How To Properly Put Ac In Window

Then put on some gloves and safety glasses to protect yourself from the freon and turn off your ac.

How to properly put ac in window. Save these instructions and any. Measure the width of the windowsill and use a pencil to mark. Take the thick foam rubber. Carefully place the unit in the opening and lower the top sash to hold the unit in place.

Read the instructions that came with your portable air conditioner carefully. Here i show how a window ac should be installed. Place the air conditioner near both a window and an electrical. Then slide the accordion panels onto both sides of the air conditioner if not pre assembled in a guide track.

Air conditioners are deceptively heavy making installing a window ac unit a two person job. Before installing a window ac open the window as far as it goes remove the screen and clean the windowsill glass and window frame. Open the window to provide just enough room for placement of the unit and collapse the accordion panels inward to ensure that they do not interfere with initial positioning. Cut a piece of adhesive backed foam weatherstipping to this length.

Next pick up the unit and rest it on the bottom of the window frame. Pull out each extension to close off the space to the left and right of the air conditioner. Now your first step is an easy one. After it is off hook up the refrigerant gauges to the valve connections.

With the bottom window sash up as far as it ll go center and insert the a c in the window. Open the lower window sash and attach the bracket using the provided hardware if necessary. Screw the vertical mounting flange of each extension to the window jambs. Venting a portable air conditioner through a window 1.

Turn the ac back on and wait 15 minutes so you can get an accurate reading on the gauge. Peel the paper backing off the cut strip of weatherstripping and position the seal sticky. You re now ready to place the unit into the window opening. Choose a location for your portable air conditioner.

Open it wide enough to accommodate the height of the air conditioner. Keep it balanced as you slide the flange on the bottom of the case against the outside edge of the windowsill.