Air Conditioner Broke
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- slinky
YAY! Just when we have the hottest day of the year, my AC unit stopped working.
It's blowing air but not cooling off... Does it need a freon recharge? Could there be a leak?
The filter needs to be replaced which i am doing tonight... but could that be really causing the problems? I ran it without the filter last night and didnt cool off any.
it's dangggg hot in the house. don't want the cats to cook too much.
I am tryin to get someone to come and look at it.
- jharbort0
oh and hey
since we helped you out with this little bind you're in can you give slinky some advice on his air con? tit for tat n all that.
_salisae_
(Jun 18 07, 07:58)i did work for an HVAC company for 2 summers .. sorry slinky .. i just delivered the parts
- OeufOeuf0
Didn't they stop using freon in AC's and fridges ages ago?
What kind of AC is it? In the window kind?
- flavorful0
Fan(s) work wonders with open windows to keep an air flow going.
If you’re poor.
- slinky0
central AC... and it think it is at least 10 years old.
- paraselene0
the only advice i have is to NOT stick your hands down inside of it because freon is nasty stuff and gives you big silvery burns where your fingers once were, obviously not a BURN, per se, more like instant frostbite and it fucking hurts.
- mrdobolina0
Air Conditioned Nightmare
- abba_cadaver0
Check the filter sometimes if it hasnt been changed in awhile it will freeze up and block air flow. If that's the case you just need shut it down, peel off the filter and wait and few hours for it to thaw out
- slinky0
thanks abba
- slinky0
paraselene.. sounds like you had a personal nightmare there.
- PonyBoy0
HOLY... SHIT... you're not alone...
... and not to 'one-up' you... but I got you beat... :(
it was 110 on Friday... it was 113 on Saturday... 111 yesterday...
... my A/C has been out since Friday morning... (I'm in Phoenix, Arizona mind you)...
... i awoke to check the temp last night (w/only a stupid lil fan on me)... 97F IN MY HOUSE AT 3AM.... FFS...
... they're supposed to come fix it today at 1pm... that's still 3 hours away...
:(
- k0na_an0k0
slinky. i literally just went through this very same thing a few days ago.
it was blowing air but not cold air.
had a guy come out and do a service on it. he checked everything out and it turned out it had no freon in it. he had to fill it with 9lbs (most hold only 3-5lbs but the lines were empty too). freon is expensive but for everything he did it was only $280 bucks.
also, it turned out we did have a very small leak in our line in the house which registered on his meter, but he had to turn up it's sensitivity all the way before he got a reading. if it turns out your coil is leaking, depending on how old your air conditioner is you may have to either get it fixed, or, if it's an old air conditioner it might be the same amount to just get a new one. this was what the tech said... so... if it is your coil that is bad i imagine it's pretty expensive to fix, and you'd be better off getting a new air conditioner.
btw. all of this is based on having central air. if you have a window unit most of those are considered toss aways. just go get a new one.
good luck.
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- k0na_an0k0
just read the thread.
i imagine my air conditioner is about 10 years old too, most likely hasn't been serviced in about 3-5 years. (i've lived in the house for almost 3 years and never serviced it.)
hopefully it's just out of freon.
good luck man.
- cosmo0
hey pony my air conditioner is working. Isn't it suppose to be 110 here today?
you wanna come over and chill?
- PonyBoy0
hey cosmo...
... FUCK YOU. :)
- PonyBoy0
IT'S 94°F IN MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW.... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
- cosmo0
hehe...you don't want to CHILL with cosmo? awwww...
- flavorful0
Get it ... come over and CHILL!
GET IT?!
I liked it, haha.
- PonyBoy0
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- cosmo0
I bet penny is going nuts now.
- mrdobolina0
sweaty pony.