How To Put In Ac Window Unit

Open the lower window sash and attach the bracket using the provided hardware if necessary.

How to put in ac window unit.

A bullet valve is a quick and easy way to add a recharging port to an a c unit. Air conditioners are deceptively heavy making installing a window ac unit a two person job. Then slide the accordion panels onto both sides of the air conditioner if not pre assembled in a guide track. Window air conditioners do not usually have a service port which is easily fixed with a low cost bullet valve.

There are 3 valve connections attached to your unit s hardware with a valve on each side left and right. The ac unit will need to be plugged into an electrical outlet that can supply the necessary current without overloading the circuit. The best type of window for receiving a window air conditioner is a double hung window that can be opened at the bottom. Cut two pieces of the c channel in both sizes1 2 and 3 8.

Open the valves on the gauge to start the flow of freon. This video describes the installation of a window air conditioning unit in details. Attach the gauge with the red hose to the high pressure valve on the right side. Drill hole on the side through channel and coupling than insert a screw.

Turn off the gauges and freon and then remove the tubes. Attach the gauge with the blue hose to the low pressure valve on the left side. Do prepare the window and install brackets if necessary. When you remove the blue tube from the compressor tube where you inserted the valve remember to close the new valve.

In this case it is an air conditioner from general electric ge. Measure your a c from left to right including your frame. In the 3 8 c channel insert nut rod coupling on the end.