Home » WaterandLight » Home Home MenuLiving in Columbia Doing Business in Columbia VisitorsUtility Connections & BillingService ProblemsElectric SystemWater SystemTreesResidential Rebates & LoansFree Residential ProgramsCommercial Efficiency ProgramsEfficiency TipsAbout Us Window air conditioner exchange program This program will be offered again in the spring/summer of 2017. To help you save energy and money, Columbia Water & Light and the Voluntary Action Center are offering an exchange program where you can replace your older, inefficient unit with a new one for FREE for income qualified electric customers during the summer. 403A Vandiver Drive, Columbia, Mo. The dates for the 2017 summer program have not been determined at this time. Reminder: call 573-874-2273 before bringing your older unit in to confirm eligibility and availability. Be a current Columbia Water & Light electric customer Have an older less efficient and/or broken window unit to exchange

Have an annual income of less than 200% of the poverty level Participants in the previous year are not eligible for the exchange the following year If you meet the above criteria and want a new window air conditioning unit, please call the Voluntary Action Center. There are a limited number of units to exchange so it is important to call before bringing in an older unit to exchange. The units being provided are rated at 8,000 BTUs. ANNUAL GROSS INCOME LIMIT MONTHLY GROSS INCOME LIMIT Add for each additional person total income cannot exceed the 200% federal poverty income level You must bring in the following items to participate: An older, inefficient window air conditioner to exchange Proof of your current physical Boone County Address (ID’s or leases will not be accepted) Identification for everyone at your address (originals…no copies) Proof of all income for everyone at your address (including Food Stamps and TANF) Current utility bill for your address

Be sure to scroll down... there may be more than one question on this page!what is the average cost of replacing an ac unit The two possible causes are 1) actual leak of rainwater from the outside oroutdoor ac unit not working on 2) condensation, which is a normal byproduct of the air conditioning process butscreen for ac unit should be dripping outside your home, not into your wall! Since the amount of condensation increases as the relative humidity outside increases, you are correct to wonder whether there is a connection between the humidity and the You can locate the source of a rain leak by making a visual examination of any weatherstripping or caulking around the outside of the machine itself, or

the sleeve that the "works" of the AC slides into. If you find any gaps or openings in the caulk, you can scrape out the old caulk and replace it. If there is a rain gutter over the AC unit, make sure that it is not blocked. If the gutter were to overflow you could get leakage around the AC or through the air vents in the frame even if the caulking seems OK due to the sheer volume As I mentioned, the condensate from the AC normally flows to the outside and exits the frame via weep holes in the frame (or pan). rubber plugs underneath the pan, designed to allow condensate flow.  have accessory kits that allow you to install a hose to redirect this condensate in dripping straight downward is not acceptable. If the condensate exit holes are blocked, water can build up in the bottom of the pan and potentially leak out where it shouldn't! You will have to examine your unit to see where these weep holes are and if they are blocked.

culprits are rust or paint chips that drop into the pan and block the weepThis could also account for the sudden dripping! AC units that slide into a preinstalled through-the-wall sleeve are oftenThe body (and tray) must be installed at a slight downward angle towards the outside. Were the unit to somehow change level, it is possible that the condensate would instead build up in the bottom of the frame and leakThe only way to know for sure is to put a level on the frame to see if it is level. If shifting has occurred you will need to modify the mounting (either inside or outside) to restore the downward tilt. To your other issue, the loss of cooling power is definitely attributable at least in part to the increased humidity. Some of the cooling energy is being used up drying up the moist air in your home. Dust on the cooling coils would also cause loss of cooling power, and would worsen with increased humidity as the dust holds the moisture, producing a damp insulating blanket on the coils.

Finally, mechanical problems with the coolant pump and/or a loss of coolant pressure are other possible causes that should be investigated. Return to NH's Question and Answer IndexWHEN a teenager posted a photo of a dog locked inside a car with a sign on the window, the internet went into meltdown. Only not the way you would you expect.The tweet contained a photo of a dog inside a car with a message that read: “Please don’t break the window. The A/C is on. He has water and is listening to his favourite music.”/SWfBFOhM6S— fee (@fee020) May 28, 2016 A teenager from South Carolina, called Matthew, was found to be the owner of the Twitter account.He originally claimed the dog was named Kram and he was listening to Rihanna, but this later turned out to be fake.According toNY Mag, the prankster had just stolen the photo from elsewhere on the internet.However, this didn’t stop a host of hilarious memes that followed..@/3ZvL2TZEMc— Brendan Seyka (@bseyka) June 1, 2016 please do not break window.