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LG Air Conditioner - How can I disassemble and clean inside the air conditioner?

Troubleshooting

■ Title

How can I disassemble and clean inside the air conditioner?


■ Problem

Cleaning/washing


■ Symptom

Cleaning service

 

■ Solution or Settings

▷  Solution

1. Before turning   off the air conditioner , use  [fan mode] or [auto clean] function to dry off the indoor heat exchanger for more than 10 minutes.

2 Clean and r eplace the pre filter and other functional filters on regular basis according to the maintenance manual.

3. If   it   smells bad   Remove the filter from the appliance   and prepare the citric acid water  by d iluting commercially available citric acid  with water at a ratio of 

 1 (citric acid) : 10 (water) and sprinkle this solution sufficiently on the indoor heat exchanger.   

After that, run the cooling mode with the desired temperature set to 18 ℃ for 20 to 30 minutes.  

This will reduce the odor as the o dor particles and foreign substances in the product will get washed away by the citric acid solution and  the condensate water w

hich then will be drained out of the product.  


※ Avoid using commercially available air conditioner cleaners, cleaning fluids or perfume deodorants.  

      It may damage the product or worsen the smell.

  

LG Electronics service provides disassembly and cleaning of products at a cost.

Once a professional technician pays a visit, he/she will inspect the product first and provide a cleaning service according to the condition of the product.

The cost may vary depending on the cleaning area and the contamination level, such as simple filter cleaning, non-disassembly cleaning, air blowing fan disassembly

cleaning and the complete product disassembly cleaning.

  

■ Summary

Solution

1. Before turning   off the air conditioner , use  [fan mode] or [auto clean] function to dry off the indoor heat exchanger for more than 10 minutes.

2 Clean and r eplace the air filter and other functional filters on a regular basis according to the maintenance manual.

3. If   it   smells bad Remove the filter from the appliance   and prepare the citric acid water  by d iluting commercially available citric acid   with water at a ratio of

1 (citric acid) : 10 (water) and sprinkle this solution sufficiently on the indoor heat exchanger.   

* LG Electronics service provides disassembly and cleaning of products at a cost.

*Required question