l Inspect and clean the coils and condensate
Annual Maintenance
for Your Air Conditioner water passage.
l Check fans and the fan motor. (The com-
Your air conditioner needs annual mainte- pressor is sealed and needs no oiling.)
nance to help insure steady, top performance
throughout the year. Call the service company Expense of annual inspection is customer?s
recommended by your dealer to: responsibility.
Do-It-Yourself Maintenance
If you are familiar with electrical appliances you I can do the cleaning and maintenance yourself.
If you decide to go ahead, follow these steps.
1. Remove front panel. [See page 5 or refer to and condensate parts. Clean at least once
Installation Instructions.) a year, or more often if the condenser coil
2. Pull control knobs straight off. Remove the and base collect dirt, sand, leaves, insects
control plate. or algae. Also, clean if you detect an odor
coming from the air conditioner. (A good
3. Remove the green ground wire. It is attach- time to oil the motor is when you already
ed with a screw located on the bottom left have the cabinet open. See instructions that
side under the control plate. (Save the follow]
screw to reattach wire.]
7. Remove plastic film from motor and elec-
4. Pull out handle and slide air conditioner trical parts.
out of cabinet. NOTE: The air condi- 8. Replace unit in cabinet.
tioner Is heavy and should be removed
by at least two people. 9. Reattach ground wire. Replace control plate
and knobs.
5. Wrap the motor, electrical control box and
compressor terminals box in plastic film 10. Replace front panel.
and make sure no water or ofher liquid NOTE: It is best to wait 24 hours before
gets inside any of these parts. It would
damage insulation and cause serious starting the unit again. This allows all areas
problems. to dry out. (The water from rainfall or from
normal operation does not harm these
6. Carefully clean and hose out the base, coils componenfs.)
Oiling The Fan Motor
1. Remove unit from cabinet. [Follow instruc-
tions under ?Do-It-Yourself Maintenance? or
in Installation Instructions .)
2. Oil the fan motor per instructions on the
motor. To add oil, remove the oil hole plug at
each end of motor. An easy to use capsule
of especially recommended oil (Part
Number 10943) is available through your
nearest Whirlpool Factory Service Center, or
use SAE #20 non-detergent oil.
OIL PLUGS
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