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#720709 - 07/05/12 07:00 AM Freidrich a/c?
bones774 Offline
Handyman

Registered: 11/26/07
Posts: 732
Loc: Orange County NY
I have a Friedrich thru window 10,200 BTU a/c (didn't get model number because wife is still sleeping and would cause a stir), the unit is blowing cold air but not great volume, I hear the condenser cycling thru the night but there is absolutely no condensation coming out the back of unit and i didn't see any water pooling when i looked inside the side of unit.
Any thoughts?
Thnaks

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#720710 - 07/05/12 07:19 AM Re: Freidrich a/c? [Re: bones774]
CabinConnection Offline
Bigfoot
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 01/20/04
Posts: 34368
Loc: The Indianhead's Left Nostril....
The presence of water is only a representation of condensation taking place. Technically, it is not an indicator of the cooling capacity of your AC.

Condensation is the result of humid air passing over a relatively cool surface, which enables the suspended water to condense out of the air and "liquefy".

If the air passing over the AC's exchanger is "dry", there won't be any visible water. For example, I doubt AC units running full blast in Death Valley have ANY visible water around them...

If you have poor "volume" of air flow, I'd check to be sure the filter is clean. This is often overlooked early in the cooling season... wink

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#720712 - 07/05/12 07:43 AM Re: Freidrich a/c? [Re: CabinConnection]
bones774 Offline
Handyman

Registered: 11/26/07
Posts: 732
Loc: Orange County NY
I put a brand new filter in the other day, but i did check it anyway to see if it was frozen(not), i've seen that before.

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#720854 - 07/06/12 07:54 AM Re: Freidrich a/c? [Re: bones774]
bones774 Offline
Handyman

Registered: 11/26/07
Posts: 732
Loc: Orange County NY
2 nights in a row and not a bit of condensation, and i live in NYS, theres humidity. There has to be something wrong.

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