Air Conditioner Parts

We had a cement path put through our garden with an aggregate finish. I was reading the runoff is toxic to fish but is it toxic to my garden? What about air conditioners? It is no longer there but the water dripped on part of my garden. Is that ok?
Oh, and it is a veggie garden so I am concerned about eating the food. Thanks

Is the Accumulator in a car’s air conditioning system just another name for the Dryer?

I couldn’t find out information on the web about a car’s AC system. My mechanic said I need to replace the A/C compressor and the Accumulator. Im trying to find cheaper parts online to give to him.

My air conditioner is a Carrier and it suddenly stopped putting out cold air. The fan part will work if i push on it but it is still not cold. Any advice??? Thanks

We have a window AC unit but I don’t know if its safe to turn on right now. This morning my mom was trying to kill a hornet with bee spray and a significant amount of the spray dripped into the top vent part of the unit. Should I wait until the spray has definitely dried or is it safe by now. It’s been six hours.

Thanks!

I have a 1997 Chrysler Sebring. My air conditioner doesn’t work. When I turn it on, it blows hotish air. I need to know what parts I need to fix this.
Also, my grandpa said that the Compressor wasn’t kicking in. If that helps any. (=
Thanks for your help.

Today my 97 Plymouth Breeze started smoking. The smoke was coming from the air-conditioner compressor (or the belt). The car was brought to a main-stream auto repair shop, where I was told I would need a new compressor and various other parts totaling 00 + tax. I asked if the A/C could just be bypassed and was told it could not.

After speaking with various other people and auto-parts stores, I discovered that not only was it possible to bypass the A/C, but there is actually a part called a ‘bypass pulley.’ I was also told that by simply turning the A/C off, the belt would be free to move.

I guess my question is really how to bypass the A/C and would turning the A/C off fix the problem on a seized compressor (vs. just a compressor that simply wasn’t working, but not seized).
To anyone who previously answered and has come back:

This afternoon I had the option of towing the car to a different location (Thanks to AAA). Of course. Anything to get it out of the mainstream mechanics’ shop.

A few people around town had told me I could simply turn the A/C off and the clutch would disengage and allow the belt to free-wheel. We figured that since the tow truck was on the way, we might as well test that. So we turn the A/C off and fired her up. After about 10 minutes, everything seemed to be running fine. , so I drove the car home. When I arrived, the I lifted the hood and smelled no burning and everything was still running fine.

Granted, this was not the smartest option, and I will still try to have it looked it through less money-hungry eyes. If anyone has any input like "Don’t do that again!" then feel free to post. It may have just been luck.,

Thanks.

Our central air/heat pump needs replacing. The repair tech states that Carrier makes Payne (and Bryant) and uses the same parts. He claims we can save several 00. Anyone have experience with Payne?

I have a used 1994 nissan sentra and ever since i got it, the air conditioner has been really weird. there is a light up button that goes in and out as part of the control…

when pushed in, half the time it lights up, and half the time it doesnt

when it lights up, the air conditioner runs perfectly, when it doesnt, i just get lukewarm air coming out of the vents

and most of the time that it DOES light up, it runs for anywhere between 20 seconds and 20 minutes, then the light turns off and the air conditioner quits

any ideas?

Whenever I turn on my air conditioner, cold and/or hot there is this bad smell that comes out from the vents like it smells like bad antifreeze or part gas smell/burnt metal or rubber. Why does it smell like that? Could it be the heater core?

Also sometimes when I start the car and press the accelerator it stalls and doesn’t go above speed 20s and one time it turned off. It’s even worse during the cold seasons such as Fall and Winter. Could it be the exhaust, muffler?

I need an air conditioner for my room this summer, and was thinking of getting a window air conditioner unit. Thing is that all the windows are horizontally sliding windows. So it wont be easy to install in the window itself. Also This is on the ground level (actually basement so ground level is the baseline of the window), so I dont want a 20 inch opening covered with plywood on ground level. It is a secure neighbourhood, but we have bears, mountain lions, cougars, racoons, skunks, foxes, wolves, and so on, so I would rather a small hole.

So my idea is to place the air conditioner outside, and make a sealed duct from the normally inside part through a narrow but tall opening into my room. Am I right in thinking an airconditioner is essentially a magic box where hot air comes out one end and cold air comes out the other? So as long as the hot is outside, and the cold is sealed coming in, it doesnt matter what is inbetween right? Any other ideas?
1) Again it is a horizontally sliding window. I cannot "secure" it in place without a custom bracket of sorts.

2) Portable are an option, but last resort because they are (a) expensive, and (b) require regular draining of a water resevoir, or needs a drain pipe to be installed anyways defeating the purpose of the portability part.

The cooling part seem to stop working. It is blowing air but its not cold. how do i fix this?

My heat pump isn’t working, and I was wondering if I can remove it myself to sell parts, or if special tools are required.

I know a licensed tech needs to reinstall a new one, but I just want to know if I can remove the old one.

Thanks

My heat pump is about 12 years old, and has recently stopped working. I am considering replacing vs repairing due to high costs.

My question is, if I purchased a totally new system, what would happen to the old one? Do I get to keep it, because it seems that some parts would be worth money, and I could easily sell them online. Or do the companies installing the new usually take the old one away? Do they offer cash for the parts?

Thanks!

The air blowing out of my air conditioner in my 02 Pontiac Sunfire SE is warm. My friend said that I could simply buy something and spray it into a part of my car to make the air cold again. Is this possible or do I need to get a "top-off" or "recharge?"

My unit outside is running and a small amount of cool air is coming through the floor vents. I checked the filter for the fan unit and it’s fine. However, there is a hose or pipe partially covered with what appears to be a rubber-like insulation with a copper wire running down beside it that runs into the foundation and leads under the house…this is covered with ice , so I immediately turned the unit off. Not sure what this means? Freon recharge? Also, even when the unit is running fine, only half of my 1,150 sq. ft. house is cooled. I dunno, I just don’t know…

I purchased a brand new Haier air conditioner yesterday. I took it out of the box and removed exterior styro foam, etc.

I noticed that there is styrofoam inside the air conditioner where I cannot get at it to remove it.

I opened the front where you can remove the filter but it doesn’t not allow access to where I see the styrofoam, which is right under the air vents on the top. There is a lot of it too. It looks likes it goes all the way around a large round component.

I can’t imagine styrofoam being part of the unit. It wouldn’t last that long and would probably get wet due to condensation that occurs in air conditioners.

Do you think I am suppose to unscrew the whole unit to get it out? It doens’t mention it in the owners manual.

Do you think it suppose to be there, or perhaps it was a mistake?

Also, some of the fins in the back and front had tiny crushed sections. I’m afraid that will make it whistle at some point. What do you think?

Thanks

Hi my AC is a little LG 6500 BTU window unit. I absolutely need it because I live in the West Indies here in the caribbean.

Which IS EXTREMELY HOT AS HELL

and our climate is very humid I mean very humid dude.

and my AC has cool, fan, dry mode now i read under Airconditioner article on wikipedia that how new AC uses dry mode and it uses half the current of col mode.

And is better suited for humid climates.

can anyone help me out here?

Also one very last importnat question I noticed my AC in the front gril you know the coil which gets really cold and wet?
well the top part of the coils does not get wet these days.
could something be wrong wth my AC its a new ac only 3 months old.

I have a 1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport and there is a missing part under the air conditioner, (It looks like where an ashtray would go) but its not there. just the place that it should go. Can someone help me and tell me what goes there and where i can buy a new one?

Whirlpool Mode ACQ184XMO – Only 1 fan speed. Looking for help to diagnose problem, and repair myself if it isn’t a major part. Unit is 3+ years old. Compressor seems ok. Would it be the fan or the control unit ? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I have a 1990 VW corrado, looking for either a site for parts or a site for how to change it, it’s been acting up and i need any information you can give me…Thanks!

I already know it is not the condensor or compressor or anything else in the AC system itself. Those all work fine. It is just the blower motor or something connected to it that is not working. When it first broke, I could get the a/c to blow out a little by banging really hard on the dash board. It was not as hard as it should have been, but at least it worked. Now that won’t even work. My questions are: 1) Is it the blower motor or could it be something cheaper/simpler than the blower motor? 2) If it is the blower motor, where the hell is the little sucker? 3) How much should it cost, parts and labor to repair it if I can’t do it myself (which is a safe bet?) thanks!!!!

The air my air conditioner (the one in my room) smells like a mixture of wet carpet and dried flowers. Don’t get confused with the dried flowers part – it’s not a good smell.

It’s been humid and rainy here and I haven’t used it during winter. I’ve tried cleaning what I’m capable of cleaning (that net thingy).

HELP?! It’s hot and humid now and I have to sleep every night either without cool air or with really really stinky air.

I know, I know – it all depends on the size of the unit, the size of the house, the efficiency of the unit, yada yada yada. Just give me an average – my unit is brand new. This question involves reducing my energy consumption by installation of solar. I don’t intend to connect to the grid because the cost then exceeds the benefit. I don’t intend to connect the air conditioner to solar because of energy demand. I intend to to run part of my house on solar, off grid, so that I get my bill under the highest California rates. Then I can run my A/C for less than $.34 per KWH.

The air conditioner hasnt been working, and now it is leaking tonnes of water outside. What is happening, the air conditioner isnt even on, its off. We got a guy and he shorted it out and told us to get a new air conditioner, he shorted it out by adding a new part. How can I stop the water from pouring out, will it stop by itself. Why did it happen? It is a really hot day today. Some of the water is reaching the basement.

I have a 2006 susuki forenza. At 34000 miles my air conditioner fan motor went out due to a bad part. They fixed it under warr. The warr. was up at 36000. Now at 38556, the air conditioner fan all of a sudden went out again. When you turn on the fan you can smell something burnning. I guess when the fix things under warr., they are only good for 4000 miles.lol!!! Any one have any idea whats wrong and how much it’s gonna cost to fix?