Air conditioner concern. . .

[love_katz]

12. What type of air conditioner do you have?

I have 4 units: 2 are window units and 2 are portable floor units.

The window units don't seem to develop weird smells, but the portable units do. The portable units have some small ports on the back where a hose can be inserted when the unit is being used with the dehumidifier function.

I don't use them to dehumidify, but I discovered that I have to occasionally clean out the hose ports, otherwise the units develop a bad smell.

My units have black plastic caps covering the hose ports. I open the cap and clean out the ports with a q tip dipped in rubbing alcohol. I also twist up a paper towel and insert it into the port and dry it as well as I can. I always find a small amount of black goo on the q tip when I clean the ports. Getting rid of the black goo gets rid of the smell.

I unplug the unit for safety when doing the cleaning.

Good luck. I hope you find the source of the smell and succeed in getting rid of it. Wishing everyone the best success in staying 😎 cool.

I'm hating the increased heat waves with climate change. Ugh!!!