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The Top Reasons Your Air Conditioner is Making So Much Noise and What to Do about It Last summer, I invested in a brandnew window air conditioner. It was my first ac system purchase. Up until then, I had been depending on fans and open windows to try to cool things down. But I got a good deal on a window device. It only cost me $140, so I thought I would give it a go. My buddy and I set it up in less than an hour and, in all honesty, it does do great job cooling. In spite of all these positive attributes of window ac system, it is necessary to bear in mind that window units can be fairly loud. The quantity of noise depends on how many BTUs or window ac system has. Some individuals who are sensitive to deafening noises really don't like these types of ac system. The first thing I did was to examine how loud the a/c was rated. I ferreted out the tag from the device and had a look. It just rated 60 dB. That isn't really particularly about. By contrast, my motorcycle reaches about 100 dB. I needed to determine exactly what was going on. In this video clip, Bill Nye explains the science of sound. The reason why window air conditioners are so loud is because the compressor and the fan are housed in the same device. These are the two loudest components of the whole device.

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The  Top  Reasons  Your  Air  Conditioner  is  Making  So  Much  Noise  and  What  to  Do  about  It        Last  summer,  I  invested  in  a  brand-­‐new  window  air  conditioner.  It  was  my  first  ac  system  purchase.  Up  until  then,  I  had  been  depending  on  fans  and  open  windows  to  try  to  cool  things  down.      But  I  got  a  good  deal  on  a  window  device.  It  only  cost  me  $140,  so  I  thought  I  would  give  it  a  go.  My  buddy  and  I  set  it  up  in  less  than  an  hour  and,  in  all  honesty,  it  does  do  great  job  cooling.  

 In  spite  of  all  these  positive  attributes  of  window  ac  system,  it  is  necessary  to  bear  in  mind  that  window  units  can  be  fairly  loud.  The  quantity  of  noise  depends  on  how  many  BTUs  or  window  ac  system  has.      Some  individuals  who  are  sensitive  to  deafening  noises  really  don't  like  these  types  of  ac  system.    The  first  thing  I  did  was  to  

examine  how  loud  the  a/c  was  rated.  I  ferreted  out  the  tag  from  the  device  and  had  a  look.      It  just  rated  60  dB.  That  isn't  really  particularly  about.  By  contrast,  my  motorcycle  reaches  about  100  dB.  I  needed  to  determine  exactly  what  was  going  on.    In  this  video  clip,  Bill  Nye  explains  the  science  of  sound.      The  reason  why  window  air  conditioners  are  so  loud  is  because  the  compressor  and  the  fan  are  housed  in  the  same  device.  These  are  the  two  loudest  components  of  the  whole  device.    

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 By  contrast,  split  a/c  houses  the  fan  in  your  house  and  situates  the  compressor  outside.  As  a  result,  split  air  conditioners  are  generally  quieter  than  window  units.      The  disadvantage  with  a  split  ac  unit,  without  a  doubt,  is  that  it  is  priced  at  substantially  more  than  a  window  device.  If  your  ac  unit's  decibel  score  isn't  really  high,  you  might  wish  to  take  a  peek  to  figure  out  if  there  is  some  other  reason  your  air  conditioning  system  is  making  a  lot  noise.  Vibrating  or  rattling  noises  are  usually  due  to  incorrect  installation.    Here  are  some  ideas  for  decreasing  the  sound  coming  out  of  your  window  air  conditioning  system.    I  took  a  quick  look  at  the  front  panel  of  the  machine.  I  observe  that  two  of  the  screws  appeared  fairly  loose.  This  suggested  that  the  metal  was  clanging  against  itself  and  making  a  loud  noise.      I  tightened  up  the  screws  immediately.  I  saw  also  that  the  entire  device  was  not  fitting  comfortably  on  the  window  sash.  I  set  up  the  braces  to  hold  the  device,  however  they  were  a  bit  loose.      I  tightened  up  the  braces  and  after  that  I  took  a  couple  of  additional  pieces  of  plywood  and  popped  them  under  the  air  conditioning  system  so  that  it  rested  firmly  across  the  window  sash.      That  appeared  to  do  it.  I  turned  the  window  unit  back  on  and  the  sound  level  was  barely  audible.      

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I  hope  my  experience  can  really  help  you  fix  any  noise  issues  that  you  might  be  having  with  your  very  own  window  air  conditioner  the  summer  season.    For  more  tips,  check  out  the  free  advice  on  The  Air  Conditioner  Guide.    You  can  also  download  our  free  AC  buying  guide  here.