Help! What is that noise?
Ok, I barely got this video recorded because my camcorder batteries were once again dead, and the other set was in the GH3 guitar.
Again.
Sebastian has GOT to start placing them back in the charger man.
Ergh.
Anyway, I need a handyman's help here, someone who knows AC units would be especially helpful.
The AC unit, which is a standard window box unit, started making this whirring, sorta grinding noise at around 9pm.
It has been running fine all day long, so this is just weird.
I even cleaned the filter today, so I know it's not clogged with dust on the inside.
I went outside and looked at it with the flashlight, cuz of course, (!) this starts once it's nightime, (always the way my luck goes!) and I can see a hornets nest in the big grated box thingy that holds the AC unit in place, with several little buzzing bastards crawling around on it.
I'm thinking one of the little buggers got sucked into the vents/grates whatever they are called, and is being chopped to bits.
Except for the fact that it's still doing it.
Going on about 40 minutes now, off and on.
Whirring, stop, whirring, stop.
Is the AC unit dying?
Is it the fan?
Can you hear it in this video?
It is never, ever that loud even when standing right next to it.
Ever.
Comments
I made Mike read this post and listen to the video. He says that it's probably the fan. If you can open the unit up and clean the fan, you might be okay. He says that the hornets did get into it, that would cause the noise. You gotta find a way to open the thing up and get the fuckers out of there.
Mike says that the main motor is a pump, that pumps the cold air and hot air around. He explained this shit to me in a much more complicated way, I tried to get him to explain it easier. In any case, if the pump is dying, it won't make all of that noise, or so he says.
If you can clean out the fan, you'll probably be fine. But if it's the pump, you will likely need to buy a new a/c.
But I think I can agree with Mike that if it's making a shitload of noise, it's the fan.
Maybe you can open the thing and vacuum the fuckers out of it. Just be careful of them if you do.
Hope this helps!
Posted by: Christine | February 19, 2008 10:06 PM
Ok, awesome. Tell him thank you. I am positive something is caught in it because it starts then stops, making the noise.
I can't open it up till daytime, no light outside and buzzing bastards at night are too dangerous.
Thanks!
Posted by: Kat | February 19, 2008 10:09 PM
Just found your blog. Great read.
Posted by: Domestic Diva | February 19, 2008 11:50 PM