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A Frozen Coil in Summer Is a Starving Air Conditioner
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HOST A: Dave, this one always breaks people's brains. It is the hottest day of the year, and a customer calls to say their air conditioner has ice on it. Frost, actual ice, on the lines. How does something freeze when it is 100 degrees out? HOST B: It feels backward, I know. But a frozen coil is not a sign the system is too cold. It is a sign the system is starving. An air conditioner coil runs cold by design, down in the 40s.
I'm Dave Hartzell at Hartzell's Heat & Air in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. 47 years in the trade, Master HVAC license. On Cool Talk I cover the stuff central…
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