What to do when air conditioner freezes up: Air conditioner tips for summer

Thanks for watching! Have you ever had ice on your coil? Keeping your filter clean will help greatly!

Excellent video and summary of actions for a A/C freezing up.

Thank you for getting straight to the point

I love the father-daughter discussion format. Their dynamic was not only super helpful but calming during a very stressful moment when I needed it the most and as I know nothing about HVAC - admittedly just a homeowner with no expertise in this area. Being a weekend evening, it’s not like I can call a HVAC company and especially as we’ve had a heatwave week they’re likely to be booked anyway. And of course there’s always the worry of repair cost. Andrea broke it down for us by asking the clarifying questions that she knows would aid typical customers. And I appreciated that both Ramon and Andrea pointed out junctures where one can pause and see if the suggestions would negate the actual need for a pro. In my case, I finally noticed by evening that my downstairs level was really struggling all day to be cooled. I went to the finished basement (where the AC/furnace unit is) and to my horror finding parts of the carpet soaked. Then my eyes followed the symptom to a partially frozen pipe. Thereafter, when I tried to take out the old air filter, I found that it had somehow become disfigured. Couldn’t understand why at first but it’s likely that it initially got dirty and caused the problem itself. Then the AC freezing/melting began and the trickling water got the filter frame wet, resulting in the changed shape, causing a slight jam. I’m currently at the phase of running the fan only overnight. After implementing the first couple of steps mentioned before it, the coils are already thawing at this moment. I have to wait for the thawing and flooding of the basement floor to cease. I hope I’m back to normal tomorrow AC-wise! The carpet can be dried later. Pls keep fingers crossed for me! Thank you so much for putting out this video!

This was really good and something I've bumped into before. Given all the vendors our family works with over time, easily you all are the best. Super professional, always on time, always get the problems resolved in a friendly manner.

Many thanks SIR for providing good tips to take care frozen AC issues. I'll try it.

very very helpful and straight forward information. Thank you!

A friend sent me to your page, and I did exactly what you said and now the house is cooling down! Thanks for making this video 😊

Thanks for the great video advice!

Thank you so much. Our air went out on literally the 4th of July once so my family knew we were hurting, got that problem fixed. Our air quit working again today (thank goodness in spring not the heat of summer) so we feared the worst but saw that the coils were frozen. I think my problem is dirty air filter (it’s a weird Jerry-rigged situation, I’m probably going to build a box for a legit air filter over the return) but we may have a tech come check our Freon level just in case. Very educational video, thanks again. Liked!

This one was nice! Our aircon metal filter freezes so I hope this tips will work

This all makes sense and corresponds with my conclusions as a non-HVAC expert. I had two HVAC guys come out already and NEITHER checked or even mentioned the evap coil! Instead they said the Nest thermostat needed to be rewired, which did absolutely nothing to improve the situation. Thank you!

Thanks for the tips!!!

North Carolina split system. Iced up evaporator (inside A coil). Not a filter issue. Not a refrigerant issue. Was told my condenser(outside unit with fan on top) was a 3 ton system and didnt have proper ventilation inside at the A coil.

Thank you so much, super helpful!

Thank you great advice. Vince

It was a dirty filter in my case. Thank so much you!!! 🙏

Thank you!

Great video!! I noticed some ice in the coils, not a large portion. Checked the filter, it was fine. So, maybe the issue is the refrigerant level. Time to call a technician?

Thanks from Bethesda, MD!