Thread Number: 40853
Vintage Air Conditioner Help-Advice Needed |
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Post# 604425 , Reply# 1   6/18/2012 at 10:25 (4,330 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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It probably got water on some electrical component. It might work after drying out. |
Post# 604435 , Reply# 2   6/18/2012 at 10:44 (4,330 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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Do you think that could be it? It seemed to be doing something similar last summer, and they are designed (or so I thought) to get wet, since the condensate sits in the pan. |
Post# 604454 , Reply# 4   6/18/2012 at 11:08 (4,330 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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Thanks Mark, that does sound kind of scary. I'm a bit leery of working on the capacitor myself. |
Post# 604514 , Reply# 5   6/18/2012 at 13:32 (4,330 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 604515 , Reply# 6   6/18/2012 at 13:38 (4,330 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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I know, right? I have two working units in bedrooms, which work pretty well. It's 90 out already and heading higher. |
Post# 604734 , Reply# 7   6/19/2012 at 11:30 (4,329 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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So here are some images - front cover to start with. |
Post# 604736 , Reply# 8   6/19/2012 at 11:42 (4,329 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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Here's the label. Any clue as to the age from it? |
Post# 605358 , Reply# 10   6/21/2012 at 15:42 (4,326 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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Here's the inside (I think I may have a better picture). |
Post# 605452 , Reply# 12   6/22/2012 at 01:12 (4,326 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 1081144 , Reply# 19   7/15/2020 at 12:27 (1,381 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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Thanks, I'll have to check that - I'm paranoid after having read about the capacitors, etc. Yeah, I think they cool effectively and reasonably efficiently. |
Post# 1122791 , Reply# 22   7/9/2021 at 15:27 (1,022 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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I've got a guy coming to look at it next week - we'll see what he diagnoses. |
Post# 1123301 , Reply# 24   7/14/2021 at 18:36 (1,016 days old) by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA)   |   | |
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Post# 1123302 , Reply# 25   7/14/2021 at 18:38 (1,016 days old) by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA)   |   | |
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There is a product which will allow you to connect to damaged pins on a compressor. These may help you get it going.\ www.amazon.com/QwikLug-QT... They are called Qwik Lugs. |
Post# 1123540 , Reply# 26   7/17/2021 at 19:10 (1,013 days old) by Davey7 (Chicago)   |   | |
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It turned out that the chassis was a lot rustier than I'd realized, which I noticed when I carted it out. I'm happy with a new unit that I won't have to worry about for a while, since I don't use ac all that much. |