WORKSHOP: Arctic King / LG window unit: quick & dirty maintenance
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- It's July 17, it's 96°F today, and the forecast is calling for almost 100°F next week. We're not interested in ridges and 200 mb jets, we want to stay cool. So air conditioner maintenance is on the schedule for today. The Arctic King unit shown here was new in July 2014 and hadn't been serviced yet. Look how dirty they get after one year! The LG unit belongs to a friend. It was in worse condition and hadn't been serviced since 2011. It was working okay, but was leaking out the front due to the condensation drain being blocked by junk (filter not cleaned often enough).
There are radiator fin cleaners you can use for this kind of job. I didn't have any of this cleaner on hand, so I went with just basic water and a little detergent (not filmed) this time around.
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In Texas Weather, Tim Vasquez (former Air Force meteorologist) breaks down the weather piece by piece. I'll give this a shot as a series and see where it goes... if you like it please like, share, and subscribe and I'll keep cranking them out.
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Sorry to be critical, but much of that was just too close up to be helpful. My main reason for searching was to get the front off, so that I can easily clean the vents where the air comes out. It would have been good to have seen that a little farther back, too. But it's nice of you to put up this video
Why is everyone not showing how to take out and properly clean and reinstall the filter.
Chaka Williams that’s what I want to know!!
I want to know, too!
I cant put my filter back it get stuck half way :( z
Regardless if this actually helps me or not I dig the harp/blues track on this video.
Dammit, I opened mine after a year just to find out it still clean...
Do you have any recommendations for this exact air conditioner that won’t make a small bedroom get cold? It use to work but now it barely make a room cold.
Seriously... Where the hell has this unit been in use? The bottom of a swamp?
I have the same unit. Mine is really pissing me off. It cools for awhile then the compressor shuts the f*ck off !! I am trying to use it as an additional AC because my central air can't keep up. I took it from the window and washed the hell out of it. Put it back in and still doing the same thing. Its hot as hell in here. I am about to go buy a new one and figure this out later. I am so angry. How can I just force my compressor to stay on??
The term is “Elephant Snot”. Gross, eh?
I got the same ac unit from Walmart last year. Both this summer, and last summer I've noticed my whole apartment smells like some strange toxic chemical when running the ac unit. I especially notice it after I've just gotten home since I've been out in much fresher air. But eventually my nose adjusts to the smell after I've been home for a while. But the smell is getting stronger. It's offensive and kind gives me a headache. It seems to be getting worse. I dunno if it'd be worth calling a mechanic. The warranty is up. I'm poor and don't want to have to get a new AC only to have the same problem again. What should I do?
Man i clean mine out every 6 months you lucky you didn’t get doggone sinus infection. Before i use water i use some
Lysol wipes , then blower, then water then leave it out in sun for couple of hours
Take off the styrofoam too that in the front of the unit. Cover the electronics with a plastic bag so it doesn't get wet. Spray the front radiator with a cleaner, I use Clorox cleanup bathroom cleaner because it gets rid of the mildew instantly. Hose down the front radiator until no more mildew comes out. You can also use a stiff brush to clean it but only brush up and down. Clean the entire unit like this and put it back together making sure the electronics don't get wet. If they do, blow any water off with a vacuum cleaner until dry and let stand for an hour in the sun.
Primordial growth. I use condensate tablets that kill bacteria. Second thing I do is drill the drain pan at lowest spot so no water pools. Some units are vented at top outside I made a baffel to keep small debris out of it. Also when opened check steel parts for rust. The accumulator before the compressor some times rusts a hole in it resulting in loss of refrigerant.
My only fear is not remembering how to out it back together, having loose parts and extra screws...
can i just blast water into the thing from the inside becaue its cemented into the wall and i can't even remove the front panel. Just the grill to clean the filter. And it's leakng like crazy and doesn't cool
Can i add freon to these ac, I have the same LG, or do i need to self piercing kit?
Mine is absolutely identical to yours, except for the back (which you call "the front.") The back is completely different and cannot open that way.
I really wish these things were a little more serviceable... I was surprised you can't put refrigerant in them anymore.
Sweet! Straight forward and to the point! My turn!
I can't figure out how the hell did take the thing apart ? I'm not getting any powerdo you have any videos on taking it apart it is an LG ?
So mine keeps kicking itself into sleep mode on its own that leads fan to go to auto low and the buttons wont respond when it does this any1 know what the cause of that might be?
I've got this model and I am not able to separate top of the front panel from the housing. It's stuck and I'm going to toss the thing.
Mine has black dust on grill. I'll try to get front off but yesterday it drove me nuts, went ahead and ordered a new AC. Thanks for the video.
Take It Outside take it apart and wash it water and dish soap
Why is there no video on how to replace the panel my panel got flooded idk how I just checked one day and saw there was water
My "Filter" light came on. I pushed it and it went off. Where is the filter?
a year ago EHHHHH noooope!!! this is a very bad video shaking and kill that music when you talk
I have a Magnavox one and it's essentially this, and you helped me out more than anyone else could. Though that guck is a pain to get out and impossible to 100% it.
Now I have a Fridgaire (about this size) I gotta do too.
And convince my slumlord that his crap electric fired my HUGE Firdgaire (it's like 3 times the size).
Thanks manufactures make all this so secretive. It shouldn’t be that difficult to take off an a/c. I took out two small screws that I have no idea from where. 😂
I always love hidden clips.
They must not like you. (Or they wouldn’t hide…)
Funny thing is I thought you were referring to this video at first!
(“How the hell is it hidden? What does that mean?”)
Can I hire you to fix my ac that way?
You don't know how much you may have helped people. I have to do this right now on a hot day sadly
my arctic king purchase on summer 2012, i just do what Tim does, yearly clean them out. and make sure you dont wet the control panel you can unscrew and wrap it up with plastic bag or any, .on the front and back condensers make sure its dry after cleaning (or spraying water) then spray degreaser start from top to bottom of condenser then wait 30 minutes then rinse by spraying water (only condenser nothing else using degreaser ) hope this help
Thanks. I really wish there was a way to widen the water drain passage between the front and the rear of the unit. It seems these units clog at the end of each year, presumably from algae and mold, and then the unit starts flooding the window enclosure. When I've had the units open I've never seen a good way to access this drain gap. I'm starting to wonder if this is a means of forcing people into buying new units.
@@ForecastLab pour a few tablespoons of vinegar in there every couple of months to prevent algae.
could you hear yourself????????????
Ive been using window unit ac for decades - i never filter them never mess them - they all work about 5 seasons - 100$ unit from walmart . thats it
I have a problem in winter the fan is always stuck why it freezes because of the cold outside that I can do
So the LG and Arctic King have similar or identical designs?
From what I saw the general arrangement is very similar. On both of them you can't see the drainage hole so you just need to flush it out thoroughly.
I got the smaller unit Cant seem to find the drain spot.
I did everything the same way but now the unit when I plug in it and hit reset the unit powers on and shuts off and won't turn on by hitting the power button
Might be a short on the compressor or the thermostat was wet
Remember that all the power is managed by the thermostat so if you wet it it will short and cause the plug to reset
I'll definitely have to check this, see if something is trapping the fan blades in place cause it turns on but the fans don't move
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Did a good deep clean and drilled a hole in the bottom to help with draining water better, runs great now.
So it’s cool to just whose down out side any model right?just let dry real good I suppose?
Went to fast lol, I didn't see how you took the main cover off, I took my apart to clean it now I don't know how to put it together, 20 tries later I can't seem to match up the holes, and I'm about to throw the front cover away lol
Is this still in service?Does it do its job well ?Looking at a used one online .Thanks
Hi can you help me find out where the hell I’m supposed to connect the ground wire too, inside of the ac?
have the same model and did this yesterday. Wish i'd seen your video before - you had better ideas for clearing the junk out than I did (screwdriver and shop vac in tight places). thanks!
Omg i have to do this today ....the smell thats coming from the ac is beyond me and you cleaned yours in a shorter time after purchase...had mine for 2 yrs
Glad the information is useful.
Can you tell me why my ac is making a loud noise I have yo keep trunning it off thanks for your time
Does this ac have a fuse? If so, where is it located?
I don't know if there's any fuse. There is an electrical board up in the front; it could be on that.
Thank you it work!!
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Some Simple Green would have helped get the crud off.
Thank you soooo muuch
JoJo
Just get coil foam spray and let sit on the coils for some minutes and hoes them down and only goes the coils and maybe the tray in the bottom and fans but try not to wet anything els u can do the case and let it dry for 24 hrs and don't have it plug in and use the coil cleaner 2 times rinse apply hoes and wait a few minutes and repeat 2 or 3 times
Great job
I always drill a small hole in the lowest spot on that bottom pan for drainage. Not all units have them as they come.
We considered doing this but I read that these designs use water to sling back onto the compressor coils to further cool it. I'm not an AC engineer so I can't comment on this but I'd advise looking into this further.
Yeah, definetly dont just go drilling holes in stuff! Mine says no water should be in it. And its hard to install at the correct angle...house is 100+ years old and .....excuses excuses.
Nice job thanks, but can you show us both units what they look like next time
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What for
Thank you for doing a great video on this. It was the front tabs that were getting me. Big help.
Very easy to see, understand and to the point. Thank You Tim
Thanks, appreciate it! Hope you can catch the nightly videos.
Great video thanks
Great video. I have same a/c