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Posted on Aug 29, 2009

Wall A/C only SPORADICALLY blowing cold air. Turn it off and back on, you can feel it's cold, but only if you're 5 inches from it. After a couple of minutes, fan is only blowing warm air again. Vacuumed front of A/C, still doing the same thing. Filter is clean. It is over 100 degrees outside with very low humidity the last few days.(Los Angeles) ; since it's a wall a/c, of course 1/2 of it is outside in the heat. As I noted, if you put your hand right up against the front, you can feel cool air, but it doesn't blow into the room. Could it be the excessive heat? this A/C works well when it is moderately hot outside.

  • jazzmatazz Aug 29, 2009

    The fan is blowing with the same force. It's not blowing COLD air. You said "remove and clean both coils water hose" is this one water hose? coils and a water hose? water hoses for each coil? Also, do I need a repairman to do this? This is an apartment building, and the unit is in the wall up high near the ceiling. Thanks.

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If it blows be not with force like it used to it can be fan motor capacitor not boosting fan speed. but if speed is not the issuse. remove and clean both coils water hose

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