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Question About My Kenmore Air Conditioner |
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Post# 605420 6/21/2012 at 22:15 (334 days old) by Ultramatic  (New York City) |
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  Since last night, my Kenmore window air conditioner compressor has began to cycle on and off far too quickly. As a result, the room is rather warm. It does this even when I lower the temperature to 60. When the compressor runs, the air is nice and cold, but it runs only for 4 minutes, then turns off. And it stays off for like 8 minutes. It's mounted in a through the wall sleeve, with about 5 inches of space around the unit. It has been working fine for the last 8 years. The other air conditioners are running fine. Does this one need to be replaced? | ||
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Post# 605421 , Reply# 1 6/21/2012 at 22:23 (334 days old) by DADoES ( ) |
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Post# 605427 , Reply# 2 6/21/2012 at 22:50 (334 days old) by vintagekitchen (columbia ky) |
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 check to see if the unit is getting adequate air flow. If it is, check to see if the fins on the outer coils are clogged with dirt and such. If there is any further issue, remove the outer cover, and see if it is a slinger type, with a slinger ring on the fan to throw water on the rear coils.
My large GE unit had this same issue. A hole had rusted through the water pan, but not through the outer covering, so was totally not visible without removing the outer metal cover. The water would all run out, and the unit would overheat. It was doing just like yours, rapid cycling on and off, not cooling the room, etc. Some JB weld to fix the leaking pan, and it works perfectly again. | ||
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Post# 605434 , Reply# 3 6/21/2012 at 23:10 (334 days old) by Launderess (La Pomme Grande) |
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Post# 605458 , Reply# 4 6/22/2012 at 02:26 (334 days old) by Launderess (La Pomme Grande) |
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Read your post in another forum (Too Darn Hot) that ConEd reduced your voltage yesterday or the day before now. If your AC was acting fine until then am guessing my previous hunch may be correct. Brown out conditions are playing havoc with your AC.
Several years ago when NYC had a really bad heat wave (the one that took out much of Astoria), ConEd reduced voltage throughout most of the City. My Friedrich Wallmaster began at once to behave oddly. Compressor would cycle on and off in a very strange pattern. Finally just shut the thing off and went to sleep. The next day telephone Friedrich's customer service line in Texas and was told they had a flood of calls already from NYC, and yes the voltage reduction was to blame. | ||
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Post# 605507 , Reply# 6 6/22/2012 at 08:17 (333 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan) |
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Neptune's prepuce, got me giggling. | ||
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Post# 605518 , Reply# 7 6/22/2012 at 09:15 (333 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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That's why I included that detail. It is rather majestic, as would be expected, given the possessor. Giggling is allowed. Tushie burps are not. | ||
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Post# 605528 , Reply# 8 6/22/2012 at 09:41 (333 days old) by westingman123 (st louis,mo) |
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Post# 605561 , Reply# 9 6/22/2012 at 10:52 (333 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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That was a good one Tom! Well, first thank you all for you varied answers. I pulled the AC out and checked it, everything was in order. I had given it a thorough cleaning a few months back, it was still quite clean. As Laundress had suggested, it must had been the voltage. The voltage is back to normal now and it's cooling fine. It's funny, we've had voltage reductions in the past, and this was the first time the AC had trouble. The other AC's here are unaffected. Perhaps because they are far newer. I'm afraid I'm going to have to replace it then. If it's going to fail every time Consolidated Edison lowers the voltage, it serves no purpose. You think ConEd is going to pay for a new AC? Yeah right. | ||
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