Good to know it had to be tilted forward, that's not intuitive to me. I tried out a new clamp on straight edge and brand new plywood blade in the porter cable, super straight cuts and I remade the base of the table, looking for the big box of laminate I put some where....
Job well done for keeping the intake separate from the exhaust. Most people just don’t understand that concept, and the result is an air conditioner that just won’t cool effectively. I often wonder in retrofit installations like this-whether it’s a window air conditioner or an RV air conditioner-what it would look like if the unit were carefully painted the same color as the cabinetry. It might make the unit effectively “disappear.”
I have seen molding around it that matched the walls and that helps some. Are you proposing to custom color match and paint it to make the wood ? I know they make dyes so you can duplicate wood grain on a dash, like say a 1939 or 1940 Ford.
Good job. I was always told never to lay an ac of fridge on its side. I was cringing when you were turning it up to show the bottom. Have I been given false info all these years?
With all Refrigeration units old and new, the A/Cs are filled with oil and when you lay them on their sides/ back the oil runs up the tubes and you don't want that to be the case when you run the pump, not only will it be starved of lubricant but it will be trying to push oil through gas passages, so the only thing that you really need to worry about is letting it stand upright for a few hours in the proper position before turning it on.
I had been trying to figure out how to mount the ac inside so it wont be seen on the outside, this was a good tutorial thank you. Is that a masons ring my father had one like that
How about a "thru-the-wall" A/C? These are designed to be installed in a thru-the-wall boot, and sometimes the vent sections in the cabinet are different from the regular window mount. You would buy the A/C and the appropriate wall boot.
Good to know it had to be tilted forward, that's not intuitive to me. I tried out a new clamp on straight edge and brand new plywood blade in the porter cable, super straight cuts and I remade the base of the table, looking for the big box of laminate I put some where....
It is the details sometimes.
Awesome explanation
Thank you
Job well done for keeping the intake separate from the exhaust. Most people just don’t understand that concept, and the result is an air conditioner that just won’t cool effectively.
I often wonder in retrofit installations like this-whether it’s a window air conditioner or an RV air conditioner-what it would look like if the unit were carefully painted the same color as the cabinetry. It might make the unit effectively “disappear.”
Not a bad idea
I have seen molding around it that matched the walls and that helps some. Are you proposing to custom color match and paint it to make the wood ? I know they make dyes so you can duplicate wood grain on a dash, like say a 1939 or 1940 Ford.
Good job. I was always told never to lay an ac of fridge on its side. I was cringing when you were turning it up to show the bottom. Have I been given false info all these years?
Technology has changed over the years.
With all Refrigeration units old and new, the A/Cs are filled with oil and when you lay them on their sides/ back the oil runs up the tubes and you don't want that to be the case when you run the pump, not only will it be starved of lubricant but it will be trying to push oil through gas passages, so the only thing that you really need to worry about is letting it stand upright for a few hours in the proper position before turning it on.
@@travissquiers2932 I think they have a valve that prevents the oil from going backwards now.
I had been trying to figure out how to mount the ac inside so it wont be seen on the outside, this was a good tutorial thank you. Is that a masons ring my father had one like that
It is not a masons ring. It was my grandfathers wedding ring
How about a "thru-the-wall" A/C? These are designed to be installed in a thru-the-wall boot, and sometimes the vent sections in the cabinet are different from the regular window mount. You would buy the A/C and the appropriate wall boot.
Not familiar with that system yet
Is the air for the side vents coming from the inside or outside of the trailer? I couldnt quite get the right perspective of your explaination?
Side vents is fresh air in.
Don’t like the drain coming straight down could you have put a 90 in and go to the back then 90 down to give you some storage space
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Sorry didn’t realize the drain would be going out the back.
It is a rubber hose. No need for a 90