One of the biggest issues a homeowner has to deal with is when they’re sitting in their house, minding their own business, eating ice cream and watching television, all of a sudden they hear that distant, awful sound; drip… drip… drip. They glance over to see the dog licking at a puddle that’s gradually forming on the bathroom floor. In a flash: Anxiety, stress, and that “how much will this cost?” feeling. You immediately start to question how the leak started. Water heater, leaky toilet, shower, faucet? Nope. The culprit is that the air conditioning equipment is frozen. Don’t panic because Cooling Advisors offers hope and solutions.

How Air Conditioners Freeze

The evaporator coil is the component of a central air conditioning unit that actually freezes. This component of the air conditioner transfers (evaporates) heat from the inside to the outside of your home. The two main reasons why the evaporator coil may freeze:

1. Airflow restriction
2. Insufficient refrigerant



The ending effect is that the air conditioner’s evaporator coil cannot operate to properly transfer heat, and in essence ‘overcools’ itself. The result is water formation. Eventually ice forms from that condensation as it cools below the freezing point. Yep, the air conditioning transformed into an a block of ice.