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Why does home airconditioning coil freeze?

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The big question is which coil are you referring to? A couple of causes are 1-Low on freon 2-Filter dirty and not enough air flow across coil.

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With this 1 of 2 thing could hapeen or both together..The dirty filter does not allow air flow...in the cool cycle the evap coil will freeze and the indoor fan that is blowing will not blow through the ice...thus super cooling the area around the evap coil..when in heat mode {if it is a heat pump the outdoor coil will freeze first...as it is the cooler coil in heat mode...in cool mode the indoor coil will freeze fisrt and if not caught early it will freeze the whole way to the cond unit..over heating the compresser and eventually knocking it out on a thermal overload....If the indoor coil is in the attic it could flood the drain pan and make a stain in the sheetrock...have a great day, Donald j nesmith


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