Air Conditioner just died (I think)
I'm hoping someone can help. We just got back from a week trip to our local mountains and my 3000w generator would not run our 13.5 coleman air-conditioner. The air worked plugged in to a 30amp circ...
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First of all, others are correct. These units were never designed to be serviced. They are sealed units with no recharge port.
Second, you almost certainly need MORE than a recharge. If there was a puff of white smoke it was a plume of freon and the oil is the lubricant added in with the freon. So your unit is not just leaking, it ruptured a line.
Third, if it ruptured a line it was most likely because the unit was over-pressurized. That would tell me that there is a pressure sensor and relay of some kind somewhere that failed to back off the compressor when it should have. So it built up pressure until something let go.
Sorry to say it, but I think the unit is not worth having fixed unless you have a relative in the refrigeration business.
Second, you almost certainly need MORE than a recharge. If there was a puff of white smoke it was a plume of freon and the oil is the lubricant added in with the freon. So your unit is not just leaking, it ruptured a line.
Third, if it ruptured a line it was most likely because the unit was over-pressurized. That would tell me that there is a pressure sensor and relay of some kind somewhere that failed to back off the compressor when it should have. So it built up pressure until something let go.
Sorry to say it, but I think the unit is not worth having fixed unless you have a relative in the refrigeration business.
