How To Stop Window Ac From Spitting Water

I have a window unit of measurement that is spitting water out the vent. The condensate is draining to the back of the unit to be picked up by the slinger fine. With a flashlight and mirror I was able to see no water build upwardly behind the evaporator every bit well. The unit is two or iii years old and only started it this yr. The h2o is collecting in the fan compartment itself then the blower cycle slings droplets within and spit out drops.
I tin run the unit on fan just to dry information technology and so get by for a couple days then I will have maybe 3 or 4 spoonfuls of water collect correct under the fan and it begins to spit h2o once more.
It is kinda difficult to encounter with the mirror and flashlight...but I am not seeing a pigsty for water in the fan compartment to drain {It is one of those Styrofoam units}
The question is...Is there supposed to be a hole and so water can either drain out to the back /or a hole that lets the water drain dorsum to the other side of the fan compartment {shroud side/evaporator side} to land in the pan then drain out dorsum with the remainder of the water.
The evaporator is clean,but I went and ahead and cleaned information technology whatever way in case there was mold algae etc growing that I could not run across {equally I originally thought the water from the evaporator wasnt making information technology to the outside due to clogged drain hole.
I used a spray canteen and near three to four parts h2o to one role vinegar.Rinsed well
Anyway its not a tilt problem nor a problem with the tray draining...but water in the fan compartment gets trapped.

I had an old Fedders do the same thing once but a good cleaning stock-still it {with information technology it had a small gap that let water in the fan compartment run out I had to run a business concern card through the very small gap and all was well.

This is a Styrofoam unit of measurement and everything is one piece down there as far as the shroud and fan compartment.

Thanks in advance.

you could be low on refrigerant causing excessive common cold air to condense in the blower itself... unfortunately, the systems are not serviceable without fittings added on, and other tools, and the refrigerant itself...
window units are really designed to be thrown abroad... it sucks, but there you are. you may be able to get an appliance visitor to service information technology if you take it to them.

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you could be low on refrigerant causing excessive common cold air to condense in the blower itself... unfortunately, the systems are not serviceable without fittings added on, and other tools, and the refrigerant itself...
window units are actually designed to be thrown away... it sucks, simply there you are. you may exist able to get an apparatus company to service it if you take information technology to them.

Temp out the vents has been running nearly 45 degrees.

I am attaching an image of what I take going on as information technology tin can be hard to sympathise from the description,
Is there supposed to be a small drain hole for water that collects under the fan..I dont encounter one..but in that location may be as it is hard to see everything with a mirror and flashlight.
The paradigm is kinda crude as I used the paint plan and the touch pad on a laptop..No laughing delight

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When I worked in hotels I would pull wall units completely out, have them outdoors, and so thoroughly hose them out, blower wheel, coils, and all. After information technology dried completely I would render it to the room. No more leaking or spitting issues.

You may accept debris or algae bottleneck up the drain holes where y'all can't see it. Spray bottle tin can't help you lot there.

Yes there is a passage that allows the water to flow from the front surface area to the back/outside of the unit. It may exist partly plugged up and water is building up (after a sure amount of running) in the front role and existence picked up past the fan.

Check with a level to make sure the unit is mounted so that the outside of the unit is slightly lower than the within.

Update...took it out several days agone and used the water hose on information technology.
All was fine or so I thought...water had nerveless again in the fan compartment.
I have noticed on 3 or four occasions it has blown fog...I suspected a virtually freeze condition...simply outlet temperature has been 43 to 45 when checking it...also I could not see whatsoever water ice aggregating on the evaporator..
I think finding the cause of the fog will besides cure the water collecting in the fan compartment.
Every bit said I tin can go a couple days at a time before having to run it on fan only to dry it out.

I judge I demand to know now....why practice I web log fog on occasion?..I think its tied in with the fan compartment accumulating water.

Ok so today I am outside and I do not notice a baste coming from the unit...I look in the chassis and in that location is well-nigh half every bit much water as usual.
I go within..pull the cover..see no ice and the evaporator tray in the front isnt backed upward....I put my probe in the vent "out"..47 degrees...Little afterwards the compressor kicks out{the fan runs for 3 minutes on my unit of measurement later the compressor kicks out}..I go back out the fan is nevertheless running which means I am there within the three minute period}...water is now running out rather fast equally it finished filling the slinger area then on to drip out of the drain as well {I am going to estimate a pint or more of water to accomplish such}....there is no way water ice would melt this fast in the event I had ice I could not run into.
Whats going on hither...I am stumped..at that place is something I am missing.

Are you lot certain the condenser coils are clean? Maybe the air being blown back from the coils is holding the water to the front when information technology is running.

What part of MO? Nosotros accept a ton of humidity but non much heat going on in my part right now.

jim

Yes..the is a little droppings at that place but very fiddling.
The fashion mine is fix is the condensate goes over the shroud fills that pocket to be slung past the condenser fan.
There is besides a drain which is just a touch higher than the shroud ...in upshot in slings..besides drips a little also.
Both the shroud and the drain are lower than the petty aqueduct that feeds them from the evaporator tray.
I am in about the middle of Missouri...usually humid but not bad today temp in the depression 80s before with about 50 percent humidity I recollect.

I recently installed a 25k Frigidaire W/unit that does the aforementioned. Its instructions says information technology's supposed to. Water collects and splashes around in a styrefoam tray cooling a copper tube.

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I recently installed a 25k Frigidaire W/unit of measurement that does the same. Its instructions says it's supposed to. Water collects and splashes around in a styrefoam tray cooling a copper tube.

Sure you arent talking about the back end..where is slings water on the condenser?
My unit slowly collects water in the fan compartment on the interior of the unit of measurement..then the interior fan begins to splash it effectually spitting out random drops...additionally some collects on the vents so runs down the front..you guessed it where the digital controls are.
Information technology just began doing it this yr....At kickoff I blamed it on the atmospheric condition being just right...but how often can they be only right?
Has me stumped ...its as if my evaporator is is holding to much h2o rather than sheeting downwards...which could explain aerosol getting pulled off of it..only window units do not have high airflow...then pulling h2o shouldn't exist a problem.
Then the incident where sudden drainage occurred when the compressor cycled off...Which had to have come off the evaporator equally the tray wasnt backed up.
I may try to find some enzyme based evaporator cleaner and give it a shot.

Update:
While working on a carburetor the other solar day it dawned on me {the venturi effect}
On a room air-conditioning the shroud is essentially a funnel going to the blower hole equally the hole leaving the shroud is fairly minor compared to the evap coil.
The distance from the blower pigsty in the shroud to the edge of the curlicue is a much greater distance than from the pigsty to the eye of the coil.Therefore the velocity of the air to travel from the edges of the coil to the hole in the shroud to feed the blower volition have greater velocity.{one time inside the shroud}
While cleaning the evap. earlier in the season I noticed I had a gap at the end where the fins terminate, some other row or maybe even two could have fit in.
The gap was wide enough to accept aided in increased velocity in this expanse as this was the least restricted surface area on the curl,I bent the final row of fin over plenty to fill the gap.
It is my belief that drops were forming on the tubing and getting sucked off. These drops then striking the shroud where velocity is high shut to the surface and would stream to the hole in the fan compartment.
It has only been a few days, I have checked information technology twice since bending the fin and the fan compartment has been bone dry. I think the trouble is solved . I do non know why the problem did not first appear though earlier and only appeared this year possibly a little mold or something in the shroud made it a little tougher for water to run down the shroud to the tray.
Am still lost on the occasional fogging outcome though as the temperature out runs nigh 45f.