How To Properly Put Ac In Window

Keep it balanced as you slide the flange on the bottom of the case against the outside edge of the windowsill.

How to properly put ac in window.

Take the thick foam rubber. Save these instructions and any. Open it wide enough to accommodate the height of the air conditioner. Venting a portable air conditioner through a window 1.

Place the air conditioner near both a window and an electrical. Read the instructions that came with your portable air conditioner carefully. Turn the ac back on and wait 15 minutes so you can get an accurate reading on the gauge. Cut a piece of adhesive backed foam weatherstipping to this length.

Choose a location for your portable air conditioner. Open the lower window sash and attach the bracket using the provided hardware if necessary. Carefully place the unit in the opening and lower the top sash to hold the unit in place. Before installing a window ac open the window as far as it goes remove the screen and clean the windowsill glass and window frame.

Enlist a helper to set the a c in position. Peel the paper backing off the cut strip of weatherstripping and position the seal sticky. Then slide the accordion panels onto both sides of the air conditioner if not pre assembled in a guide track. With the bottom window sash up as far as it ll go center and insert the a c in the window.

Next pick up the unit and rest it on the bottom of the window frame. Then lower the bottom window sash until it rests on the a c and securely against the top flange. Then put on some gloves and safety glasses to protect yourself from the freon and turn off your ac. Now your first step is an easy one.

You re now ready to place the unit into the window opening. Measure the length of the first gap. Air conditioners are deceptively heavy making installing a window ac unit a two person job. After it is off hook up the refrigerant gauges to the valve connections.

Measure the width of the windowsill and use a pencil to mark. 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.