ziddey
21-07-2007, 03:14 PM
I was referred to this forum for this question. I imagine it's extremely simple for you guys. Basically, I picked up an AC from someone who dropped it out a second story window. The chassis is extremely banged up, and everything is shifted slightly in a different direction. But I managed to work with the electronics and get it started. The unit does work for the most part.
However, the problem I'm having is that the evaporator will eventually freeze over. I noticed it was missing a vital piece of styrofoam, and it was drafting a large amount of outside air, instead of only inside air across the evaporator. I cut up a pizza box and used it to temporarily fill up as much of the gap as I could. That more than doubled my running time before a full on freezeover, but it still happens.
For what it's worth, the outside temp at the time of testing was around 65'f, and room temps were around 75'f. I noticed that after the evap froze, I was still getting a decent amount of airflow (although substantially less). Given the temperatures, I was wondering if it's simply that I haven't isolated the airflow to only come through the evaporator, or would I most likely be low on ***** due to a leak from the drop.
I know very very little about air conditioners, and am intending on giving this ac to a friend once I restore it a little cosmetically.
That said, there's no ***** scent emitted during operation. After creating a makeshift duct, the time for total freezeover was around 15-20 minutes. The elbows started developing a little frost after about 1.5-2 minutes.
I know that inside/outside temps weren't that high during testing, and I'm waiting for it to get hotter to give it more official testing. Also, I'm intending on creating a more proper duct as well, but figure I'd post here and see where it goes.
The unit is 9800btu, if that helps any, given the temperature conditions of the test.
edit: Also, the unit is a whirlpool, using r-22
However, the problem I'm having is that the evaporator will eventually freeze over. I noticed it was missing a vital piece of styrofoam, and it was drafting a large amount of outside air, instead of only inside air across the evaporator. I cut up a pizza box and used it to temporarily fill up as much of the gap as I could. That more than doubled my running time before a full on freezeover, but it still happens.
For what it's worth, the outside temp at the time of testing was around 65'f, and room temps were around 75'f. I noticed that after the evap froze, I was still getting a decent amount of airflow (although substantially less). Given the temperatures, I was wondering if it's simply that I haven't isolated the airflow to only come through the evaporator, or would I most likely be low on ***** due to a leak from the drop.
I know very very little about air conditioners, and am intending on giving this ac to a friend once I restore it a little cosmetically.
That said, there's no ***** scent emitted during operation. After creating a makeshift duct, the time for total freezeover was around 15-20 minutes. The elbows started developing a little frost after about 1.5-2 minutes.
I know that inside/outside temps weren't that high during testing, and I'm waiting for it to get hotter to give it more official testing. Also, I'm intending on creating a more proper duct as well, but figure I'd post here and see where it goes.
The unit is 9800btu, if that helps any, given the temperature conditions of the test.
edit: Also, the unit is a whirlpool, using r-22