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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote:
> So yeah. 66 studs or whatever = 22.625". Got the LG 5000 BTU unit. $179 @
> FutureShop. Fits in window. Life should be good.
>
> Brought it home, I just set it in the window out of impatience, and not
> wanting to wait since I left all my tools at work and can't screw anything
> together right now. I piled some boxes and shirts on top of it, to cover
> the gap. I turn it on... ahhhhh. air.
>
> Then, an hour later, I go back in my room, and my CARPET IS SOAKED and water
> is like POURING out of the little bugger! So I freak out and try to pull
> out the cord.
>
> THEN I GET A SHOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SAW the spark leap from the plug to
> my finger!!!!!
>
> NOT NICE!!!!!!!!
>
> So then I turn it off and yank the cord out by the cable, I'm so mad. So I
> pick it up and carry it to the washroom, and water SPILLS EVERYWHERE. I
> pour the remaining water down the sink.
>
> So now this thing is siting in my washroom doing nothing, I have a soaked
> carpet, and I'm all hot and sticky again and its GROSS OUTSIDE.
>
> UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I can't win. Ever. :(
Yeah, air conditioners have this nasty habit of ripping the moisture out of
your room along with the heat. You're supposed to make sure they lean out the
window just a bit so the water can give the little birdies a place to make
mudpies underneath your window. If it's any consolation, it's only slightly
worse than my first AC purchase. I hit the local Sears, but they were out of
stock for the model I wanted, and the closest other model cost another $50 for a
measly 10 more BTU (discontinued model even). Just before I gave in and bought
the other model, another couple came in to return the model I wanted, saying
they just needed something bigger. I foolishly agreed to purchase it, but when
I got it home, the first problem I discovered was that they hadn't bothered to
drain the water out of it before chucking it back in the box (fortunately I was
unboxing it in my kitchen). The second problem is that there were no
instructions (it turns out about 3/4's of the hardware was missing as well,
though I didn't realize it at the time), and I'd never installed an AC before,
so I had no idea what went where (which is unusual, as I'm very mechanically
minded). And the third problem is that even just pulling it out of the box, a
wave of horrid stench that smelled like someone smoking a cigarette factory
rolled out of that tiny little metal box. I swear their house had to have
smelled Spring Breeze fresh based on the amount of stench that got sucked into
that poor AC unit. Fortunately, when I took it back the next day, resolved to
the fact that I'd have to waste $50 on a worthless 10BTU increase (consider how
much your 5000BTU unit would have cost at $5 per BTU...), they told me they'd
just got a new shipment in, so I was able to take a nice unmolested AC unit
home.
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