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Wall Air Conditioner: Porque el compresor de mi aire no arranca

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:35:21 -0700

Porque el compresor de mi aire acondicionado no arranca

⟐ Edited by author enero 05, 2026 at 13:35 GMT-7

Haier QHM08LXW1: La tarjeta de memoria no funciona

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 06:33:24 -0700

La tarjeta de memoria no quiere funci9nar

Aire Acondicionado LG: Lo encontré con 2 luces de la izquierda encendidas. Que significan?

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:28:16 -0700

Lo encontré con 2 luces de la izquierda encendidas. Lo apagué, lo encendí y funciona bien, pero nose que indicaban esas luces, además estaba parado. Lo único que puedo pensar es que se manipuló el mando sin darse curnta.....

Air Conditioning: ¿ Por que mi aire acondicionado hace un ruido extraño mientras funcion

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:18:19 -0700

Hace un ruido extraño como si algo golpeara levemente algo en la parte interna, ( El aparato es nuevo)

Amana Wall Air Conditioner: Water is dripping from ac inside home

Tue, 05 May 2026 07:53:39 -0700

How to fix water dripping from ac inside the home ?

⟐ Answered mayo 05, 2026 at 7:53 GMT-7

Amana Wall Air Conditioner: Not cooling only giving hot air

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:20:38 -0700

Not cooling only giving hot air

⟐ Answered abril 01, 2026 at 11:20 GMT-7

Window Air Conditioners: Cleaning the coils in a refrigerated air window unit before summer use

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:49:54 -0700

It's starting to hot in Texas. I have a refrigerated air window unit in my office so I don't have to cool the whole house down to remain comfortable while answering iFixit questions. It has a removable plastic filter on the inside of the house that can be removed and washed. Behind that are the radiator coils. Those are dirty and I would like to clean them without making a big mess. Does anyone know how to do this and any other yearly maintenance things I need to do before starting it up for the year?

⟐ Edited diciembre 21, 2023 at 16:49 GMT-7

Frigidaire LRA08PZU1: No heat or cool?

Fri, 03 May 2024 09:37:09 -0700

Hi! Our AC/heat combo unit suddenly won’t heat or cool. We’ve managed to get it to do so a few times when we removed the cover and disconnected/reconnected a piece on the front panel but then that stopped too. Amy ideas where to troubleshoot?

⟐ Answer accepted mayo 03, 2024 at 9:37 GMT-7

Air conditioning: Can I use a 35/4uF instead of a 4/35uF Sh capacitor

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:32:05 -0700

my air conditioner needs a new sh start motor capacitor.

the original that needs to be replaced is a 4/35uF... and the one I was sent is a 35/4uF...

the numbers are inverted...voltage the same as all other infos, but before i go and connect it i wanna make sure it works...

any technicians perhaps here with an idea?

__EDIT____

Here are some pics added after as requested:

1-in order going down:broken Capacitor (taller one)

2-New Capacitor (shorter)

3-last pic is to show there's one taller than the other, the old one broken being the taller one

4-Old top

5-New top

⟐ Commented marzo 12, 2026 at 5:32 GMT-7

Wall Air Conditioner: Ac is not cooling properly.Very minor cooling.Filters are also clean

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:01:14 -0700

Why is my voltas spilt ac not cooling properly? Checked the filters which is clean.

⟐ Answered marzo 09, 2026 at 8:01 GMT-7

HS29-024-5P: Why did whole-house ac stop working, still blowing but not cold?

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:55:40 -0700

The air conditioning worked fine then suddenly yesterday it stopped being cold, but fan still works.

⟐ Answered marzo 09, 2026 at 7:55 GMT-7

Air Conditioning: How to connect new thermostat to ducted heating and swamp cooler

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:07:06 -0700

Hello.

I have a swamp (evaporative) cooler and ducted heater which have both been connected to the same thermostat remote control, a Bonaire Comfort Control remote.

The remote control has now broken, and I would like to connect both units to a new thermostat.

The wires available to connect to a new thermostat are brown, red, orange and yellow.

I was interested in purchasing a basic Honeywell system, however the wiring diagrams make no allowance for a brown wire (see picture). The retailer does not believe joint wiring on the Honeywell is a possibility.

In fact, I havent found any thermostats that make allowances for brown wires, other than the original Comfort Control remote, which is no longer produced.

I dont know what the brown wire is for specifically.

Has anyone had this same issue before? How to resolve it?

Thank you.

⟐ Commented marzo 05, 2026 at 9:07 GMT-7

Mini Split Air Conditioners: Mini split AC circuit board under water

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:25:16 -0700

I have two compressors outside for AC units called minisplits These compressors have about a 2' x 4' circuitboard laying across the top of the unit. They were submerged in the recent Houston flood for about 3 or 4 days. Can they be saved?

Dennis

⟐ Answer edited marzo 11, 2025 at 13:25 GMT-7

Amana Window Air Conditioner: Water building up inside the machine

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:36:24 -0700

Hey all,

I have an older wall mounted Amana air conditioner (MODEL NUMBER: AAC121SRA) as my primary air conditioner up at my summer home and i’ve been running it quite a bit recently due to the hot & humid weather (more than I typically have to run it). I went out to the back of my house where the air conditioner is tonight and I noticed an awful stench coming from the air conditioner that I had not noticed before. Upon further investigation I noticed that there was about half of an inch of standing water inside the air conditioner. I looked for (and found) the drainage hole that was supposed to drain all this standing water, and nothing was blocking the hole.

The drainage hole I found was on the bottom right corner on the front of the machine (facing it when you are outside). Is there another drainage hole that I missed that could be clogged? Or is this normal for there to be some water inside the machine?

Thanks in advance. I can provide pictures of the air conditioner at hand if needed. One thing I cannot do is take the air conditioner off of its mount.

Side view of the air conditioner ^

Front view (outside) of the air conditioner
- Orange circle = drainage hole

⟐ Edited diciembre 21, 2023 at 16:36 GMT-7

Amana Wall Air Conditioner: My flap broken and my air conditioner doesn't swing

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:29:57 -0700

It cannot swing

⟐ Answered abril 06, 2026 at 6:29 GMT-7

Delonghi portable upright air conditioner: I can not disassemble my ac portable unit delonghi pinguino.

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:00:29 -0700

All screws are out. But I'm stuck on the part right after screws are out. Nothing is moving nor opening. It's standing as if I didn't unscrew anything. I can't take the top board off because I'm afraid I'll damage wires.

⟐ Answered agosto 12, 2025 at 12:00 GMT-7

Air Conditioning: Midea U-shaped A/C filter?

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:20:09 -0700

Does anyone have the right part number for the air filter for Midea U-shaped window units? this one looks like it's right, but hard to tell.

I don't absolutely need a new filter, but prefer to have one spare to swap in when it needs cleaning. Thank you.

ETA: Midea models MAW08V1QWT and MAW12V1QWT both use this filter, according to the parts finder on Midea's site.

⟐ Answer accepted junio 06, 2025 at 10:20 GMT-7

Amana Wall Air Conditioner: My AC is not cold and the display says E9

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 01:32:31 -0700

My AC is not cold and the display says E9

⟐ Answered agosto 23, 2024 at 1:32 GMT-7

Central Air Conditioners: Can I replace my AC compressor with a heat pump

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 20:31:20 -0700

The compressor on my central air conditioner 3,5 ton (42) seized up and needs to be replaced. Can I replace it with a used heat pump (SearsNHP042gka1) and leave the indoor furnace alone. Both are R22 and I have spare gas.

⟐ Answered agosto 08, 2024 at 20:31 GMT-7

Wall Air Conditioner: Water leakage from indoor.

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 18:49:40 -0700

When the ac starts cooling , then water start leakageing from indoor and also coming from pipe

⟐ Answer edited junio 16, 2024 at 18:49 GMT-7