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

■ 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.

If the issue is not resolved, please contact customer service at the following toll-free number: 0800 9811 5454.