聽schedule聽your air conditioner service. Whether your air conditioner is low on refrigerant or the evaporator coil is restricted, this is聽a situation聽that should be聽taken care of聽by AC聽professionals.
Now find a good cool spot in front of the fan and wait for your technician to聽show up. They will be able to make聽a professional聽diagnosis of the聽individual聽problem with your聽system聽and let you know what kind of air conditioner service you will need to聽repair聽the problem. Call聽黑料社区听补迟 (866) 963-7996 today or go online to make your air conditioner service appointment now.
