AC coils frozen

busterb · 06-27-2007, 07:28 PM

Came back from VA and Sam's to find the coils frozen on ac. I just bought this sob in July 05.
Near as I can find on Goggle, it's low coolant.
Called and they told me would try to send someone tomorrow, but everyone was backed up.
Hey with my copd, emphysema and asbestos, tomorrow sucks.
I'm thinking if no one shows by noon, call and have a new one installed, charged to me. Then let them take the old one and hoe that row out themselves.
What are they going to do? Attach my wages.
BTW. I have a fan on it and looks like it might work awhile tonight.
I have a feeling that someone is going to try and screw me on 10 year guaranty.

busterb · 06-28-2007, 07:36 PM

A guy showed up around 3 PM and had a look, then borrowed a screw driver and tapped the thermostat 2 or 3 time and said $64.20 please.
Oh well it's cool now.

Uisge Beatha · 06-28-2007, 07:59 PM

You were pretty much right about getting screwed on the guarantee, but at least it didn't cost an arm and a leg. I'm glad to hear it's working again, anyhow.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2007, 08:49 PM

Send the fuckers a bill.

wolf · 06-28-2007, 09:51 PM

The AC unit at work freezes up all the time, mostly in the middle of December (yes, we run it year round). When it starts spitting chunks of ice on my head, we turn it off and let it warm up some.

I'll have to remember the banging on the thermostat thing.

Undertoad · 06-28-2007, 09:53 PM

It's not "banging". It's "percussive maintenance".

wolf · 06-28-2007, 09:57 PM

The unit is pretty much Afro-engineered. Sometimes you just need a bigger hammer, to encourage it to work properly.

fargon · 06-29-2007, 10:26 AM

I have had problems in the past with icing of evaporators, because of dust on the coils. I clean the coils every year, and rarely have a problem.

Rexmons · 06-29-2007, 01:30 PM

next time before you call the repairman trying checking the specs on the end line, for the rotary girder...

06-27-2007, 07:28 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	AC coils frozen Came back from VA and Sam's to find the coils frozen on ac. I just bought this sob in July 05. Near as I can find on Goggle, it's low coolant. Called and they told me would try to send someone tomorrow, but everyone was backed up. Hey with my copd, emphysema and asbestos, tomorrow sucks. I'm thinking if no one shows by noon, call and have a new one installed, charged to me. Then let them take the old one and hoe that row out themselves. What are they going to do? Attach my wages. BTW. I have a fan on it and looks like it might work awhile tonight. I have a feeling that someone is going to try and screw me on 10 year guaranty. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-28-2007, 07:36 PM	#2
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	A guy showed up around 3 PM and had a look, then borrowed a screw driver and tapped the thermostat 2 or 3 time and said $64.20 please. Oh well it's cool now. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

06-28-2007, 08:49 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Send the fuckers a bill. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-28-2007, 09:51 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The AC unit at work freezes up all the time, mostly in the middle of December (yes, we run it year round). When it starts spitting chunks of ice on my head, we turn it off and let it warm up some. I'll have to remember the banging on the thermostat thing. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-28-2007, 09:57 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The unit is pretty much Afro-engineered. Sometimes you just need a bigger hammer, to encourage it to work properly. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-28-2007, 07:59 PM	#3
Uisge Beatha Lecturer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 945	You were pretty much right about getting screwed on the guarantee, but at least it didn't cost an arm and a leg. I'm glad to hear it's working again, anyhow.

06-28-2007, 09:53 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's not "banging". It's "percussive maintenance".

06-29-2007, 10:26 AM	#8
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I have had problems in the past with icing of evaporators, because of dust on the coils. I clean the coils every year, and rarely have a problem. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

06-29-2007, 01:30 PM	#9
Rexmons - Kavkaz United - Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 613	next time before you call the repairman trying checking the specs on the end line, for the rotary girder... __________________ "Life's a bitch but God forbid the bitch divorce me..."

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