Caring For Your Air Conditioner
Annual maintenance
Your air conditioner needs annual maintenance
to help ensure steady, top performance through-
out the year.
Call the service company recommended by
your dealer to:
l Inspect and clean the coils and condensate
water passages.
l Check fan.
The compressor and fan motor are sealed and
need no oiling. The expense of an annual
inspection is the customer?s responsibility.
Electrical Shock Hazard OR
Unplug power cord from outlet before If you are familiar with electrical appliances, you
servicing. can do the cleaning and maintenance yourself. If
Be sure no liquid gets into the motor, you choose to do so, follow these steps:
electrical control box, or compressor NOTE: Do not lift, push, or pull any white beaded
terminals. foam (expanded polystyrene) parts.
Failure to follow these instructions
can result in death, electrical shock, 1. Unplug power cord.
or serious injury. 2. Remove the front panel. (See ?Cleaning front
panel and air filter? on page 5.)
3. Remove air conditioner from window. Watch
out for the sharp metal fins on the front and
rear coils.
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and
install air conditioner.
Failure to do so can result in back or
other injury.
4. Remove side curtains. Slide curtains out to
fullest width. From the back side, remove the
Phillips-head screws which attach the curtains
to the cabinet. (See A in illustration at left.)
5. Remove slotted-hex head screws holding top
channel. (See B in Illustration at left.)
6. Remove slotted-hex head screws on sides
of cabinet. (See C in illustration at left.)
7. Holding the cabinet on both sides, carefully lift
cabinet off unit base. Watch out for the sharp
metal fins on the front and rear condenser
coils.
8. Wrap the motor, electrical control box, and
compressor terminal box in plastic film and
make sure no water or other liquid gets inside
any of these parts. It could damage the
insulation and cause serious mechanical
problems.
9. Carefully clean and hose out the base, coils,
and condensate pans. Clean at least once a
year, or more often if the condenser coils and
pans collect dirt, sand, leaves, insects, or
algae. Also, clean if you detect an odor
coming from the air conditioner. |
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