Njengoko uqikelele, isikhenkcezisi se-AC sinceda ngokupholisa kungekuphela nje isifudumezi-moya sakho, kodwa nesikhenkcisi, isikhenkcisi, okanye nasiphi na esinye isixhobo esisebenzisa ukupholisa.
Ukwazi ngakumbi malunga nomsebenzi we-AC refrigerant, kubalulekile ukwazi ukuba i-air conditioner isebenza njani. I-air conditioner isebenza ngokusebenzisa i-refrigerant, engaphakathi kweekhoyili zobhedu kwi-evaporator kunye ne-condenser, ukufunxa ubushushu kwigumbi, kwaye ikhuphele kwindawo yangaphandle. Ngethuba le nkqubo, i-refrigerant ishintsha ukusuka kwigesi ephantsi yoxinzelelo kwi-high-pressure liquid.
Le yeyona nkcazo ilula yomjikelo wefriji. I-high-pressure liquide ivuthuza ngaphezulu nge-fan ukukhupha ubushushu kwindawo. Ukuqala umjikelo olandelayo, olu lwelo lucinezela ngakumbi, luze lukhuphe ngokukhawuleza kumbhobho okhethekileyo ukuluguqula lube yirhasi kwakhona. Le gesi ebandayo ivuthuza kunye nenye ifeni ukuze ifake umoya obandayo kwigumbi, kwaye umjikelo uyaqhubeka.
Ukulawulwa kwamandla kusebenzisa inqununu yoxinzelelo lwe-hydraulic. Oku kunokubeka uxinzelelo oluninzi kwimibhobho kwaye iguge irabha. Ngoko ke kubalulekile ukuba imibhobho yokulawula amandla emoto yakho ijongwe rhoqo ngumkhandi kwaye itshintshwe xa ifuneka.