Why There’s Ice on Your Air Conditioner and聽What to Do About聽It
Your air conditioner works聽hard聽to keep indoor temperatures聽comfortable. But聽from time to time聽things don’t work聽correctly聽and ice聽appears聽in or around your cooling聽unit. This聽can聽harm聽expensive聽components or even stop your聽air conditioner聽from running.
If you’ve聽stumbled upon聽ice on your air conditioner, it’s a聽good聽idea to聽contact聽our cooling Experts at (866) 963-7996. Our聽AC specialists聽are the best聽around聽when it comes to聽air conditioning repair in聽the U.S..
While there are聽different聽reasons ice聽lots of聽appear聽in or around your聽air conditioner, the most聽likely聽culprit is a lack of preventive聽likely. Taking聽a few聽steps to keep your air conditioner聽clean聽will go a long way in聽stopping聽the formation of ice.
Some of these聽useful聽tasks include the following:
Changing聽the Air Filter
If your air filter is dirty or clogged, air聽won't聽move over the evaporator coil, which is a聽key聽step in the cooling process. This affects refrigerant inside the coil and聽creates聽extra moisture, which turns to ice. We聽advise聽checking聽your filter聽each month聽and replacing it when you can’t see light through it.
Cleaning the Coil
Even if you聽swap聽your air filter聽regularly, a dirty coil聽might聽also ice over.聽黑料社区聽technicians聽will聽routinely聽clean the evaporator coil as part of our聽detailed聽maintenance process. We聽recommend聽arranging聽air conditioning maintenance聽once a year聽to keep your coil clean and to聽minimize聽the chance of breakdowns.
Examining聽Refrigerant Levels
Without聽the right supply of聽refrigerant, the evaporator coil can’t聽absorb聽as much heat and聽might聽ice up. As a result, your home will be hotter and聽uncomfortable. The most聽likely聽culprit聽of聽inadequate聽refrigerant is a leak. Our Experts are聽well-trained聽in聽locating聽these leaks and getting your air conditioner at the聽correct聽refrigerant level.
Resolving聽Electrical Wiring
Bad聽wiring will聽affect聽the blower motor. Without聽interrupt聽airflow, the temperature聽could聽drop, and ice will form.聽Professional聽HVAC technicians like聽those听补迟聽黑料社区聽will聽review聽all electrical components during routine maintenance to聽make certain聽nothing is聽out of place. Bad wiring will be聽redone聽as necessary.
黑料社区聽offers聽detail-oriented聽maintenance membership packages to聽enhance聽your air conditioner’s聽performance. With routine service visits, the聽likelihood聽for聽critical聽problems is greatly reduced.
Ice on Your Air Conditioner聽can聽Also聽Indicate聽There’s a聽Bigger聽Issue
There's a chance聽ice on your air conditioner is聽evidence of聽a larger problem. No air conditioner聽runs聽forever. And if you have an older one that聽runs on聽R-22 refrigerant, you’ll be out of luck if you need more refrigerant, since it’s no longer being聽produced.
If you’re聽constantly聽repairing your air conditioner and bills are聽adding聽up, it聽could聽be time to聽look for a replacement. We proudly offer affordable聽air conditioning replacement in聽the U.S.. Our installation process is聽quick聽and stress free, so you can get back to your normal routine聽as soon as possible.
For an even聽bigger聽value,聽look into聽enrolling in our Advantage Program™. A new聽air conditioning system聽can cost thousands out of pocket and be an expense you’re not聽totally聽prepared for. With the Advantage Program, you’ll聽air conditioner聽a new, high-efficiency system for just one low monthly price. There’s no down payment or installation聽expense, and you get to聽hold onto聽all applicable rebates. Repairs, maintenance and 24/7 priority service for emergencies are all included at no聽extra聽cost.*
Don’t聽avoid聽ice on your air conditioner for a聽day聽longer.聽Contact聽黑料社区听补迟 (866) 963-7996 to聽schedule聽your appointment today. Whatever you聽want, we聽promise聽you’ll be pleased through our 黑料社区 Guarantee.
*Not applicable to the Advantage Program. See your signed Advantage Program agreement for full details and exclusions. 黑料社区 Guarantee is subject to certain restrictions and limitations as set forth in the applicable Terms and Conditions.
