THANKS GUYS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS. I hope someone comes up with a solution. I think it is low on freon and it cost more to buy a can of that than It cost to replace it. Here in CA they charge a lot for freon. OMG stupid. So if your having problems with yours some of the comments might be helpful thanks for watching.
I took mine and put it in the middle of the road and ran over it and backed back over it numerous times. It works great now. And it self cleans itself now when it rains outside. Great unit now. Thanks Dodge Ram. I love you.
We have a slightly different model but the same brand. We cleaned the filters and the coils which didn’t help but our model has a swing feature/ button so when we turned the swing off it fixed the problem of turning off. Thank God
I’d take it outside and blast it with the garden hose. Stay away from directly spraying electronics. Then hit it with your air gun and set it out in the sun for 6 or 7 hours. If your going to junk it anyway then why not. I wash mine every fall and they all run great the following summer.
(Black + Decker 1400btu) Yup! I used a garden hose with nozzle attachment set to jet, and just shot mine down in every crack and crevasse that I could get into except for the electronics. I must have spent around 20 to 30 minutes shooting it down, getting all of the dirt out. I did not even take all of the panels off. Now it blows way stronger and colder. Almost as good as when I first got it 4 years ago. It also looks almost brand spanking new!
@@jkhxzcjlkhcxvzk I want to try this. But I'm scared I might short my air conditioner out. Most of the electronics are near the control panel right? The temperature on my air conditioner doesn't go below 80 degrees. I have a Honeywell MO08CESWK.
My portable aircon was short cycling every minute, I had nothing to lose so I stripped it down and put the garden hose to the radiators. It works just fine now, pitty I purchased a new one only a few days ago. Such is life..
Such B.S. some of the new technology. Our portable AC smelled bad and I needed to clean it. Boy did I have fun disassembling it! It's seems they design it in a way that once it's assembles it should never be disassembled. Even after having removed the screws I struggles. I used my wedge tools to try to pry the panels open. The fan had severe mould build up and accessing the fan was work and a half. While trying to remove some panels I ended up snapping off the plastic clips that holds the panels together. I didn't care, it was in places that I couldn't even reach with some of my tools. Long story short. I removed the fan and soaked it in a bleach water bath while having to do some scrubbing. I spent nearly 20 mins trying to clean the fan alone. After having vacuumed off dust and wiped the AC, brought it back upstairs and wife was happy. No smell and the air felt colder. If you don't have some sort of knack for things like this, then you'll end up spending money to get it to a technician or buy a new one. Our portable AC is 3 years old and runs periodically for 4 months out of a year.
@@felixcat648 yeah they do that ish on purpose, which should be illegal because the mold could be hazardous at some point but you would never know, just blowing mold all over your f'n house cause corporate schmucks want to reverse engineer stuff to fill wastelands 🤷🤔😢😞
at 9:11 is the capacitor their on the bottom right take a pic to see how it is hook up, than get that cap size and try that.Capacitor cost around $25.Make sure to discharge the capacitor first thing.good luck .
I am pretty sure mine has a faulty thermostat. I turn it on, temp says it is like 16c, when in reality its like 28c, so obviously the compressor will not kick in. If i leave it on for a while, like half hour/hour, it seems to sort itself out tho, and works fine. Once summers done, i will take it apart and get the specs of the thermostat and order a new one.
He’s talking about in the beginning when he cleans off the immediate dirt and debris embedded in all the coils, you want to extract it out rather than potentially blowing some of the debris further into the coil grooves… It’s like how they say when cleaning ac unit u should Hose the outer coils from the inside outwardly to clean it them and push out debris clogs. In this case he was saying to shop vac the coils with a brush attachment and pull away debris…. I don’t know how much significance this would’ve played in this case but I’m working on my model at the moment and doing some research
When my portable short cycles it needs cleaning. But not just blowing out. I open it up and spray it down with alcohol and a tooth brush. It gets a fine layer of dust and the condensation makes sludge and has to be washed out or i end up blowing it farther in. It has worked for me every time SO FAR...its worth a shot. The alcohol 90% has litle water so it dries fast and is a solvent, evaporats clean and wont leave a residue. Any alcohol will work i prefer 90. I will leave unplugged over night. In fact its doing it now....i stumbled on your video. Try a deep clean. Just put the alcohol in a spray bottle and let it run down the fins and out the drain and bruah as you go. Sounds elementary but SO FAR that has always worked for me.
@@patl2699 I cannot say about coil cleaner. I'd be VERY CAREFUL with anything ether based. I used 90% alcohol and a little water cuz the alcohol will evaporate. You can try a small spot. Becarefuk anything that will melt plastic I used brake cleaner (ether) I think and it just melted the tabs just enough I had to break one to get the case open. Sorry I didn't reply sooner. I know it's HADES HOt here in luzzianna as well.
@@patl2699 hope it helps. At my house the fins get a thin layer of dust built up that doesn't blow off. So washing is the best way. I do it as needed but about 2times a season. I noticed it stayed clean longer and got cleaner from a simple blow off with canned air. I have dogs do i get hair and they track in dust and dirt. The hair seems to stick better to the dirt. I do the same with my window unit and alcohol keeps me from having to tske them our. Also use a tooth brush to scrub the Fins then I'll rinse qith a squirt bottle of water to wash all that crap away.
is normal, compresssor use to get very hot, i'm using one of these and adapted a disipator and a computer fan blowing the compressor , i had a problem also of water coming out from the front side where blows cool air, there was so much dirty on the radiators, solution if to spread water with high pressure with a hose, this is part of the maintenance someone should do time to time, they work ok if compressor is working, some times compressor make a little noise if base is some how damage after cleaning with water you should leave the unit couple of days without using it, the water could get inside on one of the fans or the circuit unit, don't plug in, leave it couple of days without using it or put it all day long exposed to the sun while opened, these should do the job remember fans blows the hot air from radiator near the compressor, if there much dirt there then unit overheat, compressor turn off for safety after reaching a extreme temperature
I would say that theres a micro leak and is low on refrigerant.. its shutting off from the compressors internal thermal shutoffs.. when you get ice like that it means its low on charge or has a restriction inside the system.. and the compressors supposed to get hot but not above 250°F... and it would get hot when low on charge.. id start off testing the windings on the compressor itself . Go between each of the 3 terminals and if you add two of the ohm measurements they should equal the ohm reading of the last one... if reading is in megohmd is bad compressor, if a winding has continuity to ground its bad.. but yea.. wonder if its r134a , r22 or propane...or r410a or r12.. gotta be one of those,
Without actually being present to look over the unit, it would appear to be low on freon. A cheap electronic leak detector would verify this. You could also hose down the coils and copper tubing with soapy water and look for bubbles. Either way, if you dont already have the tools to purge, evacuate, and recharge the system, it would be cheaper to get a new one.
I know this is kinda of late , but . So I just bought on of these tings because it has been miserably hot this summer. Same situation it was a fb market place buy. It worked when I tested it then when I got it home it and turned it on worked for 10 mins then off and on till night fall. I had traced it down to the high pressure cycle switch or the ambient temp sensor. I tested both when it shut down and 7.7k ohm when it shut down on the ambient and the open on the high side for about 4 seconds then closed. My issue was the after market exhaust hose rig was too small for the unit I had. I see you have the original hose assy for your unit. I would suspect the over load protection switch on yours is faulty. Opening too early. Hope you found a solution by now.
Unit has a float switch in bottom pan when it fills with water float rises and cut off unit.make sure pan is clean and upper and lower drains are clean and unit can drain properly.
Have got similar issues with my portable air con. Have modified the evaporater drip tray so water trickles on the condenser coils. So let's see. Gonna run a final check on it tomorrow It was working fine without the covers. The rotary compressor does get that hot.
How did you make out with the unit? The evaporator was starting to frost up. I know you just turned it on. Eventually those coils should be sweating from top to bottom. We didn't see the coils after running for a few minutes. If by chance those first for coils frosted over or only sweat there it could be a sign of a leak or a restriction (foreign/dirt) in the system. Yes it can happen is a supposed sealed system. The compressor does get hot. There should be a fan that blows air across it to help cool it. Make sure the fan is working. Not sure if it shares the same fan for the evaporator. Also with the cover off the air may not be directed correctly onto the compressor. I know you had the cover off checking the unit. But it could be a factor at that time as to why it was so hot. Too if the compressor gets to hot it is thermally protected to shut off. So my guess is possible leak, restriction, or maybe a bad fan motor. Just somethings to look for. All the best to you
That thing cools the room, while using the air conditioned air in the room to cool its condenser while it blows the heat (and previously cooled air) outside. Not anywhere near as efficient as a window air conditioner. Surprised they can sell something like that. It should have hoses for inlet and outlet air to be effective.
i know this is old but I'd like your thoughts I have rigged a hose with a fan to the vent intake to essentially turn it into a dual hose unit any ideas if this is bad or cool
@@SpoiledBadgerMilk You mentioned a fan, which may cause positive air pressure in the room if it's more powerful than the condenser fan. Otherwise, the difficult thing would be to seal the condenser inlet to prevent room air from going into it. You have a good idea, but it might cause unforseen problems, i.e. overheating the compressor because it's not really designed to work that way.
@@ronk9830 yeah it still sucks some air from the room i can tell cause when i close and open room door i can feel the pressure change. my thoughts are if most of it is taken from outside then room will stay cooler for longer i used a metric shit ton of aluminum tape and some left insulation to construct a box like structure and used a flat piece of plastic to create a hole for the and fan to bolt to .all the air it can suck from room will have to be from within the unit where it is not sealed off it has been tripping the breaker but i think that's loose wiring in my outlet cause voltage drop from 117 to 111 and as low as 109 seems to get lower the hotter it is outside
@@SpoiledBadgerMilk I suppose it's better to reduce the use of the indoor air. I hope it's not overheating and causing the circuit breaker to trip, though.
I just bought the same unit yesterday. Tested today and after 10 minutes it auto shut off. Jumped from my seat and checked it. Dont have a clue. After 2 minutes it auto on again. I am waiting if it shut down again while searching for video on this problem. Hopefully it wont auto shut off again or I will send it back to the store.
Mine works just fine unless the room gets over 90° then it will only stay on for a few minutes at a time. It will go up to 96 degrees and blowcold air until it gets down to 92 and that's it until they are going in to the unit gets below 89 degrees again. I found this out when we had a heat wave a few weeks ago
If your compressor is getting too hot during running cycle,it will shut off on thermal overload, I would let it cool down or basically if u can cool it down with water or ice pack that would help..you should be able to put in line tap or you can order a compressor port access tool and get that way. You need to hook up your ac gauges in order for you to be able to see what is going on with the compressor and be able to see if are low on freon or is it short cycling...good luck..
I just got one brand new (but upright for a week, and it shuts off too when temp of ac must reach the degree, but it wakes me every times it kicks off. It’s driving me crazy. What do I do? Gotta go watch this video again. Thank you.
mine has humidifier canister, when water gets full, it shuts off with tricky floating flapper switch... yours might drain and connect to hose, doubt it condensates, too much water. different by model i cant tell, thermostat .
Mines fills up with water just as fast now and it sucks because I’ll drain it and right when I’m comfortable and falling asleep it’ll shut off. I’m about to throw this thing off of my building pretty soon!
You have a freon shortage problem, the system should be charged, and also the condenser and evaporator should be flushed with a cleaning agent or with water
I have a Haier hprb08xcm-t AC which was dirty so I cleaned it with a hose. After that, it worked but only in dehumidifier mode. I think I fried some electronic board. I called the company and they don't have any info on it because it's about 10 years old. They recommended I change the float switch. I ordered one but when I started to take the unit apart, I could not find the location of the switch. Any ideas on where I could find a parts diagram?
hi mike. my names will and i run a little shop called All Things Digital (just me, no building. lol) i have the same unit same problem except the compressor kicks off after five seconds. no where near enough time for the compressor to heat up so its not a over heating problem. in that five sec startup my unit gets very cold(yours runs for fifteen mins and gets cold so its holding Freon).haven't taken it apart yet but iv'e been milling this around in my head for a while and i think its a digital problem because this unit has a digital interface.so i went back over your video and noticed when you took off the panel cover to the circuit board that the little black compositor that i could see(there may be more} had a swollen top which is usually a clear sign that the component is faulty.try replacing any cap you see with a bulge on top. make sure you match voltage and microfarad. i hope this helps...
@@585wlml Did you finally change out the capacitor? I am having a problem with after I turn off the a/c it keeps turning on and off. It's the LG LP0817WSR Portable a/c. I have used it a sum total of 6 or 7 months for 2 summers. I am also wondering how to actually access the control panel. Hope you see this and thanks
When you sit the temperature if the temperature is 70 it will shut off only fan works. When temperature rises it will come on again. So when your room cools to that temperature it will shut down and restart when it starts to get hot. That's a feature
Don’t take it apart the reason it was running fine when you brought it is because it was upright the whole time the problem was when you transported back home you lay it flat because of the compressor
So I was having this same issue and I have managed to solve it today. Mine goes off between 10 to 15 mins and comes back on within 5 to 10 mins. I took the unit apart and decided to check for leaks while deep cleaning it. Turns out that just under the water pump were 3 holes drilled and no screws or a device there. I filled them with tile glue and the leaks stopped. Also for the intermittent on/off, turns out my exhaust hose isn't compatible because I ran the unit for more than 1hr without the hose after deep cleaning the coils, immediately I attach the hose it turns off after 15mins. So I'm kinda in a bind here as I have to either manage the hose and have manage the intermittent power cycle or run the unit indoors without the hose in which case I'd be recycling the hot air back into the room (no brainer). Unfortunately in my country, I can't get the oem hose for my matsui 9kwr and I'm stuck with the one I got from the seller which is actually a WC exit hose. I'm in a bind RN
These LG units have big design flaw problems with the relay and temp switches. The same problem happens on many YT videos. I am confident LG is designing them this way on purpose so they only have a specific amount of usage/time before they have to be replaced. Welcome to capitalism. No more LG for me.
Hey there. I have the same unit and I opened it up to clean it. I tried to take off the upper fan as it seemed to have mold in it. I unbolted it and now the fan won't turn. Can you help.
Airflow..... Or low on refrigerant . I would think that's what's wrong or the relay. I go to school for it . I hope u write back what was wrong with it
Did you happen to video the disassembly? I removed all the screws, but the panels are are still firmly in place. I don’t want to break something by blindly prying.
Okay I’ve been searching and searching and no luck but i took apart just clean off the dog hair that was stuck to it and we’ll long story short can you make a video of how to put it back together specifically the front part and to be more specific the black cord how do place so that the cover can go back on
I have a pinguion PAC L90 , I bought it from FB and it worked GREAT for about 3 months. Now it was leaking a bunch of water so I put a big pan type thing under the AC to catch the water. I'd have to drain in every day , which was fine bc my room was COLD. One night I fell asleep and forgot to drain it and when I woke up it was almost overflowing out the pan. Ever since it's quit working , flashing tF , and I can't find anything on that on any site. I'm thinking maybe the tF isn't correct bc maybe the display is messed up or something. Idk either way it powers on but will not turn on , like AC will not blow any air at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated very very much! Please and thank you.
I had the same problem I took the covers off and clean the drip tray because it was full of junk and blocking the water it was easy to do I was going to throw it away and decided I might as well pull it apart and take a look.it worked
@@mcanultymichelle I tried to take it apart lol but it got complicated and I quit hahaha... Maybe I'll go try again and see if I can get it to work. Thank you for letting me know.
@@amandareicks6578 you don't really have to take it apart. you just have to take the cover off, you should be able to see the drip tray to see that th tray might be blocked with slim. Give it another go what do you have to lose if it's not working anyway?
@@mcanultymichelle I had the cover off and I didn't see how I could even take anything out or clean bc under the cover is another metal cover type and idk it's complicated. I'm gonna take it back apart again and see what I can do lol
I have same design like this one.. no, this is most reliable design ever.. used it 3 years and still running strong.. had clean it 2 time btw.. this unit use in open area with lots of dust.. and running almost 12 hours per day
We have the same but or brand we have soleus ky-32u. When we do have it on it keeps turning back to the fan mode other than that it still does it ind gets cold
What about your thermostat sensor? where is that situated? also the water draw? it cant slightly dislodge? I just didn't see you play with the thermostat sensor be interested about that, if its in the wrong place or been dislodged it could be somewhere that gets too hot and so machine thinks its up to temperature and then when it cools down it kicks back in again?
My mom just give me the portable air conditioner commercial cool COB08XCLR the problem is when it spins it makes noises so I'm going to take it apart and keep the motor the display keyboard panel,transformer and the power supply.
Seems ok to me. Operate with case on. Did you make sure temp setting was below ambient temp and not just cycling off when reaching temp? Frost was building up on evaporator. Probably not low on refrigerant.
@@ivanquiles4903me too! Did you figure out if it was a setting? Mine is a brand new unit. It wakes me every time it hits temp and shuts down. How can I make it keep running?
@@sawdust2556 I just bought one and used it last night and it would shut off when the set temp was reached, it wasn't too hot out but the upstairs bedroom gets hot so we used it but it would wake me up everytime it would restart. I am wondering if I bought a unit that is too big for the room size, maybe a smaller unit would run without shutting down? I'm going to call LG and ask them about it.
I bought different company of similar product that is a portable aircon, i complained to them of similar incident problem like how u said, and then their aircon technician came and checked and informed their aircon is working well, EXCEPT THAT THEY SAY WHENEVER IT HAS REACHED ITS MAXIUM TEMPERATURE COOLNESS, IT WILL SHUT OFF AND WILL START RUN AGAIN WHEN GETS LESS THAN STATED COOLNESS RANGE, Thats nonsense. I then put it to fan mode,and later i gv it away because it didnot hv Automatic Switch To Fan Mode((To let in air for oxygen intake, as needed most by heart ailing or breathing problem patients)) whenever it hit the Maximum air-con mode target.
It's the compressor that gets overheated and shuts off, probably to little oil in it. Might be because the AC haven't been in a upright position and oil is in the tubes, you could try get it back in the compressor by twisting / tilting it in some positions very very slowly to give time for the mineral oil to move back in the compressor
my portable air unit will run for like 30 minutes shut off then blink red.If i leave it shut off for about 10 minutes it will let me turn it back on and same results any ideas what could be causing this guys?
You're right these portable air conditioners are a piece of shit! Mine screams at me meaning the compressor is fucked up! Don't waste your money purchase a window AC!
I had a problem with mine where it would start blowing cold air and then the compressor would cut off before reaching the desired temperature. The problem was that my air vent duct was too long going up into the attic. So when I used the original 6 ft vent hose, everything worked fine and the compressor kept going blowing cold air. hope this helps for someone
Man you saved my life, really i had the same problem my duct is too long and going up on office I remove that and place the original back and runs perfect! I love you!
@@zicopark7383 I trouble shot mine and that's exactly what it is. These have 2 fans. One to blow cold air and the other to blow pull air threw the condenser. If the condenser cant be cooled then the pressure from the freon returning to the pump strains the compressor and the compressor will shut off. Causing the air from the ac unit to blow cold for a short period of time but then start blowing hot air from the lack of circulation of freon after the compressor stops. There is a capacitor attached to the motor wires you might check as well. They rarely go bad so it's more than likely the condenser fan. But you can go on commietube and learn how to check it for your self.
I have a question, I have the same one but last summer was working properly and this summer I tried to turn it on but doesn’t work anymore 😢 any idea what’s happening? Thank you!
I have a literal brand new out of the box. It cools for about 5 seconds and does the same thing. It’s 96 degrees in my camper right now. The cold air won’t stay on
My portable ac started an awful rumbling sound and something like bursting screeching and had to turn it off i trnd back on and in fan mode it seemed okay but in ac mode the raccket. was on again seems to be two fans inside .. Its a delonghui cf223 .. Anyone knows what is it???????
I think it’s just a over priced piece of shit because mine really isn’t that dirty and when I first got it hooked up it ran for hours then I went to adjust the temp it started shutting down on its own 😡
It's a normal to get hot. That's why there's a vent and the machine shuts off and starts again. That's normal. When the room gets to the temperature you sit it at. Once it starts to get warmer it will come back on
Oh God. You have no idea what you're talking about. You don't just replace it. You test it and make sure its giving correct mfd reading and if its less than 10% then you replace it! You silly dumb dumb. Leave giving advice to your hvac/r professionals. Aka me a technician who is liscenced. And works for a strong company. Plus. Air flow is almost always 100 percent of the problem dirty could dirty fan blades dirty this dirty that. I actually need to pull mine apart soon and clean it
Keith Mckay mine just stopped blowing cold air. Cleaned the dirty filters. Took it apart. Clean inside. Is there a thermostat inside that might have gone bad? Is it easy to replace?
I'm sorry but I'm an licensed hvac technician. And its pretty tough to hear you try to explain things. That capacitor is a run capacitor. It is very unlikely to shock you while de energized. Only a start cap can shock you because it hold a charge. Which is very high voltage to give the compressor a boost of energy upon start up to over come heavy start resistance. Also pressure switch don't usually go bad unless they are shorted to groud or they possibly develope a leave those systems really devolp leaks since they are sealed from the factory. Those coils are most likely dirty in between and you need to was them very well with hose and water. The compressor will get hot while running. Feel the suction line if it's cold like maybe 38 to 40 degrees your good. If its warm then its flat on charge. And you should trash it its not worth fixing thoes things.
You are the most likely correct poster here. How do I reach out to you please. My matsui 9kbtu is having the same issues and leaking from different unknown positions, I have already taken the unit apart but it's still quite difficult to trace the leak... What do I do
@@obinnaeke9663 get rid of it and buy a new one at Walmart for 100 bucks. Not worth trying to fix it. I have invested thousands upon thousands of dollars in my line of work for specialties tools for the heating ventilation and air conditioning industry. So unless you wanna buy a a shit ton of tool and then refigerant. Its not worth it brother go buy a new unit!
@@keithmckay8746 I have half solved the problem, the issue with mine was the exhaust hose wasn't the original and I'm still stuck with the wack makeshift aftermarket that's nothing more than a PVC Water Closet excretory hose. My issue now is that in my country I cannot get the oem hose. So sad. As for the leaks, I found some holes and plugged it up... Voila, issue solved.
Portable air conditioner but won't cold air, running fan, current (Amps) tested about overload about 36.74 Amps at on at 5-7 seconds, not on at 1-2 minutes, other portable air conditioner, on cooling (cold air) current (Amps) tested about 11.64 Amps, on running cooling are working,
@@iginiobluevest9259 did you change it out? What model unit do you have? I have the LG LP0817WSR portable a/c, how do I remove the control panel to access the board.
Maybe you can help me. I've got a Haier portable. I was neglectful, and didn't realize there were two sets of coils, when I took the back off, the bottom coils were caked with dirt. Before that, the compressor made a racket, so I turned it off. I cleaned everything with a hose that let it sit in the sun a couple of days. When I tried it again, the compressor immediately kicked in quietly and blew cool...not cold air, but then kicked off after a couple minutes. Started a couple minutes later again but kicked off even quicker. The compressor gets slightly louder right before it kicks off, but nothing like before I cleaned it. Do you have any suggestions?
compressor may have overheated and gotten damaged from the dirt on the coils all that time. Probably needs replacement which is more than the cost of replacing the whole unit. All that dirt causes extra heat on the compressor and can make it start having issues.
@@mikesrandomvideos Thanks...I was hoping that wasn't it. When I popped the cover off and saw the buildup on the evaporator, I knew Probably fucked up. The condenser didn't look that bad. It gave me 7-8 years....can't complain too much. It was just so easy to pop the back off and clean it, that I should be kicking my own ass.
I have this exact same portable a/c. When it’s on cool it won’t switch from low to high. I don’t have the remote for it and I don’t see any other way on the actual ac that allows me to do so. Any thoughts anyone?
THANKS GUYS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS. I hope someone comes up with a solution. I think it is low on freon and it cost more to buy a can of that than It cost to replace it. Here in CA they charge a lot for freon. OMG stupid. So if your having problems with yours some of the comments might be helpful thanks for watching.
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I took mine and put it in the middle of the road and ran over it and backed back over it numerous times. It works great now. And it self cleans itself now when it rains outside. Great unit now. Thanks Dodge Ram. I love you.
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We have a slightly different model but the same brand. We cleaned the filters and the coils which didn’t help but our model has a swing feature/ button so when we turned the swing off it fixed the problem of turning off. Thank God
What's a swing switch?
What's a swing button?
@@KarenFerguson-kk9ho the remote control has the swing switch
I turned off the swing function and it fixed the issue on my portable Arctic King AC. Thank you!
I’d take it outside and blast it with the garden hose. Stay away from directly spraying electronics. Then hit it with your air gun and set it out in the sun for 6 or 7 hours. If your going to junk it anyway then why not. I wash mine every fall and they all run great the following summer.
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Yup! I used a garden hose with nozzle attachment set to jet, and just shot mine down in every crack and crevasse that I could get into except for the electronics. I must have spent around 20 to 30 minutes shooting it down, getting all of the dirt out. I did not even take all of the panels off. Now it blows way stronger and colder. Almost as good as when I first got it 4 years ago. It also looks almost brand spanking new!
@@jkhxzcjlkhcxvzk I want to try this. But I'm scared I might short my air conditioner out. Most of the electronics are near the control panel right? The temperature on my air conditioner doesn't go below 80 degrees. I have a Honeywell MO08CESWK.
Was washing mine and something got in my eye
I think it has to do with the voltage.. connect it to a stronger cord, that runs straight to the main meter box
My portable aircon was short cycling every minute, I had nothing to lose so I stripped it down and put the garden hose to the radiators. It works just fine now, pitty I purchased a new one only a few days ago. Such is life..
please be more specific, you mean you washed the radiators with the water hose? Did everything inside get wet, contacts and everything?
Such B.S. some of the new technology. Our portable AC smelled bad and I needed to clean it. Boy did I have fun disassembling it! It's seems they design it in a way that once it's assembles it should never be disassembled. Even after having removed the screws I struggles. I used my wedge tools to try to pry the panels open.
The fan had severe mould build up and accessing the fan was work and a half. While trying to remove some panels I ended up snapping off the plastic clips that holds the panels together. I didn't care, it was in places that I couldn't even reach with some of my tools.
Long story short. I removed the fan and soaked it in a bleach water bath while having to do some scrubbing. I spent nearly 20 mins trying to clean the fan alone. After having vacuumed off dust and wiped the AC, brought it back upstairs and wife was happy. No smell and the air felt colder.
If you don't have some sort of knack for things like this, then you'll end up spending money to get it to a technician or buy a new one. Our portable AC is 3 years old and runs periodically for 4 months out of a year.
“Long story short” 😂
@@felixcat648 yeah they do that ish on purpose, which should be illegal because the mold could be hazardous at some point but you would never know, just blowing mold all over your f'n house cause corporate schmucks want to reverse engineer stuff to fill wastelands 🤷🤔😢😞
I just flood it with a garden hose, works like a charm. In my opinion, nothing works better than water.
at 9:11 is the capacitor their on the bottom right take a pic to see how it is hook up, than get that cap size and try that.Capacitor cost around $25.Make sure to discharge the capacitor first thing.good luck
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I am pretty sure mine has a faulty thermostat. I turn it on, temp says it is like 16c, when in reality its like 28c, so obviously the compressor will not kick in. If i leave it on for a while, like half hour/hour, it seems to sort itself out tho, and works fine. Once summers done, i will take it apart and get the specs of the thermostat and order a new one.
You should vacuum the dirt out of the coils, not force it in more with compressed air.
What do you mean?
@@Michael-w8v Use vacum to suck dirt, not blow dust into unit.
He’s talking about in the beginning when he cleans off the immediate dirt and debris embedded in all the coils, you want to extract it out rather than potentially blowing some of the debris further into the coil grooves…
It’s like how they say when cleaning ac unit u should Hose the outer coils from the inside outwardly to clean it them and push out debris clogs.
In this case he was saying to shop vac the coils with a brush attachment and pull away debris….
I don’t know how much significance this would’ve played in this case but I’m working on my model at the moment and doing some research
When my portable short cycles it needs cleaning. But not just blowing out. I open it up and spray it down with alcohol and a tooth brush. It gets a fine layer of dust and the condensation makes sludge and has to be washed out or i end up blowing it farther in. It has worked for me every time SO FAR...its worth a shot. The alcohol 90% has litle water so it dries fast and is a solvent, evaporats clean and wont leave a residue. Any alcohol will work i prefer 90. I will leave unplugged over night. In fact its doing it now....i stumbled on your video. Try a deep clean. Just put the alcohol in a spray bottle and let it run down the fins and out the drain and bruah as you go. Sounds elementary but SO FAR that has always worked for me.
how many times have you done this to the same unit? How frequently?
Can I use a can of spray coil cleaner the you don't have to rinse? Would you answer ASAP please it hot in Texas!
@@patl2699 I cannot say about coil cleaner. I'd be VERY CAREFUL with anything ether based. I used 90% alcohol and a little water cuz the alcohol will evaporate. You can try a small spot. Becarefuk anything that will melt plastic I used brake cleaner (ether) I think and it just melted the tabs just enough I had to break one to get the case open. Sorry I didn't reply sooner. I know it's HADES HOt here in luzzianna as well.
That makes sense to me thank you so much God bless you
@@patl2699 hope it helps. At my house the fins get a thin layer of dust built up that doesn't blow off. So washing is the best way. I do it as needed but about 2times a season. I noticed it stayed clean longer and got cleaner from a simple blow off with canned air. I have dogs do i get hair and they track in dust and dirt. The hair seems to stick better to the dirt. I do the same with my window unit and alcohol keeps me from having to tske them our. Also use a tooth brush to scrub the Fins then I'll rinse qith a squirt bottle of water to wash all that crap away.
is normal, compresssor use to get very hot, i'm using one of these and adapted a disipator and a computer fan blowing the compressor , i had a problem also of water coming out from the front side where blows cool air, there was so much dirty on the radiators, solution if to spread water with high pressure with a hose, this is part of the maintenance someone should do time to time, they work ok if compressor is working, some times compressor make a little noise if base is some how damage
after cleaning with water you should leave the unit couple of days without using it, the water could get inside on one of the fans or the circuit unit, don't plug in, leave it couple of days without using it or put it all day long exposed to the sun while opened, these should do the job
remember fans blows the hot air from radiator near the compressor, if there much dirt there then unit overheat, compressor turn off for safety after reaching a extreme temperature
I would say that theres a micro leak and is low on refrigerant.. its shutting off from the compressors internal thermal shutoffs.. when you get ice like that it means its low on charge or has a restriction inside the system.. and the compressors supposed to get hot but not above 250°F... and it would get hot when low on charge.. id start off testing the windings on the compressor itself . Go between each of the 3 terminals and if you add two of the ohm measurements they should equal the ohm reading of the last one... if reading is in megohmd is bad compressor, if a winding has continuity to ground its bad.. but yea.. wonder if its r134a , r22 or propane...or r410a or r12.. gotta be one of those,
wow that information is helpful will definitely help anyone who is trying to fix one of these. thanks for the comment
I wounded where is it located?
Is it safe to spray warer in the vents?? I know it sounds stupid but when i do it blows cooler air hut im scared to mess it up
Fixed mine 1 hour later with a circle of beer cans around me I took it out side and scraped the copper out of it FIXED
Without actually being present to look over the unit, it would appear to be low on freon. A cheap electronic leak detector would verify this. You could also hose down the coils and copper tubing with soapy water and look for bubbles. Either way, if you dont already have the tools to purge, evacuate, and recharge the system, it would be cheaper to get a new one.
Omg someone who speaks English !!!!!!!😵💫
I know this is kinda of late , but . So I just bought on of these tings because it has been miserably hot this summer. Same situation it was a fb market place buy. It worked when I tested it then when I got it home it and turned it on worked for 10 mins then off and on till night fall. I had traced it down to the high pressure cycle switch or the ambient temp sensor. I tested both when it shut down and 7.7k ohm when it shut down on the ambient and the open on the high side for about 4 seconds then closed. My issue was the after market exhaust hose rig was too small for the unit I had. I see you have the original hose assy for your unit. I would suspect the over load protection switch on yours is faulty. Opening too early. Hope you found a solution by now.
Unit has a float switch in bottom pan when it fills with water float rises and cut off unit.make sure pan is clean and upper and lower drains are clean and unit can drain properly.
Have got similar issues with my portable air con.
Have modified the evaporater drip tray so water trickles on the condenser coils.
So let's see.
Gonna run a final check on it tomorrow
It was working fine without the covers.
The rotary compressor does get that hot.
Did that work?
How did you make out with the unit? The evaporator was starting to frost up. I know you just turned it on. Eventually those coils should be sweating from top to bottom. We didn't see the coils after running for a few minutes. If by chance those first for coils frosted over or only sweat there it could be a sign of a leak or a restriction (foreign/dirt) in the system. Yes it can happen is a supposed sealed system. The compressor does get hot. There should be a fan that blows air across it to help cool it. Make sure the fan is working. Not sure if it shares the same fan for the evaporator. Also with the cover off the air may not be directed correctly onto the compressor. I know you had the cover off checking the unit. But it could be a factor at that time as to why it was so hot. Too if the compressor gets to hot it is thermally protected to shut off. So my guess is possible leak, restriction, or maybe a bad fan motor. Just somethings to look for. All the best to you
had the same problem with my ac. how did you fix it?
Hit it with the garden hose...its filthy...bet it fixes your problem...did mine👍👍👍
That thing cools the room, while using the air conditioned air in the room to cool its condenser while it blows the heat (and previously cooled air) outside. Not anywhere near as efficient as a window air conditioner. Surprised they can sell something like that. It should have hoses for inlet and outlet air to be effective.
i know this is old but I'd like your thoughts I have rigged a hose with a fan to the vent intake to essentially turn it into a dual hose unit any ideas if this is bad or cool
@@SpoiledBadgerMilk You mentioned a fan, which may cause positive air pressure in the room if it's more powerful than the condenser fan. Otherwise, the difficult thing would be to seal the condenser inlet to prevent room air from going into it. You have a good idea, but it might cause unforseen problems, i.e. overheating the compressor because it's not really designed to work that way.
@@ronk9830 yeah it still sucks some air from the room i can tell cause when i close and open room door i can feel the pressure change. my thoughts are if most of it is taken from outside then room will stay cooler for longer i used a metric shit ton of aluminum tape and some left insulation to construct a box like structure and used a flat piece of plastic to create a hole for the and fan to bolt to .all the air it can suck from room will have to be from within the unit where it is not sealed off it has been tripping the breaker but i think that's loose wiring in my outlet cause voltage drop from 117 to 111 and as low as 109 seems to get lower the hotter it is outside
@@SpoiledBadgerMilk I suppose it's better to reduce the use of the indoor air. I hope it's not overheating and causing the circuit breaker to trip, though.
I just bought the same unit yesterday. Tested today and after 10 minutes it auto shut off. Jumped from my seat and checked it. Dont have a clue. After 2 minutes it auto on again. I am waiting if it shut down again while searching for video on this problem. Hopefully it wont auto shut off again or I will send it back to the store.
Did you figure out if there’s a setting to keep it always running?
Mine works just fine unless the room gets over 90° then it will only stay on for a few minutes at a time. It will go up to 96 degrees and blowcold air until it gets down to 92 and that's it until they are going in to the unit gets below 89 degrees again. I found this out when we had a heat wave a few weeks ago
I have the same thing, I think the compressor gets too hot or the pressure is too high after about 90
If your compressor is getting too hot during running cycle,it will shut off on thermal overload, I would let it cool down or basically if u can cool it down with water or ice pack that would help..you should be able to put in line tap or you can order a compressor port access tool and get that way. You need to hook up your ac gauges in order for you to be able to see what is going on with the compressor and be able to see if are low on freon or is it short cycling...good luck..
How do you change the water tank?
I just got one brand new (but upright for a week, and it shuts off too when temp of ac must reach the degree, but it wakes me every times it kicks off. It’s driving me crazy. What do I do? Gotta go watch this video again. Thank you.
Di you find the issue? I have the same problem
My brand new one does this. It only stays on for about 5 minutes though and then turns off.
Mine is doing the same. 5 min and the shutoff
Same problem!!!
Same problem here
I’m sure because of design it’s overheating clean it off real good then seal it off heat side
mine has humidifier canister, when water gets full, it shuts off with tricky floating flapper switch... yours might drain and connect to hose, doubt it condensates, too much water. different by model i cant tell, thermostat .
Mines fills up with water just as fast now and it sucks because I’ll drain it and right when I’m comfortable and falling asleep it’ll shut off. I’m about to throw this thing off of my building pretty soon!
You have a freon shortage problem, the system should be charged, and also the condenser and evaporator should be flushed with a cleaning agent or with water
I'm just now disassembling my 10,000 btu LG unit. Burnt relay switch is what I found.
I have a Haier hprb08xcm-t AC which was dirty so I cleaned it with a hose. After that, it worked but only in dehumidifier mode. I think I fried some electronic board. I called the company and they don't have any info on it because it's about 10 years old. They recommended I change the float switch. I ordered one but when I started to take the unit apart, I could not find the location of the switch. Any ideas on where I could find a parts diagram?
no I did not see a overheat switch on mine
I still have it and I think maybe it lost some of the freon slowly IDK. Really but the freon is r410a and not available in small amounts.
hi mike. my names will and i run a little shop called All Things Digital (just me, no building. lol) i have the same unit same problem except the compressor kicks off after five seconds. no where near enough time for the compressor to heat up so its not a over heating problem. in that five sec startup my unit gets very cold(yours runs for fifteen mins and gets cold so its holding Freon).haven't taken it apart yet but iv'e been milling this around in my head for a while and i think its a digital problem because this unit has a digital interface.so i went back over your video and noticed when you took off the panel cover to the circuit board that the little black compositor that i could see(there may be more} had a swollen top which is usually a clear sign that the component is faulty.try replacing any cap you see with a bulge on top. make sure you match voltage and microfarad. i hope this helps...
@@585wlml Did you finally change out the capacitor? I am having a problem with after I turn off the a/c it keeps turning on and off. It's the
LG LP0817WSR Portable a/c. I have used it a sum total of 6 or 7 months for 2 summers. I am also wondering how to actually access the control panel. Hope you see this and thanks
When you sit the temperature if the temperature is 70 it will shut off only fan works. When temperature rises it will come on again. So when your room cools to that temperature it will shut down and restart when it starts to get hot. That's a feature
you most likly have a psi switch failing.i cut mine out and bypassed it and now no more problems
Don’t take it apart the reason it was running fine when you brought it is because it was upright the whole time the problem was when you transported back home you lay it flat because of the compressor
I have the toscana ac unit I clean the filters all the time but it hasn’t turned on since yesterday.
You need to wait for anywhere from 6 to 24 hour’s and then turn it back on but never lay it down sideway or upside down
Thats great 🤣 i had to lay mine down in order to take off a Filter Vent
Pressure switch is for when the unit is to low not too high
Pressures switch can be actuated either way
So I was having this same issue and I have managed to solve it today. Mine goes off between 10 to 15 mins and comes back on within 5 to 10 mins. I took the unit apart and decided to check for leaks while deep cleaning it. Turns out that just under the water pump were 3 holes drilled and no screws or a device there. I filled them with tile glue and the leaks stopped. Also for the intermittent on/off, turns out my exhaust hose isn't compatible because I ran the unit for more than 1hr without the hose after deep cleaning the coils, immediately I attach the hose it turns off after 15mins. So I'm kinda in a bind here as I have to either manage the hose and have manage the intermittent power cycle or run the unit indoors without the hose in which case I'd be recycling the hot air back into the room (no brainer).
Unfortunately in my country, I can't get the oem hose for my matsui 9kwr and I'm stuck with the one I got from the seller which is actually a WC exit hose.
I'm in a bind RN
These LG units have big design flaw problems with the relay and temp switches. The same problem happens on many YT videos. I am confident LG is designing them this way on purpose so they only have a specific amount of usage/time before they have to be replaced. Welcome to capitalism. No more LG for me.
Hey there. I have the same unit and I opened it up to clean it. I tried to take off the upper fan as it seemed to have mold in it. I unbolted it and now the fan won't turn. Can you help.
the sensors can also go bad and you'll get a constant 88 degrees
Airflow..... Or low on refrigerant . I would think that's what's wrong or the relay. I go to school for it . I hope u write back what was wrong with it
Thank you you saved me alot of money
Did you happen to video the disassembly? I removed all the screws, but the panels are are still firmly in place. I don’t want to break something by blindly prying.
With mine you have to pull the panels down for them to come off.
Okay I’ve been searching and searching and no luck but i took apart just clean off the dog hair that was stuck to it and we’ll long story short can you make a video of how to put it back together specifically the front part and to be more specific the black cord how do place so that the cover can go back on
I have a pinguion PAC L90 , I bought it from FB and it worked GREAT for about 3 months. Now it was leaking a bunch of water so I put a big pan type thing under the AC to catch the water. I'd have to drain in every day , which was fine bc my room was COLD. One night I fell asleep and forgot to drain it and when I woke up it was almost overflowing out the pan. Ever since it's quit working , flashing tF , and I can't find anything on that on any site. I'm thinking maybe the tF isn't correct bc maybe the display is messed up or something. Idk either way it powers on but will not turn on , like AC will not blow any air at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated very very much! Please and thank you.
I had the same problem I took the covers off and clean the drip tray because it was full of junk and blocking the water it was easy to do I was going to throw it away and decided I might as well pull it apart and take a look.it worked
@@mcanultymichelle I tried to take it apart lol but it got complicated and I quit hahaha... Maybe I'll go try again and see if I can get it to work. Thank you for letting me know.
@@amandareicks6578 you don't really have to take it apart. you just have to take the cover off, you should be able to see the drip tray to see that th tray might be blocked with slim.
Give it another go what do you have to lose if it's not working anyway?
@@mcanultymichelle I had the cover off and I didn't see how I could even take anything out or clean bc under the cover is another metal cover type and idk it's complicated. I'm gonna take it back apart again and see what I can do lol
Drain plug and hose to drain thru hole in wall is what happened.. you have to drain outside unit ❤
This unit will eventually overheat cause it needs the sides on it to channel the air past the fins
I have same design like this one.. no, this is most reliable design ever.. used it 3 years and still running strong.. had clean it 2 time btw.. this unit use in open area with lots of dust.. and running almost 12 hours per day
Same thing here man ac stops blowing cold air does regular air
Just occured to my portable Haier 8k unit? Did you find out what was the issue with yours? Is it repaired?
jesseguerra2012 nah man I just bought a new one,
In my case it was the thermistor. It has two but come in one connector package.
GOOD INFO
We have the same but or brand we have soleus ky-32u. When we do have it on it keeps turning back to the fan mode other than that it still does it ind gets cold
Not playing that game. I didn't have it long, took back to Walmart, got money back.
LG model LP0910wnr . Does anyone know where the 2 Temperature sensors go?
What about your thermostat sensor? where is that situated? also the water draw? it cant slightly dislodge? I just didn't see you play with the thermostat sensor be interested about that, if its in the wrong place or been dislodged it could be somewhere that gets too hot and so machine thinks its up to temperature and then when it cools down it kicks back in again?
Where is the thermostat sensor usually located?
Good job my friend 👍
Thank you 👍
Bottom is condensor, top is evaporator
Facts evaporate fan motor go bad and the compacitor of my haier ac
My mom just give me the portable air conditioner commercial cool COB08XCLR the problem is when it spins it makes noises so I'm going to take it apart and keep the motor the display keyboard panel,transformer and the power supply.
Thanks. You helped fix my problems *mastertech*
Seems ok to me. Operate with case on. Did you make sure temp setting was below ambient temp and not just cycling off when reaching temp? Frost was building up on evaporator. Probably not low on refrigerant.
I want mine to continue even when reaching desired twmp
@@ivanquiles4903me too! Did you figure out if it was a setting? Mine is a brand new unit. It wakes me every time it hits temp and shuts down. How can I make it keep running?
@@sawdust2556 I just bought one and used it last night and it would shut off when the set temp was reached, it wasn't too hot out but the upstairs bedroom gets hot so we used it but it would wake me up everytime it would restart. I am wondering if I bought a unit that is too big for the room size, maybe a smaller unit would run without shutting down? I'm going to call LG and ask them about it.
I bought different company of similar product that is a portable aircon, i complained to them of similar incident problem like how u said, and then their aircon technician came and checked and informed their aircon is working well, EXCEPT THAT THEY SAY WHENEVER IT HAS REACHED ITS MAXIUM TEMPERATURE COOLNESS, IT WILL SHUT OFF AND WILL START RUN AGAIN WHEN GETS LESS THAN STATED COOLNESS RANGE, Thats nonsense.
I then put it to fan mode,and later i gv it away because it didnot hv Automatic Switch To Fan Mode((To let in air for oxygen intake, as needed most by heart ailing or breathing problem patients)) whenever it hit the Maximum air-con mode target.
Try soapy water and look for bubbles for a leak.
What kind of freon does it use please.
it said right on the label r134
@@mikesrandomvideos thank you so much, my daughters just went out and I didn't know they needed to be replaced. ❤️🙏
I have the same unit the rotating blower part is squeaking bad 😞😔 Im not sure what to do if I take it apart , can someone help ??
It's the compressor that gets overheated and shuts off, probably to little oil in it. Might be because the AC haven't been in a upright position and oil is in the tubes, you could try get it back in the compressor by twisting / tilting it in some positions very very slowly to give time for the mineral oil to move back in the compressor
my portable air unit will run for like 30 minutes shut off then blink red.If i leave it shut off for about 10 minutes it will let me turn it back on and same results any ideas what could be causing this guys?
Mine doing Same thing !!
Mine is doing this
I have GE to keep continuous you hold down the cool button for 3 seconds
I bout 2 , they are garbage , sometimes work sometimes don’t , even you can’t turn them off, I don’t recommend them
You're right these portable air conditioners are a piece of shit! Mine screams at me meaning the compressor is fucked up! Don't waste your money purchase a window AC!
This looks like the LG that was recalled because it catches on fire.
Wait you clean it clesn without doing this??
My Honeywell Air purifier shut off and on when it is on the second speed!
I had a problem with mine where it would start blowing cold air and then the compressor would cut off before reaching the desired temperature. The problem was that my air vent duct was too long going up into the attic. So when I used the original 6 ft vent hose, everything worked fine and the compressor kept going blowing cold air.
hope this helps for someone
thanks that might help someone. Mine I think is too low on freon
Man you saved my life, really i had the same problem my duct is too long and going up on office I remove that and place the original back and runs perfect!
I love you!
I found another problem on my at the end of the duct was traped now I will test with the long duct again
My take, dump the unit, don't wast time plz! Get a window unit. Lot's better.
I can't get it out I seem to have removed all the screws” Too bad you didn't keep the entire disassembly in the video.
Fan motor for the compressor my not be working properly. Compressor overheats then shuts down causing the ac to no longer blow cold air.
I have one it doin the samthing 😡
@@zicopark7383 I trouble shot mine and that's exactly what it is. These have 2 fans. One to blow cold air and the other to blow pull air threw the condenser. If the condenser cant be cooled then the pressure from the freon returning to the pump strains the compressor and the compressor will shut off. Causing the air from the ac unit to blow cold for a short period of time but then start blowing hot air from the lack of circulation of freon after the compressor stops.
There is a capacitor attached to the motor wires you might check as well. They rarely go bad so it's more than likely the condenser fan. But you can go on commietube and learn how to check it for your self.
I have a question, I have the same one but last summer was working properly and this summer I tried to turn it on but doesn’t work anymore 😢 any idea what’s happening? Thank you!
I need more information than that... 🤔
Thanks
Mine works for about 2 to 3 m.j minutes then it shakes and it stops blowing cold air. I'm guessing is low on freon wat do you guys think
yea maybe. could be it I suppose.
I have a literal brand new out of the box. It cools for about 5 seconds and does the same thing. It’s 96 degrees in my camper right now. The cold air won’t stay on
@@jennifermccoy8738 same thing
My portable ac started an awful rumbling sound and something like bursting screeching and had to turn it off i trnd back on and in fan mode it seemed okay but in ac mode the raccket. was on again seems to be two fans inside .. Its a delonghui cf223 .. Anyone knows what is it???????
I have the exact problem right now did you fix the problem?? Lmk
Red light is on? No other buttons work.
I think it’s just a over priced piece of shit because mine really isn’t that dirty and when I first got it hooked up it ran for hours then I went to adjust the temp it started shutting down on its own 😡
my portabl ac 1 mnt work and 5 mnt turn off cooling plz help
ac nam little swan
How do you clean all that green Muck out of the coils???
It's a normal to get hot. That's why there's a vent and the machine shuts off and starts again. That's normal. When the room gets to the temperature you sit it at. Once it starts to get warmer it will come back on
Why don't u change New capacitor, might help to solve your problem.
Oh God. You have no idea what you're talking about. You don't just replace it. You test it and make sure its giving correct mfd reading and if its less than 10% then you replace it! You silly dumb dumb. Leave giving advice to your hvac/r professionals. Aka me a technician who is liscenced. And works for a strong company. Plus. Air flow is almost always 100 percent of the problem dirty could dirty fan blades dirty this dirty that. I actually need to pull mine apart soon and clean it
Test the capacitor
Keith Mckay mine just stopped blowing cold air. Cleaned the dirty filters. Took it apart. Clean inside. Is there a thermostat inside that might have gone bad? Is it easy to replace?
Mines doesn’t shut off it cuts the whole power off in my house
I'm sorry but I'm an licensed hvac technician. And its pretty tough to hear you try to explain things. That capacitor is a run capacitor. It is very unlikely to shock you while de energized. Only a start cap can shock you because it hold a charge. Which is very high voltage to give the compressor a boost of energy upon start up to over come heavy start resistance. Also pressure switch don't usually go bad unless they are shorted to groud or they possibly develope a leave those systems really devolp leaks since they are sealed from the factory. Those coils are most likely dirty in between and you need to was them very well with hose and water. The compressor will get hot while running. Feel the suction line if it's cold like maybe 38 to 40 degrees your good. If its warm then its flat on charge. And you should trash it its not worth fixing thoes things.
You are the most likely correct poster here. How do I reach out to you please. My matsui 9kbtu is having the same issues and leaking from different unknown positions, I have already taken the unit apart but it's still quite difficult to trace the leak... What do I do
@@obinnaeke9663 get rid of it and buy a new one at Walmart for 100 bucks. Not worth trying to fix it. I have invested thousands upon thousands of dollars in my line of work for specialties tools for the heating ventilation and air conditioning industry. So unless you wanna buy a a shit ton of tool and then refigerant. Its not worth it brother go buy a new unit!
@@keithmckay8746 I have half solved the problem, the issue with mine was the exhaust hose wasn't the original and I'm still stuck with the wack makeshift aftermarket that's nothing more than a PVC Water Closet excretory hose. My issue now is that in my country I cannot get the oem hose. So sad. As for the leaks, I found some holes and plugged it up... Voila, issue solved.
Shouldn't you use some kind of acid to clean the coils?
@@robertmontero707 you can use a coil cleaner solution like nu-bright or I've heard of people using dawn dish soap and vinegar
Portable air conditioner but won't cold air, running fan, current (Amps) tested about overload about 36.74 Amps at on at 5-7 seconds, not on at 1-2 minutes, other portable air conditioner, on cooling (cold air) current (Amps) tested about 11.64 Amps, on running cooling are working,
36 amps eh.. if you think thats normal than give away your electrical meter to somebody else as it wIll be more beneficial to them...
Found capacity can
@@iginiobluevest9259 did you change it out? What model unit do you have? I have the LG LP0817WSR portable a/c, how do I remove the control panel to access the board.
I have that same ac and a few minutes ago when the compressor is on it make a loud humming sound.... when it's just the fan run there is no noise
Hi did you find out? I have the same problem...
Mine turn on few mins then off agàin n again
Fixed mine it was the power cord,little melted area between the plug in on the cord don't use extension cords
Maybe you can help me. I've got a Haier portable. I was neglectful, and didn't realize there were two sets of coils, when I took the back off, the bottom coils were caked with dirt. Before that, the compressor made a racket, so I turned it off. I cleaned everything with a hose that let it sit in the sun a couple of days. When I tried it again, the compressor immediately kicked in quietly and blew cool...not cold air, but then kicked off after a couple minutes. Started a couple minutes later again but kicked off even quicker. The compressor gets slightly louder right before it kicks off, but nothing like before I cleaned it. Do you have any suggestions?
compressor may have overheated and gotten damaged from the dirt on the coils all that time. Probably needs replacement which is more than the cost of replacing the whole unit. All that dirt causes extra heat on the compressor and can make it start having issues.
@@mikesrandomvideos
Thanks...I was hoping that wasn't it. When I popped the cover off and saw the buildup on the evaporator, I knew Probably fucked up. The condenser didn't look that bad. It gave me 7-8 years....can't complain too much. It was just so easy to pop the back off and clean it, that I should be kicking my own ass.
I have this exact same portable a/c. When it’s on cool it won’t switch from low to high. I don’t have the remote for it and I don’t see any other way on the actual ac that allows me to do so. Any thoughts anyone?
Press mode
Or fan
My ac works, but the lights on the dash are flickering and then they turn off, any ideas pls?
mine does that too, it flicks and beeps, then it stops blowing air, but continues to flicker and beep. did you ever figure it out?
Mine shit off snd now a red light is blinking
mine does the same
Bought a "Brada" portable AC unit, after only two years, the compressor failed. Do not buy a Brada, and be very very carefull when buying such units !
good point thanks for posting that. will help others.
My portable aircond when use fan no noisy sound,when i open dry or cool become very noisy is what problen?
may be the compressor. I think mine is low on freon but gotta buy a whole can of it more than the AC is worth.
lo0nG JaMe3 mine too a delonghi 223