Posted: 6/15/2015 8:04:56 PM EDT
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Last year bought a Comfort-Aire 12,000 BTU, air conditioning window unit to supplement my central AC.
The hotter in gets outside, the colder the thing blows (no complaints). The thing is though, is the manufactures info says that the thing is never to be taken out of the window and washed with any kind of cleaning agent or water. I maintain the filter by cleaning it often, but it has always had this sort of vinegary smell coming out of it. Have used Lysol brand spray and the like but the smell which is more prevalent when it is muggy outside, and all appears to be clean in it so what the hey you know? Looks like it is internally housed by some sort of Styrofoam based material which is almost assuredly Chinese in origin. Anyone else had this issue or know what to do next? Thanks. |
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water not draining properly. make sure its tilted to the outside, make sure its draining. I had to drill 2 - 1/4 inch holes in the drain pan and all my issues cleared up. Rodger that. Did that upon installation.. Got to be careful though. MIL drilled through the bottom of hers and drilled into a Freon line. She asked me what she did wrong, and I told her that I thought she was standing too close to the drill. While she was working on the thing.. The look I got from her was classic.. 
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| A lot of times the window shakers have a drain port/spout located low on a vertical piece of sheet metal at the rear of the unit. Unfortunately the port is just high enough that quite a bit of water can pool underneath the coil and fan and start to stink. Drilling a hole on the bottom pan itself is a solution just make sure that when you drill you don't allow the bit to penetrate any of the coil after it cuts through the bottom sheet metal. |
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Window shakers use a device called a slinger that takes the condensate water and slings it into the condenser coil to improve efficiency. They should not need any drainage.
I would take the ting outside and clean it with water and coil cleaner (indoor evaporator coil), and let dry for 48hrs before applying power again. |
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Window shakers use a device called a slinger that takes the condensate water and slings it into the condenser coil to improve efficiency. They should not need any drainage. I would take the ting outside and clean it with water and coil cleaner (indoor evaporator coil), and let dry for 48hrs before applying power again. Wife says that at her job they use this kind of no rinse coil cleaner. You heard of? |
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Wife says that at her job they use this kind of no rinse coil cleaner. You heard of? Quoted:
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Window shakers use a device called a slinger that takes the condensate water and slings it into the condenser coil to improve efficiency. They should not need any drainage. I would take the ting outside and clean it with water and coil cleaner (indoor evaporator coil), and let dry for 48hrs before applying power again. Wife says that at her job they use this kind of no rinse coil cleaner. You heard of? Almost all evaporator (not condenser) coil cleaners are self rinsing cleaners, they use the condensate to self rinse. I would still get a garden hose on it to insure you are getting it clean. It's the water pressure that will do the bulk of the work. Getting access to the evaporator coil in a window shaker is a royal PITA. You will need to remove the outer case, then get into that styrofoam case without breaking stuff. |
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Almost all evaporator (not condenser) coil cleaners are self rinsing cleaners, they use the condensate to self rinse. I would still get a garden hose on it to insure you are getting it clean. It's the water pressure that will do the bulk of the work. Getting access to the evaporator coil in a window shaker is a royal PITA. You will need to remove the outer case, then get into that styrofoam case without breaking stuff. Quoted:
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Window shakers use a device called a slinger that takes the condensate water and slings it into the condenser coil to improve efficiency. They should not need any drainage. I would take the ting outside and clean it with water and coil cleaner (indoor evaporator coil), and let dry for 48hrs before applying power again. Wife says that at her job they use this kind of no rinse coil cleaner. You heard of? Almost all evaporator (not condenser) coil cleaners are self rinsing cleaners, they use the condensate to self rinse. I would still get a garden hose on it to insure you are getting it clean. It's the water pressure that will do the bulk of the work. Getting access to the evaporator coil in a window shaker is a royal PITA. You will need to remove the outer case, then get into that styrofoam case without breaking stuff. Will probably do this, as this is all I know to do without other complications. I'm guessing that the reason their saying, "no water," is because of moisture to the electrical components and possibly certain cleaners that might degrade the styrofoam casing or possibly other materials? btw. I wrap all electrical items off carefully that I can get to.. 
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Will probably do this, as this is all I know to do without other complications. I'm guessing that the reason their saying, "no water," is because of moisture to the electrical components and possibly certain cleaners that might degrade the styrofoam casing or possibly other materials? btw. I wrap all electrical items off carefully that I can get to..
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Window shakers use a device called a slinger that takes the condensate water and slings it into the condenser coil to improve efficiency. They should not need any drainage. I would take the ting outside and clean it with water and coil cleaner (indoor evaporator coil), and let dry for 48hrs before applying power again. Wife says that at her job they use this kind of no rinse coil cleaner. You heard of? Almost all evaporator (not condenser) coil cleaners are self rinsing cleaners, they use the condensate to self rinse. I would still get a garden hose on it to insure you are getting it clean. It's the water pressure that will do the bulk of the work. Getting access to the evaporator coil in a window shaker is a royal PITA. You will need to remove the outer case, then get into that styrofoam case without breaking stuff. Will probably do this, as this is all I know to do without other complications. I'm guessing that the reason their saying, "no water," is because of moisture to the electrical components and possibly certain cleaners that might degrade the styrofoam casing or possibly other materials? btw. I wrap all electrical items off carefully that I can get to..
Thanks. Yeah, water and electric... The chemicals wond hurt the styrofoam. |
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Quoted: Window shakers use a device called a slinger that takes the condensate water and slings it into the condenser coil to improve efficiency. They should not need any drainage. I would take the ting outside and clean it with water and coil cleaner (indoor evaporator coil), and let dry for 48hrs before applying power again. |