Humidity in the outside air? It is annoying.
2007-06-10 16:20:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
NO. There is not enoughair flow through your furnace. Check your filter and make sure that your floor registers are not obstructed.
If that does not help call an a/c repair man and have him check the levels of freon in your condensor and coils.
oh by the way it is caused by humidity that becomes ice because the air in your furnace is not moving fast enough to keep the coils from dipping below 32 degrees. If the air is flowing fast enough the coils should stay above freezing and the condesation will drip out of the furnace instead of freeze up on the coils.
2007-06-10 17:22:54 · answer #1 · answered by MyPlumbingAndHeating 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes high humidity can exacerbate the ice since the ice is moisture condensing on a cold surface and freezing. The more moisture the thicker the ice. If the unit is working properly and there is proper air flow across both the condenser and evaporater coils there should be no ice regardless of the humidity. The only problem that you would have if the unit was not powerful enough would be insufficient cooling and not frosting up.
2016-05-17 05:47:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unit is freezing up because the evaporator and condenser are dirty or your unit is low on freon. The icing up is aggravated and accelerated by the humidity, but if the unit is properly sized and maintained, that was already taken into account. You might try increasing the setting on your thermostat and see if that delays or prevents icing until you can get it checked by a service technician.
2007-06-10 16:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your condenser coil probably needs cleaning.
Throw the breaker on your A/C unit, remove the case and wash the coil. Try not to get water into the electrical connections.
If that doesn't take care of things, you will need to call in a service technician.
Oh, one more thing, make sure the aluminum fins on the coil are not dented and flattened. If there are dented, you will need to go to a hardware store and buy a fin comb to straighten them.
Doc Hudson
2007-06-10 16:31:05 · answer #4 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is likely that your air conditioning unit is low on freon. This causes what you refer to as 'freezing up'. I would stop running the unit and have it checked by a professional. You could do harm to the compressor if you allow it to run in this condition which would be very costly to repair.
2007-06-10 16:28:20 · answer #5 · answered by The Real America 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
,The two major causes of a central a/c unit freezing up are low air flow across the evaporator coil / dirty filter blower wheel ,or evaporator coil or the unit may be low on refrigerant.
2007-06-11 00:33:21 · answer #6 · answered by Michael N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
did you change or clean your filter..sounds as though you dont have enough freon..call a repair man..could be a simple leak or it just may need a general service..you need to let it totally unfreeze before using it again..been there done this twice..once due to not enough freon the other a dirty filter
2007-06-10 16:29:10 · answer #7 · answered by bailie28 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. its cause d by either improper refrigerant level or the evaporator coil in the furnace unit is very dirty
2007-06-10 16:27:45 · answer #8 · answered by sam hill 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋