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Window A/C Making Bubbling Noise

We just got window air units for our house. Mine appears to work fine, yet it's making a strange bubbling/gurgling noise. It is tipped and draining. Any idea fellas?

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mikesty (author) says: Jul 7, 2007. 3:09 AM
Hooked it back up for the heat that's coming. Still bubbling ,but I'm still alive. Stepdad still demands we return it first thing tomorrow. Yeah... not.
NachoMahma says: Jun 29, 2007. 8:09 PM
. Well? Has it blown up yet?
mikesty (author) says: Jun 29, 2007. 11:48 PM
I woke up at 2:30 today and my stepdad came home and went apeshit because I "didn't shut all of the air conditioners off". After that I did, and they've been off since.
mikesty (author) says: Jun 28, 2007. 11:57 PM
The unit in my brother's room is not making this noise, and it is identical. All I'm hearing is a constant bubbling noise, it is quite loud, a bit relaxing but too loud. The people in my household demand I take it back, but after the work I did to get it in there I refuse to. I really don't think it's anything major, I was just curious as to what you all thought it could be and if I was in any danger :-)
NachoMahma says: Jun 29, 2007. 12:09 AM
. I'd double-check the mounting. Make sure the frame is square and that it's not exactly level (so water can drain).
NachoMahma says: Jun 28, 2007. 8:57 PM
. I think trebuchet03 is right, bubbling/gurgling/hissing/etc usually come from the exp vlv. Might be refrigerant boiling when the unit turns off. . Most newer units use the condenser fan blades to sling water on the condenser coil. Sounds pretty much like you'd expect it to.
trebuchet03 says: Jun 28, 2007. 7:53 PM
Refrigerant passing through the expansion valve ;)
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