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Thread Number: 78899
/ Tag: Air Conditioners
Old General Electric air conditioner |
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| Post# 1028671 4/1/2019 at 15:05 (1,851 days old) by Fallison (Virginia ) | ||
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Hi All, Could anyone help me with this? I have an old General Electric air conditioner, photos attached. Where would be the best place/ website to go to see what it is worth and to sell it? Thanks in advance | ||
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| Post# 1028674 , Reply# 1 4/1/2019 at 15:48 (1,851 days old) by Fallison (Virginia ) | ||
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Just as a note to the above question. The house and contents were donated to a charity as part of an estate. So just trying to maximize the donation. My husband said to put it in the dumpster.. I said noooo! | ||
Post# 1028681 , Reply# 2 4/1/2019 at 18:02 (1,851 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 1028710 , Reply# 3 4/2/2019 at 03:25 (1,850 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Where in Virginia If fairly close I may be interested. | ||
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Post# 1028721 , Reply# 4 4/2/2019 at 06:21 (1,850 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 1028722 , Reply# 5 4/2/2019 at 06:21 (1,850 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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OMG. The air used to come out of the vents so cold it dropped to the floor like liquid nitrogen. They didn't have a powerful fan, but, they sure could turn a room into a refrigerator! | ||
| Post# 1028724 , Reply# 6 4/2/2019 at 07:30 (1,850 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Post# 1028728 , Reply# 7 4/2/2019 at 08:44 (1,850 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Neat 60s GE A/C | ||
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Post# 1028729 , Reply# 8 4/2/2019 at 09:16 (1,850 days old) by estesguy (kansas) |
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240V / 12,000 BTU ! Yeah, a 12,000 BTU AC on 240V? All new 12K ACs do that on 120V now with higher EERs. John's right, the electric utility will love sending you the bill on this unit. | ||
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Post# 1028731 , Reply# 9 4/2/2019 at 09:34 (1,850 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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when was 12,000 btu used with 240?....unless it offered heat
a regular 120 volt outlet was all that was needed for sizes up to 12,000.....later on your could find 14,000 and 15,000.... anything above that in BTU's had to go to a 240 on a dedicated double 30 amp circuit for a true CHILLED COLD A/C, you want to pick one with a low EER value, the higher the number, the warmer the air output...EER is not a better built unit, all it means is you can't turn down the thermostat as low as older units... a simple allen wrench on the back of the thermostat will change it back to a deep freeze.... that's why I prefer non digital models.... | ||
| Post# 1028732 , Reply# 10 4/2/2019 at 10:14 (1,850 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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I have an older version... ...from 1958:same 3 round vents,but tube and fin instead of spine fin seen on the subject unit.My 1958 version has 4-pole,1725 RPM compressor and 12,000/240 rating:) superb running machine worth using a little extra power to experience :) | ||
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Post# 1028743 , Reply# 12 4/2/2019 at 11:43 (1,850 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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We had a 1966 WH with those specs. Yes, it used a lotta Watts. | ||
| Post# 1028753 , Reply# 13 4/2/2019 at 13:14 (1,850 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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plugged evap when I got the 1958 GE,airflow was weak because the evaporator was badly plugged with lint and dust-this design very prone to that.Fan motor is shaded pole and mounted in the return air path-adding it's heat to the cooling load :) | ||
| Post# 1028855 , Reply# 14 4/3/2019 at 16:57 (1,849 days old) by cycla-fabric (New Jersey (Northern)) | ||
GE Thinline AC
Thats a GE Thinline model from the early 1960's. GE made the tall Thinline unit as you have and another unit that was not as high and had 5 vents across the top of the unit for air discharge. These units very good units for the day. I would tip that unit so it sits as it would as if it was in the window so that the oil in the compressor stays as it should. There is a guy on Flickr (The Air Conditioner Guy) that may want that unit as he is a collector of vintage Air conditioners. It would go to a good home with this guy.
Doug | ||
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