Would you buy this AC?

debodun

debodun

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way upstate in New York, USA
Saw this on FB Marketplace. Sent message to seller asking how much it weighs, the BTUs and the make. Her only reply was that it was around 20 pounds. It looks a lot heavier. I have a GE Carry Cool that is smaller and I can barely lift it. This doesn't have a handy handle like the GE does. I can't see from her photo what brand it is and she did not answer the brand or BTU questions. I am concerned about carrying it upstairs and lifting into a window since I am an old lady with a tricky back. And why would somebody want to sell a good AC this time of year in these continuous heat waves?

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I wouldn't chance it.
They say it runs but does it cool the way it should?
I think it weighs more than twenty pounds . I wonder how old it is.
 

Get a new one and the store will install it for you. Don't you deserve new, good things? Yes, the answer is Yes.
 
Pepper said:
Get a new one and the store will install it for you. Don't you deserve new, good things? Yes, the answer is Yes.
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I do not have standard size windows and that are not in good shape anyway. I doubt anyone would install it under those conditions. Next door has one in their window and they leave in there all year. How can they do that? I can't - I have to put mine up on a block of wood on the sill to get it to the proper height and stuff foam rubber around mine because of so many gaps it has.
 
We have the worst luck with used, so quit buying used a good number of years ago.

As for your neighbours keeping their window unit AC's in year-round, they have theirs semi-built in. A proper measured to fit wood plate was installed in the window opening, and their AC unit marries perfectly and seamlessly to the wood plate.
 
debodun said:
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Exactly how I thought it may be installed.

Wood support under, tacked to window jamb, proper window plate out of some material or another, leaving no gaps, spaces, etc. Even then I tend to think such a setup would be a major heat-loss location in the dead of winter, and/or an area allowing for heat to infiltrate the home.
 
debodun said:
My feelings exactly. I don't know why thy leave it there. I haven't even heard them using it this year and it's been a hotter than usual summer.
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I'd say they leave the unit in place due to all of the fussing around that would be required to pull it out and put it back in. Just easier to leave it be, but when it comes to sealing out summer heat and winter cold, nothing beats a working window.
 
debodun said:
Saw this on FB Marketplace. Sent message to seller asking how much it weighs, the BTUs and the make. Her only reply was that it was around 20 pounds. It looks a lot heavier. I have a GE Carry Cool that is smaller and I can barely lift it. This doesn't have a handy handle like the GE does. I can't see from her photo what brand it is and she did not answer the brand or BTU questions. I am concerned about carrying it upstairs and lifting into a window since I am an old lady with a tricky back. And why would somebody want to sell a good AC this time of year in these continuous heat waves?

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If the seller isn't giving you the answers you are looking for other than how much it weighs than I wouldn't buy it. It does look like it weighs more than 20 pounds.
 
Treacle said:
Sorry debodun didn't quite understand air conditioning in the US. My o/h has a relative in Arizona and spoke about air conditioning (probably didn't listen to him as always), but we simply don't have your temperatures yet. So fans suffice. ☺
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wrong in this part of the UK...this is the 3rd year running we've had a summer of high 80's and low 90 degrees temps.. and up to 95% humidity
After the first year I vowed to get an AC unit for here if it happened the following year ( got through the summer with sterling, cooling but noisy oscillating fans) .. it did it again last summer, so I said again...if it happens next year, we will definitely get AC installed , and here we are on the 3rd year.. ( altho' we've had a bit of a break from the hight temps this month.)...it's still very difficult to sleep at night, and I had an oscillating fan.. a ceiling fan, and a dehumidifier in the bedroom , so why don't I now have what will be a very expensive AC unit installed (expensive here because hardly any private home owner has them) as I have in my home in Spain?.. because of Covid-19... no-one could come out and fit one during the lockdown :rolleyes::(
 
hollydolly said:
wrong in this part of the UK...this is the 3rd year running we've had a summer of high 80's and low 90 degrees temps.. and up to 95% humidity
After the first year I vowed to get an AC unit for here if it happened the following year ( got through the summer with sterling, cooling but noisy oscillating fans) .. it did it again last summer, so I said again...if it happens next year, we will definitely get AC installed , and here we are on the 3rd year.. ( altho' we've had a bit of a break from the hight temps this month.)...it's still very difficult to sleep at night, and I had an oscillating fan.. a ceiling fan, and a dehumidifier in the bedroom , so why don't I now have what will be a very expensive AC unit installed (expensive here because hardly any private home owner has them) as I have in my home in Spain?.. because of Covid-19... no-one could come out and fit one during the lockdown :rolleyes::(
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Given your circumstances, I would just install a window air conditioner that can be easily removed during cooler months, My son lives in northern Washington State and has found that a couple of inexpensive window units handle the job quite nicely for the 3 or 4 weeks when they have hot weather.
 
Pecos said:
Given your circumstances, I would just install a window air conditioner that can be easily removed during cooler months, My son lives in northern Washington State and has found that a couple of inexpensive window units handle the job quite nicely for the 3 or 4 weeks when they have hot weather.
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very difficult to install a window AC here with triple glazing , we've looked into it
 
When I cleaned out my aunt's house after she passed, she had a wall AC which I had never seen before. I assume it was meant to be there permanently. Removing it would leave a big rectangular hole in the wall.

Someone once suggested to me that I get a portable AC. They look enormous ans I doubt my old electrical wiring could handle it. With my old 4000BTU GE Carry Cool I have now, the plug gets hot after about a half an hour of running.
 
You can always buy a rolling A/C unit that you only have to put the vent out the window ... Easy and practical, and they don't break your back.
They run on a regular outlet, no special wiring needed.
 
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