Air Conditioning Tricks
Saturday, October 24th, 2009Air Conditioning functions by replacing heat from inside a building to the outside air. To do this some some basic refrigeration principles need to take place. One of the most vital pieces that make this take place is the condenser coil. This is usually the aluminum coil the environs the air conditioning compressor.
What happens inside this outdoor unit is a very fundamental state modification of the refrigerant inside the cooling system. The refrigerant that transforms from a liquid to a gas inside the indoor coil goes to the outside where the compressor compresses the gas under elevated pressure. When this occurs the gas also turns out to be extremely hot. The heated air then leaves the compressor to begin traveling through the many feet of tubing in the condenser coil. While the gas cools it transforms back to a liquid form going back indoors to begin the cycle once more.
Big problems begin when the condenser coil turns out to be so blocked up with grime that the hot gas in the condenser coil does not cool sufficiently to transform the hot gas back to a liquid form. If this happens the cooling process does not occur and then air conditioner runs but is not cooling.
The compressor starts to become very hot and the ultimate outcome will be the end of a compressor. Because of these reasons the condenser coil must be kept sanitary and free of debris everytime when the air conditioner is running. Cleaning the coil is a very basic process, Here are a few guidelines to follow when doing this. To wash the coil a number of basic tools are needed. A garden hose with a nozzle, wrenches to remove the condenser fan, a garden sprayer for applying the cleaning liquid. The initial thing is to remove the power to the outdoor unit.
There should be an off switch of some kind close to the condenser. After that take out the fan from the condenser unit. Usually this will be the top of the unit. The fan can usually be laid away carefully without cutting off the wires to the motor.
Cautiously wet down the coil with the garden hose. If you have very high pressure water where you live be cautious that the water pressure does not bend over the fins on the coil. These are so thin and brittle.
Jason Myers is a professional writer and he writes mostly about heating and air conditioning news. He’s also interested in writing about nutrition advice guides.