The only thing that you must do is shorten the hose! The hot air stream should have the shortest way out, that means that the outlet must be as horizontal as possible and slightly upwards! I've cleaned mine by taking the front of to and all the air ducts inside as well! All the black inners i've washed in the dishwasher! The evaporater and the condensor could be cleaned this way 'against the airstream' which is better to clean them up to newstate! I've got dog's too! (6)😊. But still interesting video, I never thought of that leaf blower! Great idea to dry it next time I clean it!
Thanks! Great cleaning tips too! I was thinking of building a stand for it so that the rear vent would sit even with the window vent. That would shorten the hose too. The hose is pretty bulky and gets in the way sometimes. A nice cabinet to put it on would fix that.
Thank you, thank you. Mine just started to smell like a dog or even maybe a bit of urine. Hades mine for several yrs now. I'll be doing the same and hopefully this will help the smell. Thx again
This technique seemed to work pretty good. But there is still a slight smell. I have seen some AC foam cleaners. I was thinking of trying one of them out too. They say no rinse. You just spray it on the coils and let it sit for 15 min then you wipe it off. I am thinking of getting some to test out and make another AC cleaning video.
I bought one 2 years ago. It worked great up until 3 days ago and it no longer cools. It is only used 3-4 months out of the year as I live in Connecticut. I tried everything to get it to work. It is maintained nicely, only used in a small bedroom and still no cool air anymore. I have tried to contact the company and have gotten nowhere but on hold for literally an hour at a time. Then when I have contacted someone they refer me to other phone numbers so at this point. Don’t no what to do at this point.
Sorry to hear that. It could be a power issue. Some rooms in your house are on the same breaker and if there is not enough power to the AC the compressor will shut off to protect the unit. Is there something new that you have plugged into to another outlet in your room or somewhere else in your house? I had a chest freezer on the same breaker and the AC compressor wouldn't come on anymore. but once I plugged it into a different outlet on another breaker it started working again.
Just got a portable air conditioner. I attached the hose to the back to drain condensation. To my surprise it filled the small vase with water. I’ve only had it for 9 days. Should it have that much water deposited? Duh! I know nothing about it even though I read the manual several times. Question: how often should I clean the filter? Thank you. Interesting video.
The AC will circulate the water in the unit to cool the compressor. Most of it should evaporate. There are 2 drains on the back. The upper one is used to drain the water while it is in Dehumidify mode. The bottom one is used to drain the unit when you are done using it for the season. You should check your filters every 30 days to see how they look. They may only need to be cleaned every few months but it's a good idea to check them.
Have you not heard of foaming coil cleaner? Its designed to clean and deodorize your AC unit. The condenser coils self rinse so you don't have to spray water into it. Pick up a can for $5 at the hardware store
I keep asking the? How do you clean the part where the air come from my vents are good but I have start smelling an odor .I can see that it needs to be cleaned. Everything that I look at on RU-vid is just talking and showing the vents none is saying anything about the vent where the air come from??
I am not sure I understand the question. At 10:05 I have taken off the back panel and I am cleaning the 2 grates on the back of the AC unit. At 21:10 I am blowing out the front vent. Are you asking how to take off the front panel and clean out the vent on the front of the AC unit?
The upper hole is to drain the water out of the unit when you run it in dehumidify mode. In the dehumidify mode you will need to keep a hose attached to it to drain all the water it pulls out of the air. You don't need the drain house when you run it in AC mode though. The AC will circulate any moisture that's in the unit and use it to cool the compressor. The unit gets pretty hot when it is in AC mode and will evaporate most of the moisture that is in the unit.
I don't think you need to do that unless you are trying to get all of the water out to store it for the winter. Under normal use you should need to tilt it back to drain it.
I bought one of the black and decker bpt08hwtb. It was brand new. There is no smell with the ac running , but when I turn the heat part on it smells like urine. If I run it on just fan I smell nothing. Very strange. I thought maybe it just needed to run, but it won't go away. Strange it's only on heat . If anyone comes across any information let me know.
Typically the funky smell is from some dust and it will burn off the heater after a while. So yeah that is kind of strange. You may want to open it up and see if something got in there. If everything looks good you could try a box of baking soda. I was thinking of trying it to see if it would absorb some of the funky orders that are still in my AC.
I can guarantee you the blower wheel on the other side of the evaporator coil is just foul with mould and dust. If you open it up and look at it you would probable throw it away.
@@The_Shenangang I haven't had a chance to open it up and look. The AC is working great and doesn't smell anymore. So I am thinking it is fine but I am curious though and I want to open it up and look at it.
