Servicing air con unit

Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:06pm

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Hello lovely people, hope you can help. We recently purchased a villa in El Raso that has a cold/hot air unit with the big fan unit (?) on our solarium. I know the external fans can get noisy but my husband feels that it may be worth getting it serviced even though everything appears to work perfectly (we have used both the cold and hot air).

1) what do members think?

2) can you recommend anyone that can do a service

3) would they service everything or just the external fan until on the solarium

4) approximate costs involved

Thank you in ad

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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:20pm

Peter3473

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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:20pm

Check out a recent post on Wednesday 19th January titled.

Can anyone recommend air conditioner serviceman.

A recommendation is made to James,

+34 677 103 503

Friendly, competent

Euro 30 per unit

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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:27am

Stevec2x

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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:27am

Hi

If the indoor unit is easily accessible, the first thing to do is to clean the filters. Simply open the front cover - you will then see the filters inside. Use a vacuum cleaner, or remove and wash them. It's amazing how much difference it can make!

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Steve

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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 11:18am

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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 11:18am

There is nothing to service on the outdoor fan unit (condenser), if it’s noisy then nothing can be done to reduce the noise, it’s just the way the fans operate. If it’s more noisy than before, and sounds unhealthy (rattling etc) then the fan bearings may be worn, and you will likely need a whole new outdoor unit.
As Stevec2x has stated, cleaning of the indoor filters (especially if clogged with dust etc) will make a big difference to cooling & heating temps, but this won’t make any difference e to the noise emitted at the outsmdoor unit.