What Causes An Air Conditioner (for A Apartment) To Freeze Up?
My airconditioner, a central unit, is frozen on all the condenser pipes. What would cause that? I would like some idea before I call my landlord.
Answer:
the cause is a freon leak they can recharge w. freon and keep it going awhile longer but eventually they will have to find the leak and replace the leaky part or it keeps happening every few months been there done that got the tee shirt The A coil iced up. i had a filter right before the A coil that had soaked up a bunch of moister. Im not sure what happened but im guessing that the filter got wet and this allowed the coil to ice. I just took a hair dryer to it and repalced the filter. Problem solved. You could use a larger unit. We live in 120 degree Las Vegas and ours never freezes up - altho we seldom go below 75 degree setting - and ours is old and undersized. In a couple months we hope to have 2 - split unit systems - one for the living areas and one for the sleeping areas. Could probably use a good servicing and checkup as others have stated. Check the filters. Clogged filters restrict the air flow keeping the cold air in the lines freezing them. Simple solution is to turn off the A/C itself and just let the fan run for about 2 hrs. Go see An Inconvenient Truth and it should be okay when you return. Hope this helps. If this doesn't work, check to see if the inside motor runs. If not it may need to be replaced. However more often than not, the capacitor usually goes out first...cheap repair ($50 for capacitor plus labor).