Window ac units

Originally Posted by hills

I'm in my mid sixties Mike. At this age ... it's better to have some kind of boss job and leave the heavy lugging & tugging work to the younger hands. Work with your head / not with your back.

The AC's from the 90's would definitely be heavier. I went to buy a new ac from Home Depot awhile back and couldn't believe how light it was in comparison to the one it was replacing. It seems to have held up well enough even though it's not built as heavy.

The few older ac's i've torn down seemed to be more difficult to scrap out. Some of the sheet metal screw heads were all rusted up. The teardown procedure varies some from manufacturer to manufacturer. The good part is that you're likely to get a little more copper out of them. They were built more heavy duty and made to last back in the day.

Nowadays they're built as cheaply as possible.

The coils tend to be thicker

Originally Posted by mike1

The coils tend to be thicker

If all goes well I should have some Friday.

I've got a couple more window ac's waiting for me when i get into work this morning. There seem to be more coming in lately. That's weird ... cause we're well past the summer and into the heating season now. I have to wonder if it's because so many people are going to heat pumps these days. Electric rates have just about doubled over the past few years. The heat pumps are supposed to be more energy efficient.

Ten or fifteen years from now ... we will probably be scrapping heat pumps instead of window ac's. I've already had a couple of heat pump water heaters come in over the past few years.

Times ... they are a changin'.

Originally Posted by hills

I've got a couple more window ac's waiting for me when i get into work this morning. There seem to be more coming in lately. That's weird ... cause we're well past the summer and into the heating season now. I have to wonder if it's because so many people are going to heat pumps these days. Electric rates have just about doubled over the past few years. The heat pumps are supposed to be more energy efficient.

Ten or fifteen years from now ... we will probably be scrapping heat pumps instead of window ac's. I've already had a couple of heat pump water heaters come in over the past few years.

Times ... they are a changin'.

Right a heat pump I have never done one of those I don't think. I used to cut open compressors with a hacksaw when I started haha a sawzall is much faster and no sparks like a grinder since I'm in a trailer park sparks are bad haha.