How To Repair A Kinked Ac Line

• #ane

I've been having Ac problems for almost a month now, ane day information technology just stopped working all together. Contractor came out originally and told u.s. the EVAP roll was rusted out and leaking and so had to get replaced. Replaced EVAP whorl and noticed that information technology was however bravado warm air and the Air conditioning lines were freezing upwardly. Chosen them back out and they now say that the Air-conditioning lines have a kink in them and they have to rip up my floors to supervene upon them.

How does an Ac line randomly get a kink in information technology? I as well noticed that the AC lines are not freezing up anymore, just it's still simply blowing warm air. Am I getting screwed?

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• #two

How does an AC line randomly get a kink in it?

what did they say? it does sound similar BS unless they jerked the lines around too much when they replaced the evap ringlet.

so when you turn it on does the evap coil become common cold?
did they check for leaks after the install?

freezing up lines could exist an incorrect corporeality of refrigerant. or they fixed the wrong affair in the showtime place.

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• #3

Err did you cheque/modify your air filter?

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• #four

What lines are they maxim are kinked? The only lines on my unit of measurement are copper tubes coming off the condenser to circulate/cool the freon through the HVAC system. Are you saying that they are proverb that your copper tubes are kinked? I've never seen copper tubes merely kink by themselves earlier.
Information technology sounds like your contractor is struggling to pin indicate the real issue.

• #5

Err did you check/change your air filter?

Yep, replaced information technology at the first of the month when I noticed the Air-conditioning was blowing warm.

They are just proverb "the lines are kinked inside the walls". Information technology was freezing up initially subsequently the replacement, only now it is not freezing up or at least I haven't noticed only information technology's only bravado warm-ish air.

edit: I practise go some drainage from the system when information technology runs. I havent been running information technology though becaue information technology doesnt work

Edit2: I'll try to pop the cover off for the AC curl tomorrow when information technology'south running. Last time I did it was frozen and blew water all in the face.

Last edited: Aug 21, 2022

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• #6

You may have already been but IMO will exist for certain if you take them out once again. Find another company.

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• #7

First thing to do is:

... Observe another company.

At least a second opinion.

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• #8

The line set up between the air handler and condenser don't only randomly kink. I would get a second stance before moving forward.

• #9

The evap curl doesn't get cold when I touched it yesterday but the lines frozen up again. I tried calling a few other places but haven't been able to go anyone to come out however.

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• #x

To me that sounds like low refrigerant...but not depression plenty to actuate the low-pressure switch (unless it'south disabled).

• #eleven

How could should the evap roll get? I ran a temp probe in there and information technology was common cold-ish but not as cold as i'd expect it to be. About seventy degrees. I imagine that'due south more often than not due to the air flow

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• #12

A properly functioning A/C system should be able to maintain your home at a minimum of 30F degrees below the outdoor temperature.
That by and large means the measured at the evap core, the airflow temp is in the 40F-low 50F range.

• #xiii

Had a technician come up dorsum and have a look at information technology. He said it could either be the capacitor or low on refrigerant.. He filled up 5 pounds of refrigerant into the system and information technology's been blowing cold, only not how information technology used to. He said just monitor and if it doesn't become improve than information technology may need a compressor but he doesn't doubtable a kinked line. He said that refrigerant can leak occasionally and that'southward normal, which I realize.

So lets see how information technology goes.

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• #14

According to the timeline in the story y'all had the evap roll replaced about a week ago...which would mean the organization was charged at that point. Unless the starting time guy didn't charge it correctly? Either that or losing 5lbs of refrigerant in a week is a large leak. A bad capacitor would neglect to starting time the compressor/fan. It'southward a $30 part and easy enough to try. There's not really an in-between state.

• #fifteen

Co-ordinate to the timeline in the story you had the evap scroll replaced most a calendar week agone...which would mean the system was charged at that point. Unless the first guy didn't charge it correctly? Either that or losing 5lbs of refrigerant in a week is a big leak. A bad capacitor would fail to starting time the compressor/fan. It's a $30 part and easy enough to try. At that place's not really an in-between state.

Nearly 2 weeks ago they replaced it - yeah. They likewise came dorsum out to expect at information technology in one case and said they recharged it. I mentioned this to the new tech and he said they probably just didn't accuse it to the correct specs the offset fourth dimension. Information technology'due south however bravado proficient four hours subsequently and no lines have frozen up all the same.

• #16

Seems to be working good right now so nosotros'll just monitor. I'm thinking the guys before just didn't charge it enough.

The unit of measurement is pretty one-time but nosotros're going to supercede information technology this winter

• #17

Had a technician come back and take a look at it. He said it could either be the capacitor or low on refrigerant.. He filled upwardly five pounds of refrigerant into the system and information technology's been bravado cold, but not how information technology used to. He said just monitor and if it doesn't get better than information technology may need a compressor but he doesn't doubtable a kinked line. He said that refrigerant can leak occasionally and that's normal, which I realize.

And so lets encounter how it goes.

Your arrangement is sealed and should not leak refrigerant. Freon does not clothing out. Once a organisation is charged properly it will operate until something fails, mechanical or otherwise. Hopefully they replaced your liquid line drier equally role of the completed repair. Sounds like your start mechanic may have been a rookie. Fifty-fifty at that he should not have missed your charge by 5 lbs.

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