My window air conditioner constantly makes crackling noises and fills with water.?

Question

At the beginning of summer my boyfriend and I bought a 100 dollar Air conditioner for your window at a whole sale liquidator. We leave it run all day all night. We basically never turn it off, we keep it in the bedroom. Its a smaller unit. Now all of a sudden we wake up to this crackling noise that sounds so loud and crazy its like omg shut it off, and you can see water spitting out from the vent air area. Then my boyfriend gets up pulls it out the window and then turns it upsidedown and all this water comes out. Bascially draining it. Then he puts it back in the window and everything is fine no noise. Sometimes it starts back up right away in a half hour, and sometimes its fine for a couple of days. It always happens in the middle of the night or early morning, it runs fine during the day, but just has to do it when we are sleeping. Im 33 weeks pregnant and I tell my boyfriend it is preparing us for those late night wake ups for the baby ha ha... But seriously.. What is wrong with this POS! its getting so frustrating because sometimes my boyfriend doesnt want to get up and dump the water anymore, and i can't sleep without the white noise and air. I dont remember it making the crackling noises when we got it, but i do remember a week or two later i heard them, but they were very very little and not an annoyance. thanks.!

Answer 1

I had the same problem. All it is, is the condensation that builds up from the warm air in your room being sucked into the air conditioner and the cold air being blown out. To fix this you can do two things. Empty it every day. Or set the dial to a temperature that the A/C can reach to let it rest for a little bit and let the fan do all the work. Don't worry it isn't anything bad, just water building up,  

Answer 2

THE AIR MUST BE REAL HUMID AND THE SYISTIM IS REAL COLD SO TRY TURING IT DOWN A BIT

Answer 3

Air conditioners are supposed to cause condensate to collect. (It's the same thing that happens when condensation collects on the outside of a cold glass/can on a hot day.) This is good, because it makes the room less humid. (And the reason it takes different amount of time to happen is because sometimes the air is more hot and humid than other times.)

The problem is that the unit isn't draining properly. There may be a clog in the hole that the condensate it supposed to be able to drain out of. Check the back of the unit for a drain (it may look like you're supposed to be able to attach a hose to it) and see if there's a clog in it.

Alternatively, you may just need to keep the unit tipped backwards a teensy bit.