I've tested the unit on all speeds. Performance doesn't change. There's so little difference in the speeds they're almost undetectable.

The filter should be facing the front cover of the unit, such that the frame will prevent the filter from getting sucked against the coils.

I'm sure it won't cool anything like a vintage unit but it will have to do for now until I can fix the old one.

@@JordanU that's true its a temporary fix which is better than nothing bro

They are very easily serviced compared to some other designs. I ended up using a 1988 Carrier in this location, probably a similar model to what you have. It sounds like one of the blades either came loose on the shaft, or the bearings need to be oiled. Your best bet would be to find an older "mom and pop" company that does AC repair. I think it would be a better investment to put $500 into repairing your Carrier unit than buying a new one.

It should be several weeks now before I need the unit again. Before I put it back in I will remove the thermostat and tie it to the power cord as far away from the coil as possible.

Most of those units used standard size motors, you could probably get a replacement.

No.

I could probably get away with a single 7k for the rest of the house, but this room is just impossible to cool.

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It consumed electricity during this video.

​@@JordanU How much?

Glad you enjoyed it.

The Styrofoam design also doesn't keep the noise down like the insulated metal does. R-134 was up there with 22 in a lot of ways, but for whatever reason never seemed to make it's way into machines like this. All this 410 and 32 stuff now is abysmal junk, pressures way too high.

Amana

@Jordan U ok thanks. Do you have a specific model. I want to check it out

There's plenty of videos of the machine on the channel.

@Jordan U you seriously typed that but couldn't type the model. Thanks

@@bored8715 I don't know what the model number is off hand. I would have to search 'Amana air conditioner' on the channel to find it, then copy and paste it here, just for you to go back to the channel and copy and paste it into the search box to get the information you're looking for. It would make much more sense for you to just search it yourself. I'm not going to waste my time spoon-feeding information to random entitled people on the Internet.

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No, the old machines can do that and more in 30 minutes.

The insulation and air-tightness of the room describes the efficiency of the building, not the machine.

It will be replaced sometime this year, but I'm going to have to begin the summer with it. The Fedders needs to be torn apart and thoroughly coated for water resistance before it's used, the Amana needs to have the charge adjusted, and the Carrier needs serious rust restoration.

ESDI80! What! Did! You! Just! Said? I like modern units better because they’re more efficient! I had no issues with modern units in my opinion! Why did you decide to go with the less efficient unit? That is electricity waster

@ESDI80 We get the cooler damp nights here as well, and the ACs are often used to take care of it. I tried to use this one a few days ago when it was damp and in the high 60s, and sure enough it kept icing up. Definitely an air flow issue. The Amana unit I used last year would run perfectly into the 60s, keep going for as long as I wanted and remove all the moisture quite nicely.

@@ArisBuliteanu Stop with the spam and stop harassing people in my comments box!

That doesn't make sense.

@@JordanU yeah you don't need to put wood and towel to cover sides.and putting stick under unit isn't standard.

@@mohsenpanahi6773 That doesn't make sense either.

@@JordanU 😂

Peter, sorry but your statement isn’t entirely correct. Condensate water has largely nothing to to with the cooling efficiency. For example, Central ac units, old or new, have their fans mounted at the top of the unit and condensate water is handled in the coil which is separate from the outdoor compressor and condenser coils. for window units, some areas of the US like Arizona and Nevada have dry heat and very low or practically no humidity and there will be almost no condensate yet cool perfectly fine. In fact, In areas of very high humidity, there is often a large amount of excess water buildup that the “slinger” of window air conditioners can’t properly deal with. Therefore the bottom of the condenser coils are constantly submerged in water leading to early rusting and even worse may get to the point where it leaks back into the house if the unit tilt is not correct. Yes, spraying the condenser coils with water to remove dust and dirt will definitely make your unit more efficient but with this brand new unit, that’s not an issue. The owner in this video is probably used to his older unit which contained R-22 or R-12 refrigerant which produced much colder output air than the modern refrigerant this unit contains.

The issue isn't the air temperature, but the amount of air pushed by the fan. And also, condensate has nothing to do with it at all.

The air-conditioner isn't performing very well because it's a modern piece of junk!

@@JordanU hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey! It’s not a modern piece of junk! You drilled a drain hole so that’s why there may be efficiency loss

@@JordanU I like modern units in my opinion because they’re a piece of mind! So why can’t you just stay with modern units? And you have to go with the less efficient unit? That’s electricity waster so! Go with the modern will you call piece of junk unit?

I've never seen a casement style unit with even half the rated capacity of this one.

@@JordanU - the smallest one HD carries is 10K and is 14 inches wide

@@glockman9c This one is 25K. There are no machines of such high capacity that small.

@@JordanU - 25k? LOL. I must have missed that.

You can't be serious...

@@JordanU Why do you say that?

@@JordanU oh, yes, it is! Check if your filter is dirty! If it is then clean it before you even decide to go vintage

He hadn't even used it until right now...

The unit is brand spanking new how can the filter be dirty if it was never used before?

An 8,000 BTU should absolutely cool a 2 bedroom area, that's not impressive at all. A vintage 5,000 would take care of the whole thing. The modern units are garbage.

@@JordanU they're not garbage, if you read what I even said, you gotta take care of them, you gotta go extra, my 5,000 btu, at my old place cool the whole place, but I did extra, the problem is the Styrofoam, that's the problem, they messed up really bad with that

I read what you wrote. It's nonsense. Foil tape has nothing to do with the issues with the modern units and can't fix it.

Damn straight it does, you don't know til you try yourself, it's that plain and simple

The issues with modern air conditioners is poor air flow, poor temperature regulation, and excessively high refrigerant pressures that cause the cheap coils to fail in just a few seasons of use. Foil tape solves none of that.

This is only temporary, it was cheap and good enough for the short-term. A proper vintage unit will take it's place.