r/Wellthatsucks • u/Desperate_Algae_40 • 22h ago

AC not working right since yesterday

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And we work remotely 😭

Still blows out air but it's not cool/cold. Waiting for our AC guy (we rent, and there's been so many AC issues as long as we've lived here). Hopefully it'll be a quick fix when he comes and we won't have to wait for a part to come in the mail or something.

This is with all the shades and windows closed. We're in SoCal. Thank goodness this didn't happen when it was in the 100°Fs last week.

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u/Squiggy-Locust 22h ago

Turn of your AC, if you have central heating, turn your heater on, and keep it running until you feel hot air (not just warm) coming out.

You're coils are probably frozen over. I live in the central valley, between my pets and the RIDICULOUS amount of dust, I change my filter about every two weeks, and if I don't catch the restrictive air flow fast enough, my coils freeze over regularly.

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u/Desperate_Algae_40 22h ago

Thank you for your suggestion! Wow, I'm sorry you have to replace it so often! We live in the valley. How long do you recommend leaving the heater on? It's been like tjis for almost 24 hours now.

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u/Squiggy-Locust 22h ago

Until you feel hot air come out - it will feel slightly warmer at first, then will feel like an actual heater. You'll know the difference. If you don't want to deal with the heater, just running fan only for a few hours will do the trick. Heater just speeds the process up.

24 hours doesn't mean much of your AC is still on. It will still run the compressor, which will keep chilling the coil.

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u/Desperate_Algae_40 22h ago

Ok, that makes sense thank you. I just wanted to make sure we didn't like make the coils worse by still having it on in the last 24 hours. We only turned it off for like half an hour while trying to sleep and then decided it was hotter without it on so we turned it back on.

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u/Squiggy-Locust 22h ago

It's warm enough in the house, I would honestly just run the fan only, give an hour or two, and then switch back to AC; but the longer you can wait, the better.

It's an easy way to troubleshoot while you wait on a professional, and may fix itself. You can also check the lines coming out of the unit you posted they may have some frost on them; if they don't, touch them, see if they feel cold. They'll be the thicker lines, usually metal, and hopefully insolated.

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u/Desperate_Algae_40 22h ago

Thank you for all your help! We saw the coil freezing being an option when troubleshooting yesterday, but we couldn't figure out how to just run it as fan instead of AC. We have a Nest thermostat.

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u/Squiggy-Locust 21h ago

iPhone?

Sorry I didn't respond earlier.

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u/Desperate_Algae_40 20h ago

No worries! Thank you! For some reason, I can't find the fan option. Android.