Friday, March 29, 2019

Cleaning York Air conditioner DIY

I never clean the air conditioner before but today I've tried it myself and learned quite a few thing about the York Air conditioner. Usually I used to call contractor to clean the air conditioner and pay around RM80 for the service including refilling the gas.

After some reading on the web and also one comment from the contractor that the air conditioner is not necessary to refill the gas too frequently. It's because the air conditioner has a mechanism that use a temperature difference to operate. As long as the mechanism work it does not need the gas to be refilled all the time maybe once in a year is okay.



Anyway i am not going too detail about this because i don't really know exactly how it works but from this experience i learned that cleaning the air conditioner yourself can be better than the contractor does. Usually the contractor just clean in outer such as the heat sink fin and also the filters which is fine. But there is one more most important thing that I never realized is the fan too need cleaning - until I checked and open it how dirty it is after years of using without service. The dirt become harden and  tough to remove.



The air conditioner fan is made from plastic arranged in cylinder. So over time it will contracted with dirt around the fan. As the dirt accumulate over time it create uneven hole along the arrangement of the small fan and that can cause the fan to produce noise. Watch this video



So in this cleaning process I used the following

1. Bucket of water (Small pale)
2. Cloth
3. Toothbrush
4. Philip screwdriver

Safety Gear

1. Safety glass
2. Mouth cover

Step 1: Open and remove the front filter cover by flipping it up and pull the hook holder. I was very careful in pulling the hook one by one since it is quite soft and fragile. After that remove the air filter and wash it with water. Apart from that I cleaned the heat sink fin as well using wet cloth and toothbrush to remove stuck dirt on the fin.



Step 2: Once that is done - using Philip screwdriver to remove the body cover screws. Then unseat the 3 clips at the top that hold the cover. Then remove the body cover. I guess that is all i need to do because anything more than that seems to be quite complicated. One more thing is to remove the air flow swing so that i can reach the fan inside. Another part that I have to be careful with because the swing flap is quite soft.







Step 3: Then use safety glass and mouth cover before proceeding as well as a cardboard. The cardboard is use to prevent dirt from splashing out everywhere during the cleaning process. Then take a toothbrush and wet in the water.

Step 4: Turn on the air conditioner and as the fan spin place the toothbrush on it. During this process i am using cardboard as guard to prevent the dirt splashing further distance. It's very nasty and dirty. Keep doing part by parts until eventually it looks quite cleaned. There is no way to make it 100% clean and the dirt are inside the fan cylinder cannot be reached by the toothbrush. But that is fine as long as the outer part is cleaned.



Step 5: Once it is cleaned put everything back in place.



After completed cleaning everything i come to realize it isn't so difficult to clean the air conditioner. It's just take my time and a little bit of effort. In fact I have cleaned the fan which the contractor never did before.

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  2. Air Conditioners are the devices which require regular care and maintenance and if taken precautions properly can make one's life very comfortable. These small tips can help a lot in sustaining the life of ACs. Thanks for sharing as it was really helpful.
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  3. That's awesome that all I really need is a great toothbrush to clean the air conditioner. I am sure that if I were to use a brush that was too big, that I would probably wreck the metal paneling of the air conditioner. It would be terrible to wreck your air conditioner in the process of trying to fix it up.
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    1. With a little bit of common sense and softer toothbrush it will be done perfectly...there is not so much worry after you tried it experience will tell you how to do it even better

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  6. We got our air conditioner cleaned up by this company in one day, and we were able to have it done at the beginning and the end of the summer. This is so much easier for us to handle because we can make our appointments years in advance, and the company just shows up ready to make sure our air conditioner works.

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  7. Growing up, my dad was always the repair man. As I have approached adulthood, I've realized how important this information is and I found your article to be very informative and understandable. Thank you for providing pictures as well as safety tips. I also appreciate how the tools used are able to found around the house (such as a toothbrush).

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  8. Besides improving the air quality in the home, cleaning the air conditioner will also lead to some noticeable savings on monthly utility bills. A simple toothbrush and a damp cloth are great for removing layers of dust, debris and other harmful allergens that tend to block air flow in air conditioners. It's a good habit to clean the air conditioner monthly throughout the summer.

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  9. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. That would be appreciable.

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  10. To increase efficiency of the air conditioner, air conditioners have them cleaned on a regular basis.Fuel lines and filters have to be checked on regular basis to keep it working at high efficiency.
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  11. thanks for your clear tips, but after tried to DIY clean my hse air-cond, it still has noise, i think maybe i need to buy a new one.

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    1. i think you don't hv to buy a new one.
      just call for a technician to repair it would be okay.
      If you think the currently one is worn, then York is a good choice to look for

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  12. seems like complicated procedure to clean, anyway, i just buy my new York air-cond last week, don't think need to DIY clean now.

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    1. Why don't go for Daikin? better cooling
      Or mitshubishi also great.

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    2. Daikin and York under same company? i thinking of buy York because of its energy saving and ion purifier function. any special feature on mitshubishi or daikin air-cond?

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    3. @eleen, even thought the air-cond have energy saving function also can't save more. Because after I buy new air-cond and which is have energy saving function ,but my electric bill also does not cheaper than before

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    4. @John is right...Energy saving is maybe just a marketing trick. The reality is how much wattage the airconditioner consumed that matters most...there is nothing you can do about...just a get watt meters to measure how much it consumed base on how many hours do you use....then u can reduce the usaged base on your expectation after comparing with the wattage consumption...

      Or maybe to make room cooler faster add in ceiling fans to help to make it faster and then off the air conditioner when it is not needed.

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    5. but some people said that the York energy saving really did reduce the cost of electric bill and the function really did work very well

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    6. Yes there is - and of course the less amount of electricity used is the one with the least amount of wattage consumed. You can measure that with watt meters to prove it

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  13. normally i will ask technician to service the air-cond but not so frequently, so when i buy air-cond i will only chose those with rapid cooling function.

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  14. Aww thanks for sharing, it such a good article. and i watched the video. Just wonder why the air-cond come out with the noise? I am using York as well but the new one come with quiet mode so it do not make any noise

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    1. That is an old unit - about 6 years now and the indoor fan motor is already full of pile of dust that turned into mud inside the fan blade. Sometimes the motor even stuck due to thick dust so i have to clean it with toothbrush

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  15. Cleaning an air conditioner was something I was wary of. I wasn't sure exactly what I had to do and I how much it would cost to get done. I'm very happy to see pictures and now I understand how easy it is to do. No more worries when I have to do this again. Thanks!

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  16. diy cleaning is a good idea to reduce cost but nowadays york come with ion purifier that made ur surrounding fresh and not stuffy anymore.

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    1. the one that you mention the York with ion purifier ,is it this model Wall Mounted Deluxe R410A ? or other model of York?

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    2. yeah the one that i mentioned is Wall Mounted Deluxe R410A..but there is also Wall Mounted Premium Inverter which come with hydro purifier..both are highly recommended

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  17. good tips to cleaning the econ.but mine quite problem now...want to change it..maybe can try this brand..this York is okay?

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    1. So far so good it has been 6 years now...there are 2 more units also York around 4 years also good..

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    2. The matter of this brand I use is water leakage and I use this air-cond no more than 2 years. So, I am very disappointed with this case.

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    3. Ok different person have different experiences. for me its fine.

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    4. I quite satisfy after using York ,because it comes with alot of features that we really needed, i think that you should try this brand

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  18. Does this York brand have advanced funtion than other brand?

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    1. I am not sure what kind of advanced function you are looking for but most of the basic is there for example swing fan back forth, different cooling mode, timer. Anyway i like simplicity...complicated stuff usually even when a small electronic fault can affect the whole unit not working...so simple i prefer simplicity

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    2. based on my experience, york's performance is the best among the other airconds.

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  19. Never thought there will be an easy way as this to clean the air-cond , but now the York air-cond ,easy to clean as before right?

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    1. Should be easy..especially the filter is very easy to clean. The manufacturer is already make it for convenient to remove and clean it yourself. No need to call technician and pay for it.

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  20. 1. YORK does not provide a manual for the disassembly of the indoor unit. This blog identifies the screws to reach the blower.
    2. What is identified as 'dust' on the blower is actually a form of fungus. So a superficial clean with the tooth brush will appear to help in the air volume that gets blown. But in a short time (4 to 6 months) you are back to square one. Fungus grows fast. Much better results if the blower is removed and washed thoroughly in water. But disassembly steps are required.
    3. Another frequent problem with indoor units is the water drip. The most common reason for this is the formation of jelly in the water trap pan and/or blockage of the drain pipe connected to the pan. Again detailed disassembly steps are required to clean the pan and the discharge pipe from pan.

    Without the above DIY is quite useless.

    Professional technicians who come to 'service' the indoor units often do chemical clean of the aluminium heat exchanger fins. But that is not the whole story without attending to the above.

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    1. You have perfectly elaborate the requirement for overall cleaning of the indoor unit. Thank you.

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  21. any guide on troubleshooting the water drip? i have opened the front cover but having trouble is looking for / accessing the outflow tubes. afraid to do the lifting to avoid difficulties in putting them back.

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    1. You have clogged in the tube and caused iced to freeze inside it and when it is not cold the water will drip..during cold also it drip due to excessive ice turning to water...there the pipe of the tube leads to outside you can use any sucker to suck the clogged

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  22. Get an aircond man that takes everything apart including d fan..mine does that n bring out d parts out to my porch where he uses a jet spray n a brush n cleans everutheve spotlessly

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