Noisy central air conditioner

[agomez]

Your looking at a s*** load of work if you move it to the attic...

 

[fsusteve]

the attic is vented but it's south Fla. There's room up there for it, just have to extend the copper and maybe redo some ductwork. I was just trying to avoid all that work and the heat stress on the unit by applying some kind of sound proof material to either the closet or the unit.

 

[Trollhole]

Insulate the walls. Look for a different type of grate or filter brand. Try a cheap fiberglass filter and see if it's due to the pleated filters. Heat is not a concern. I wouldn't wrap the unit. You could try dynamat on the air handler.

I'm betting that a change in fan speed with fix most of the problem.

 

[wob]

its not ventilated?

Attics in the South need their own air conditioners to be bearable. Seriously, birds that fly in to an attic in August are almost vaporized like vampires in the sunlight.

 

[agomez]

Insulate the walls. Look for a different type of grate or filter brand. Try a cheap fiberglass filter and see if it's due to the pleated filters. Heat is not a concern. I wouldn't wrap the unit. You could try dynamat on the air handler.

I'm betting that a change in fan speed with fix most of the problem.

this..

 

[fsusteve]

Insulate the walls. Look for a different type of grate or filter brand. Try a cheap fiberglass filter and see if it's due to the pleated filters. Heat is not a concern. I wouldn't wrap the unit. You could try dynamat on the air handler.

I'm betting that a change in fan speed with fix most of the problem.

All I'd be wrapping on the handler is the coild and midsection, the fan is on top and extends into the attic space. So you're saying I could dynamat the lower part and be ok? I will call him about the fan speed.

 

[agomez]

what kind of warranty do you have on the handler?....just make sure you don't void anything...if it were me I would soundproof the inside of the closet back and bottom of the door and go from there...

 

[fsusteve]

it's ten year on the handler, lifetime on the compressor. I'll try the closet walls first and talk to him tonite about the fan.

 

[cruiser88]

must over looked then is duct sizing

It sounds like the return air vent/ plenum is too small....

 

[cruiser88]

I keep over looking where he is from

Attics in the South need their own air conditioners to be bearable. Seriously, birds that fly in to an attic in August are almost vaporized like vampires in the sunlight.

 

[ravewoofer]

The air "sucking like a hurricane" sound happens with my central a/c air handler when I have a brand new fresh pleated filter installed. Give it a week or two to get clogged up a bit. That'll slow the air down and keep things a bit more quiet.

 

[fsusteve]

I had a "permanent" one made years ago, it's kinda like a k&n filter. It's a 20" by 20" so I think that's big enough but the opening does shrink down between there and the unit so maybe that is an issue.

 

[Joe_E]

Us yankees know how to pick quiet a/c units.

 

[fsusteve]

I should be more clear, while it's running it's fairly quiet, it's on the start up it sucks, I think the fan winds up then comes down.

 

[splitshot]

Wood stove, eliminated the 747 in our hallway. And the plus; you spend all your fishing time cutting and hauling firewood.

 

[fsusteve]

yeah a wood stove would be great in August.

 

[splitshot]

yeah a wood stove would be great in August.

That is when the family is hydrated from the outside by a Mastercool. LOL, does your household even require heat?

 

[fsusteve]

a few days a year, last year the heat was on alot, it was crazy cold here last year.

 

[cruiser88]

somebody say crazy?

 

[fsusteve]

ok so my boy made it back over, the system was overcharged causing a hammer effect and he also put isolators under the handler itself so it's a lot better now. He's coming back over to open up the pleunm or whatever it's called and that should quiet down the sucking sound.