As coolant by production of modern conditioners use freon. Often people connect emergence of an unpleasant smell from the device with a freon leakage, but actually this substance practically does not smell.
Whether has began to smell freon from the conditioner
The conditioner - the useful device which is widely used in life and the industry. It supports the set microclimate indoors. Temperature and humidity of air at the switched-on conditioner remain almost invariable. In the device there are tubes on which coolant circulates. In most cases as coolant freon is used.
If from the conditioner it became unpleasant to smell, it does not mean that freon is a source. When everything is serviceable, this substance is in the closed system and is not emitted in the atmosphere. At violation of integrity of tubes the freon leak can be formed, but experts assure that it is impossible to feel it. Substance with which fill modern cooling systems has almost no smell. It is possible to feel freon only if to open the container with pure coolant and to rise nearby. At leak from the conditioner of its concentration in air very low.
What can become the reason of emergence of an unpleasant smell
The conditioner, really, can unpleasantly smell in operating time, but it arises for other reasons. Most often the smell appears as a result of contamination of filters and drainage systems. Dust and foreign particles is hammered into them, and increase in temperature at turning on of the device in network promotes distribution of unpleasant aroma. To correct a situation, it is enough to address to the service center or to clean filters independently.
The freon leakage can become the reason of emergence of a smell too. But people in this case feel not coolant, but aromatic substances which add to a system for fast failure detection. At violation of tightness of tubes and strong leak of freon the conditioner begins to work not correctly and the smell can appear as a result of oil overheating. Air indoors becomes very specific.
If the sweetish smell, most likely, matter in an antifreeze leakage is felt. More precisely the expert can define the reason. Those who worries concerning the possible harm done to an organism at coolant steam inhalation should not worry. Freon is not poisonous in those quantities in which it is capable to be emitted at breakage of the conditioner.