05-30-2016, 11:20 AM
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...............we have replaced the main air conditioner which resides in the kitchen.
The old one (old faithful) has been degrading in performance over the last 4 or 5 years. And no wonder since it was manufactured in January of 1985! Barb got it used in 1995 and has been toting it from home to home ever since. When we bought this house it git a 2 year break as we hadn't decided exactl where and how to mount it. It was a 16,000 BTU window/through wall unit and we finally decided to remove the somewhat useless horizontal slide open window in the kitchen and simply go with a blank panel with a cut-out for the air conditioner.
This works very well and was in the right position that when assisted by a ceiling fan and small stand fan air circulates through the front part of the house and helps cool the living room which is on the opposite end.
Eventually we figured out how to use small window units in the batroom and bedrooms in concert with old faithful and 2 more fans to cool the entire house to where some guests complained about it being TOO cold.
Since we now have relegated the smallest bedroom to a storage/craft area we no longer have an air conditioner there and the door stays closed. Maxine also keeps her room closed now and has her own air conditioner set to where she is comfortable.
This changed the circulation pattern a bit but also cut the need for one of the fans. As a result of old faithful fading in its old aged state we weren't getting that chilly willy cooling anymore.
Toward the end of last year's cooling season one of our friends decided to sell her big air conditioner as she said it wasn't working like she thought is should and it was just too "noisy" for her. Mind you it cooled the entire bottom floor of her old farmhouse. Not cooling well enough? Ooooook! Paid her $60 and toted it home. It sat until yesterday when we gat a friend to come helpe take the old one out and modify the opening to fit this one in. (bigger casing)
While doing the opening cutting Barb looked and saw that the unit had all kinds of dust and dirt on the intake side and condenser venting as well as the temp probe being all mucky. Well no wonder it wasn't "working like it should".
End result? This thing not only cools the hell out of everything, it has a better vent directing setup and we now also cool the "void space" we had at the kitchen table!
Best $60 I've spent in quite a while.
The old one (old faithful) has been degrading in performance over the last 4 or 5 years. And no wonder since it was manufactured in January of 1985! Barb got it used in 1995 and has been toting it from home to home ever since. When we bought this house it git a 2 year break as we hadn't decided exactl where and how to mount it. It was a 16,000 BTU window/through wall unit and we finally decided to remove the somewhat useless horizontal slide open window in the kitchen and simply go with a blank panel with a cut-out for the air conditioner.
This works very well and was in the right position that when assisted by a ceiling fan and small stand fan air circulates through the front part of the house and helps cool the living room which is on the opposite end.
Eventually we figured out how to use small window units in the batroom and bedrooms in concert with old faithful and 2 more fans to cool the entire house to where some guests complained about it being TOO cold.
Since we now have relegated the smallest bedroom to a storage/craft area we no longer have an air conditioner there and the door stays closed. Maxine also keeps her room closed now and has her own air conditioner set to where she is comfortable.
This changed the circulation pattern a bit but also cut the need for one of the fans. As a result of old faithful fading in its old aged state we weren't getting that chilly willy cooling anymore.
Toward the end of last year's cooling season one of our friends decided to sell her big air conditioner as she said it wasn't working like she thought is should and it was just too "noisy" for her. Mind you it cooled the entire bottom floor of her old farmhouse. Not cooling well enough? Ooooook! Paid her $60 and toted it home. It sat until yesterday when we gat a friend to come helpe take the old one out and modify the opening to fit this one in. (bigger casing)
While doing the opening cutting Barb looked and saw that the unit had all kinds of dust and dirt on the intake side and condenser venting as well as the temp probe being all mucky. Well no wonder it wasn't "working like it should".
End result? This thing not only cools the hell out of everything, it has a better vent directing setup and we now also cool the "void space" we had at the kitchen table!
Best $60 I've spent in quite a while.
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