Automatic cleaning system, air conditioner and control method

The invention provides an automatic cleaning system, an air conditioner and a control method. The automatic cleaning system comprises a water storing device of which the first end is connected to an indoor unit condensed water collector and an outdoor unit condensed water collector, a cleaning water pump of which one end is connected to the second end of the water storing device and while the other end is connected to an indoor unit water sprayer and an outdoor unit water sprayer, a first detecting module for detecting the first operation state parameters of an indoor heat exchanger, a second detection module for detecting the second operation state parameters of an outdoor heat exchanger, and a control module for determining whether to start the cleaning water pump to automatically clean the indoor heat exchanger and/ or the outdoor heat exchanger according to the first operation state parameters and/ or the second state parameters. According to the technical scheme, the system has the advantages that the heat exchangers can be automatically cleaned, so that the timeliness and efficiency of cleaning of the heat exchangers can be effectively improved, and as a result, the operation reliability of the air conditioner can be improved; in addition, the condensed water can be recycled, and thus the water resource can be saved.