3 Tips for Taking Care of Window Air Conditioner Units Yesterday, we featured 5 Tips for Annual Air Conditioner Maintenance. It was a helpful article for anyone with central A/C, but Unplggd reader Amanda H pointed out that we completely neglected many small, cool dwellers with window or free-standing air conditioning units. Just like any other appliance in your place, the window A/C also needs tender love and care. Make sure to give it a thorough cleaning at least once a year: 1. Wash the filter. The main thing to do to upkeep your window unit is to make sure you wash the filter screen on a regular basis. After popping out the front grill of the unit with a putty knife, remove the mesh filter. Wash it together with the grill in a mixture of warm, soapy water and bleach to remove any mold. 2. Clean the coils. You'll find evaporator coils underneath the filter. To keep your A/C going strong, you'll want to vacuum them thoroughly using a brush attachment. Remove any stubborn dirt with a plastic scrub brush.

Do the same thing with the condenser coils at the back of the A/C unit. The idea is that extra debris gets in the way of air flow—an your cool air. Use a fin comb to straighten any bent coil fins. You can find fin combs at a home or hardware store or online for around $10. (Image: Flickr user skeddy in NYC under license from Creative Commons.)How to Clean the air filter in window air conditioner unit You may let your window air-conditioner unit just run and run, keeping you cool, but you add to its work burden when you don’t regularly clean its air filter. If you wait too long to clean the filter, the efficiency of the unit goes down dramatically and you are breathing air that has passed through dust. Clean the filters of units that run with fans at least monthly. Turn off the window unit. Vacuum the front cover before removing it if it is dusty and grimy. Remove the cover from the front of the unit, unscrewing its screws or pressing its push tabs to get to the filter.

Note any tabs or cutouts to so you can correctly align the cleaned filter. Grasp the filter by its center and pull it outward. Clean the filter at the same time as the front of the unit, in a sink if these items are not too big, or outside otherwise. Place the cover and filter in a pan of warm water containing dishwashing liquid or just hose off with a fine firm mist. Shake the filter gently to remove excess water. Let the cover and filter dry completely and replace. If you have more than one unit, do them all at the same time so you don't forget how long it has been on each one. If you remove the unit during winter months, spray off the outside to remove summer dust and grime before storing it. If you hear a whistle coming from a unit, it has been too long since cleaned. So take care of this promptly. Keep the controls in off position during cleaning. Never unplug the unit from the outlet before turning off the switch. Most units need to be off for at least five minutes before turning them on again.

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