Here in Louisiana we get the ice on that line all of the time (at least at
my parent's house).
The part that you need to worry about freezing is the evaporator coils
inside the unit itself. If those freeze, then the air is not flowing
through the unit and that could result in damage to the compressor.I don't
fully understand it myself, but it has something to do with the oil in the
compressor.
Ice on the outside of the unit just means that the line is cold AND the
humidity is high. Since it doesn't sound like the air was moving well, it
is probably a good move to turn the unit off for 2 or 3 hours to let the ice
on the coils melt and drain off. Also, make sure the filters are clean and
dry.
It actually take a lot to kill a compressor, mainly lightning or lack of the
oil. I hope nothing happened to your's.
Russel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 9:59 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Air conditioning
>
>
> Ok, so this morning we noticed the house was a bit warm, so we checked
> around to see what was wrong. Our filters were quite old, so we changed
> them, but then we noticed that the tube leading from the AC unit
> outside to
> the house was covered in ice. A friend told us to turn off the ac and let
> the tube melt off. This friend also said to pray that our
> compressor wasn't
> hurt.
>
> Does this sound right to yall? What are our chances that the ice melting
> will be all we need to do, and what is the worse case scenario?
>
> Ray
>
>
>
>
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