Equipment
- GE Zoneline PTAC heating and air conditioning wall unit, model AZ65H07DABW2
GE wall AC not getting cold enough in Walnut Creek
Problem: They have a GE heating and AC wall unit, the kind that sits in a sleeve through an outside wall. The AC wasn’t getting cold enough, and they sent us a service request to have it looked at.
Diagnostics: This one is a GE Zoneline, model AZ65H07DABW2. We slid the unit out of its wall sleeve to get at the parts inside. Debris had built up around the condenser fan and was keeping it from turning the way it should.
That fan matters more than it looks. It moves outside air across the outdoor coil, and that air carries off the heat the AC pulled out of the room. When the fan can’t turn properly, the heat stays put and the air inside doesn’t get as cold.
Solution: We cleared out the debris and cleaned the area around the condenser fan.
Result: The debris that was blocking the fan is out, and the area around it is clean. A wall unit like this pulls outside air in through the grille on the outside of the wall. Debris from outside can collect near that fan. If yours runs but the air isn’t as cold as it used to be, have it checked. A blocked condenser fan is one possible cause, and that area is worth cleaning every so often anyway.
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