If it is raining out and the humidity is rising along with the heat there is a good possibility that your air conditioning unit can ice up. When it does your home will heat up quickly.
Under non humid conditions icing up your air conditioning unit is not as common. To spite the inconvenience it may reveal a problem that could otherwise cause your AC to need a major repair if not corrected in time. One common cause of an air conditioning icing up is restriction in air flow caused by a dirty filter. If this is the case You will want to change the filter and shut the air conditioner off for a couple hours. This time will allow the unit to thaw. When you restart the AC air will move freely across the evaporator coils and continue to cool your home.
The other issues that we find when the evaporator coil is iced over is the coils are covered with tiny lint and dust particles that cause a restriction in air flow. This restriction happens all the time but is exacerbated by the moisture that is collected but this lent and dust.
High humidity reveals this problem at it's worst. Be careful not to just disregard this issue. Chance are you are loosing up to 35% of your air conditioner's efficiency resulting in a higher than needed power bill.
Too often inexperienced AC technicians will skip the proper diagnoses of the AC and assume it is low refrigerant.
Under non humid conditions icing up your air conditioning unit is not as common. To spite the inconvenience it may reveal a problem that could otherwise cause your AC to need a major repair if not corrected in time. One common cause of an air conditioning icing up is restriction in air flow caused by a dirty filter. If this is the case You will want to change the filter and shut the air conditioner off for a couple hours. This time will allow the unit to thaw. When you restart the AC air will move freely across the evaporator coils and continue to cool your home.
The other issues that we find when the evaporator coil is iced over is the coils are covered with tiny lint and dust particles that cause a restriction in air flow. This restriction happens all the time but is exacerbated by the moisture that is collected but this lent and dust.
High humidity reveals this problem at it's worst. Be careful not to just disregard this issue. Chance are you are loosing up to 35% of your air conditioner's efficiency resulting in a higher than needed power bill.
Too often inexperienced AC technicians will skip the proper diagnoses of the AC and assume it is low refrigerant.
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