In the early '90s, my dad made a "play house" of about 20 x 20 with a side screened in room (screened from 4ft to the ceiling) of 12 X 20 for picnics. The play house was in the back yard of the main house. Dad passed away in 1996. This property became ours after my mom passed in 2005. The 12 X 20 side room became my "shop" after I returned from Japan in Dec 2010. Mom and Dad let the 20 x 20 become a nice "storage" shed for my daughters as they came home, went to college and moved around until settling down (1992 - 2004). Then we returned home in 2010, we had barely enough space for the everything we brought back. Over a year, we managed to get rid of some of mom's older furniture and made room in the 20 x 20 for some shop room, or so I thought . Then in 2012, my youngest daughter and her husband went to Brazil for 2 years as international school teachers and suddenly it was full again.
About 6 months ago they came and got most of their furniture. I did some of the bunk bed work there.
Well, it is getting hot! On one side of the room, there are 2 ft deep shelves to the ceiling, and there is a 220 air conditioner that was placed there back in the early '90s. (Dad had a frame built into the wall for the AC when he had the house built). I moved the last row of boxes that was stacked in front of the AC, and dusted off the shelf under it and the AC itself. Then shook the fibered filter expecting it to disintegrate. It didn't. The last time I think it was used for more than a hour was in 1996. I think it was turned on for about an hour or so in 2000, when we were home for 10 months.
So, my thoughts were - Would it come on? It's a 220 unit, turning it on could be dangerous. If it did come on, would it cool? I wonder if it still has freon (yes, real freon) in it?
I turned it on - it worked. Turned the exhaust, it worked fine - this told me that there was no corrosion, or at least minimized over 20+ years. Listened for noise, nothing abnormal. Moved a few things around the room and came back - cold air coming out. Left it on for about 15 minutes and it was effectively cooling the room down when I needed to go do some honey do things for LOML.
I HAVE HALF OF AN AIR CONDITIONED WORK ROOM! I am ready to work through the summer. If I can just move my lathe in there.
Do I need to watch for a problem with a 20+ year old window unit that hasn't effectively been used in that length of time?
About 6 months ago they came and got most of their furniture. I did some of the bunk bed work there.
Well, it is getting hot! On one side of the room, there are 2 ft deep shelves to the ceiling, and there is a 220 air conditioner that was placed there back in the early '90s. (Dad had a frame built into the wall for the AC when he had the house built). I moved the last row of boxes that was stacked in front of the AC, and dusted off the shelf under it and the AC itself. Then shook the fibered filter expecting it to disintegrate. It didn't. The last time I think it was used for more than a hour was in 1996. I think it was turned on for about an hour or so in 2000, when we were home for 10 months.
So, my thoughts were - Would it come on? It's a 220 unit, turning it on could be dangerous. If it did come on, would it cool? I wonder if it still has freon (yes, real freon) in it?
I turned it on - it worked. Turned the exhaust, it worked fine - this told me that there was no corrosion, or at least minimized over 20+ years. Listened for noise, nothing abnormal. Moved a few things around the room and came back - cold air coming out. Left it on for about 15 minutes and it was effectively cooling the room down when I needed to go do some honey do things for LOML.
I HAVE HALF OF AN AIR CONDITIONED WORK ROOM! I am ready to work through the summer. If I can just move my lathe in there.
Do I need to watch for a problem with a 20+ year old window unit that hasn't effectively been used in that length of time?
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