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My air conditioner is freezing up, why?

Five reasons why your AC unit could be freezing up

Another very popular air conditioning repair phone call our company’s service department receives is the “My air conditioner is freezing up” or the “My air conditioner is a block of ice, help!” phone call. I put together a post with the five most popular reasons   why an air conditioning unit would freeze up. Once again I am going to emphasize that most people don’t realize that 80% of the time, most issues can have either been prevented or resolved through performing routine preventive maintenance on the HVAC unit. Below you will read the top five most common reasons why your air conditioning unit would freeze.

First, I would look at both the condensing unit, and the air handler. The condensing unit (outdoor unit) and the air handler (indoor unit) should both be running the same time. If the condensing unit is running but the indoor blow isn’t then you already found the bulk of the problem. Continue Reading…

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