main malfunctions and their elimination

Com­fort in our homes gives us not only the pres­ence of fur­ni­ture, but also house­hold appli­ances. These devices make our life not only eas­i­er, but also cre­ate com­fort and a cer­tain con­cept of lux­u­ry. How­ev­er, when pur­chas­ing, you always won­der how long it will last us. And this does not always depend on the qual­i­ty of the equip­ment itself and its char­ac­ter­is­tics. In gen­er­al, house­hold appli­ances are influ­enced by fac­tors such as cor­rect oper­a­tion, han­dling and main­te­nance. After all, any equip­ment needs prop­er care and main­te­nance. An excep­tion is not the air con­di­tion­er, which main­tains in your house not only the nec­es­sary tem­per­a­ture, which suits you the most. And there­fore, in order for it to serve you faith­ful­ly for a long time, you must have basic knowl­edge of its main­te­nance and, if nec­es­sary, repair. You will learn how to repair air con­di­tion­ers with your own hands in this arti­cle.

Possible malfunctions

Many users of such com­plex equip­ment as air con­di­tion­ing are inter­est­ed in the ques­tion: is it pos­si­ble to repair the device on their own with­out resort­ing to the help of a spe­cial­ist? Our answer is of course yes. How­ev­er, before you start repair­ing house­hold appli­ances, you need to know the cause of the break­down, as well as what the air con­di­tion­er con­sists of. Below are the main mal­func­tions of air con­di­tion­ers:

• the amount of cold (heat) pro­duced decreas­es;
• con­den­sate begins to flow due to clogged drainage;
• the air con­di­tion­er does not turn on and does not respond to a sig­nal from the remote con­trol;
• there was an unpleas­ant smell dur­ing the oper­a­tion of the equip­ment.

All of the prob­lems list­ed above can be fixed on your own with­out resort­ing to the help of a wiz­ard. How to do this you will learn fur­ther.

Why did the amount of cold or heat produced fall?

There are a num­ber of rea­sons for this prob­lem, we will indi­cate the most com­mon:

• a refrig­er­ant leak has occurred. It can occur ran­dom­ly, so it is nec­es­sary to check the seal­ing of the device and, if nec­es­sary, refu­el the sys­tem with fre­on;
• the heat pump has become unus­able, or its com­po­nents. In this case, it is nec­es­sary to cal­cu­late the part that has become unus­able and replace it;
• pos­si­ble pow­er out­ages in the net­work. Often this hap­pens if the device does not have a sta­bi­liz­er. If this hap­pens, then the air con­di­tion­er does not work and does not turn on at all. Con­sid­er this fac­tor when installing;
• the air purifi­ca­tion sys­tem is clogged. Most often, this is the most com­mon prob­lem, and appears when the equip­ment is not prop­er­ly main­tained. There­fore, it is rec­om­mend­ed to clean the fil­ters and fans at least once every six months. The clean­ing process is described in the instruc­tion man­u­al, if one is not avail­able, then it can be found on the Inter­net.

Other malfunctions of air conditioners

Also, not only the air fil­tra­tion sys­tem, but also oth­er parts of the air con­di­tion­er can become clogged. As men­tioned above, it is nec­es­sary to clean the device as often as pos­si­ble, espe­cial­ly in the sum­mer. Due to the fact that some users for­get or do not know at all that it is nec­es­sary to clean house­hold appli­ances from dust and dirt, prob­lems such as drainage leaks come up. If you do not clean the pipe sys­tem from the debris that has formed there over time, then con­den­sate will enter your apart­ment and an unpleas­ant smell may appear.

When the air con­di­tion­er does not start and does not respond to the sig­nals from the remote con­trol, it is nec­es­sary, at a min­i­mum, to check the pow­er sup­ply from the mains. If the test showed that there are no prob­lems in the mains, and the device still does not turn on, then it is advis­able to check the bat­ter­ies of the con­trol pan­el. If their replace­ment did not help, then the con­trol pan­el of the air con­di­tion­er itself needs to be repaired.

When is it necessary to call a specialist?

How to under­stand whether it is worth repair­ing your equip­ment your­self? In what sit­u­a­tions is it bet­ter not to touch the equip­ment and leave every­thing to a spe­cial­ist? In cas­es where the mal­func­tion of the air con­di­tion­er:

• if the rea­sons list­ed above do not fit your prob­lem;
• if you can’t fix the prob­lem;
• if the prob­lem lies in more com­plex parts of the device that can­not be replaced.

Repair of com­po­nents such as a com­pres­sor is not always pos­si­ble to repair on your own, at least you need to have suf­fi­cient knowl­edge in elec­tri­cal engi­neer­ing. It is bet­ter to con­tact knowl­edge­able spe­cial­ists or a ser­vice cen­ter if your device is under war­ran­ty.

How to avoid equipment breakdowns

In most cas­es of non-mechan­i­cal mal­func­tions of air con­di­tion­ers, they are dis­played on the dis­play of the device. All mod­ern air con­di­tion­ers are pro­vid­ed with an auto­mat­ic fail­ure pre­ven­tion sys­tem. There­fore, it is also worth pay­ing atten­tion to the read­ings of the indi­ca­tors in order to avoid seri­ous dam­age.

Also, as men­tioned above, it is nec­es­sary to car­ry out pre­ven­tive main­te­nance of the air con­di­tion­er every month as often as pos­si­ble. This is rec­om­mend­ed by every man­u­fac­tur­er. Also, some man­u­fac­tur­ers pro­vide their own ser­vices for ser­vic­ing your home equip­ment, which is very con­ve­nient if you do not always have time to do it your­self.

Do not for­get about the oper­at­ing instruc­tions that are attached to each device, respec­tive­ly.

Conclusion

From the fore­go­ing, we can con­clude that it is still worth repair­ing a faulty air con­di­tion­er on your own. And if you have cer­tain knowl­edge in this area, then you will save your mon­ey, since the ser­vice is not cheap. This is espe­cial­ly true of such a ques­tion as how to repair air con­di­tion­ers with your own hands.

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