How Does An Air Conditioner Work? — Appliance Repair Tips

Air conditioner not cold enough or leaking water? This video provides information on how a window air conditioner works and offers troubleshooting tips to assist you in diagnosing and repair.

Here is a list of the most commonly replaced parts associated with each air conditioner symptom:

Air conditioner not cold enough: air filter, compressor, thermostat, thermistor
Air conditioner fan not working: drive motor, fan motor, relay board
Air conditioner compressor won’t run: thermostat, control board, overload
Air conditioner compressor won’t turn off: thermostat, thermistor, relay board, control board
Air conditioner is loud or noisy: compressor, drive motor, fan motor, fan blade, fan, blower wheel

How to disassemble your air conditioner:

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All of the information provided in this window air conditioner troubleshooting video is applicable to the following brands: Amana, Electrolux, Fedders, Frigidaire, GE, Haier, Hampton Bay, Kenmore, LG, Whirlpool

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[matrixate]

This was a perfect intro to the fundamental workings of AC. Not sure why my prof took a week to explain this with little success.

[googlymoogly]

Wow, I am dumb. I never realized there was a filter on the front of the unit until watching this video. Cleaned out years and years of gunk, and now the thing works ten times better. Thanks!

[tulokitodmncn]

Im studying Hvac/plumbing and this really helped me a lot nice video

[coolcontrolaustralia]

Very informative clip for a layman to understand common problems associated with air conditioner and easy way outs to deal with these problems. Keep sharing such kind of videos.

[sherjeeljaved]

Thanks for the simple and effective presentation.

[goldenalbatross]

The best video I found on how the A/C works

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I had no reason to search this except out of curiosity

[repairclinic]

I would suggest heading to the repair help section of our website (link in the description of this video). You can input your model number there and get model and part specific repair help. Hope this helps!

[isabelles.n.]

THANK YOU! This massively helped me with some design work for school :)

[percivalk]

The video is easy to understand and gives a lot of information. Thanks!

[JustMe-ptbc]

It is a bit difficult for me to understand this, but am sure this was the best way to make such a complicated principle look so simple

[karnivool]

Thanks to this i was able to repair my unit. It was spilling a lot of water and I saw it was clogged on the narrow passage that let's the water flow. Thank you. Really.

[Gytu]

Thanks! This really helped me with my laboratory class :)

[knvcsg]

Thanks guys! Explained superbly. Very helpful.

[zacherygore]

Arriving the next day works great. Really saved our bacon when air went out in middle of 107 degree week

[razvanpoenaru]

I was not sure why the water does not drip on the outside, now I know, it is sprayed on the condenser, thanks.

[georgeandrewlucero]

hi can I ask for tutorial for the animation of that window type aircondion?

[repairclinic]

There are usually two fans in the unit, one for the evaporator and one for the condenser coil. You may have either one motor with a shaft coming out both ends or two separate motors. It sounds like you may have a condenser fan blade either hitting something or loose. A condenser coil itself will not generally make any noise unless the lines are hitting together going to it. I would look it over again and see what you can find.

[allianceaircomfort]

Great video ! It explains everything
We have a reliable AC repairing service.

[MinecraftProk]

those window Air Conditioners are cool

[LeviKleinschmidt]

you guys are AWESOME! you helped us alot with an ac, gas water heater and furnace thanks for the help I apreceate it