Montgomery Ward (Fedders) LFE-6112 11,500 BTU Air Conditioner

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18 күн бұрын

A Montgomery Ward branded, Fedders manufactured, 11,500 BTU air conditioner model LFE-6112. The unit was made in April of 1989, making it likely to have been sold during the Summer of '89. It has an EER of 9 and is allowed to draw up to 12 amps. It utilizes a Rotorex rotary compressor with 39 ounces of Refrigerant 22.
This machine was given to me by Vann earlier this year. It is in near mint condition and appears to have never been used. It runs very nicely and is very quiet for the size. The evaporator is 4 layers thick and has a nice refrigerant sound to it. The fan motor has one of the best startup sounds I've heard.

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@LemontTheFanMan 16 күн бұрын

Really cool Startup Sound bro I enjoyed the video of this vintage ac

@TasoV. 14 күн бұрын

Nice quality unit. The thing with the same amount of condensation is a bit peculiar. Great video and I enjoyed the closeup of the squirrel. He/she needs to keep off your lawn though.😁🦔

@fordmuscleluis9710 16 күн бұрын

Really enjoyed the classic start-up sound from the compressor love these older A/C units good video bro

@JordanU 16 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

@ryanstrains6446 16 күн бұрын

I Absolutily love the start-up sounds of the fan on this Air Conditioner. It is one of the best I have ever heard of a Fedders product. Seems to work well for an 11,500 BTU machine. Kind of reminds me of your 14,000 BTU Fedders that you have with the grill and design. Hopefully one day we will get to see that unit in action somewhere in the house with a 20 amp circuit installed. The nice machine you have their Jordan and hopefully it will last for decades to come.

@JordanU 16 күн бұрын

Thanks for letting me know.

@stanleymcfallsthesouthernc4104 16 күн бұрын

My grandmother still has one here in the south where it gets hot works like new 😊

@JordanU 16 күн бұрын

These were excellent quality machines, they last a long time.

@chadwinkler9129 16 күн бұрын

Really like the sound of that one running just as i remember them back in the day there's so many variations of them i like that one particularly maybe one day one will show up for sale in my area definitely considering one of them over a modern piece of junk

@VannBergHVAC 16 күн бұрын

Glad you have it so the unit can actually get some use finally. I picked this up in Saugerties a couple years back. I always use a step bit to drill drain holes at the lowest point in the pan. Will let you and Kevin fight over what happens with it next..

@JordanU 10 күн бұрын

I'll pass it along to him when he has a use case for it. He has more nostalgia for this particular model than I, so it's only right for him to have it.

@JackMustang 16 күн бұрын

That was funny when you yelled at that squirrel. 😂

@JordanU 10 күн бұрын

Thanks for letting me know.

@vacuumcarfanguy 16 күн бұрын

this fedders is a pretty good looking window ac nice video

@electriciants7927 16 күн бұрын

I have a 10K Airtemp unit from 87 that sounds identical to this one. Excellent AC. It has a 3 speed motor with only 2 speed selector knob. I bought a 3 speed selector switch and un capped the medium speed motor lead. Now it's 3 speed but the face plate doesn't match the fan speed. Oh well, definitely a keeper and useable. Just curious to why the compressor sounds very gritty on this era of these ACs..

@JordanU 10 күн бұрын

The compressor sounds smooth to me on this one.

@djbrucebanner9882 16 күн бұрын

I like it

@JordanU 16 күн бұрын

@vacuumcarfanguy 16 күн бұрын

how do you replace a capacitor on a 1996 Goodman window ac because the the Goodman window ac I got was from the dump and it has a bad capacitor and I'm trying tnot to blow my hand off replacing it with a parts goodman window ac any advace

@BigeSnek 16 күн бұрын

do you have a replacement capacitor for it?

@vacuumcarfanguy 16 күн бұрын

@@BigeSnek going to have to part out another Goodman window ac

@vacuumcarfanguy 16 күн бұрын

@@BigeSnek going to the dump for that like I I got the 1996 Goodman window ac

@mikafoxx2717 9 күн бұрын

Or you could just buy a new capacitor instead of getting another bad one.

@vacuumcarfanguy 9 күн бұрын

@@mikafoxx2717 that's what I said I would do read the dam comment

@nextg5062 14 күн бұрын

Compared to other vintage units these Fedders Rotarex units are definitely worse, although they are surely far superior to any modern unit. These things seem to be complete rust buckets though. Every one of these I see nowadays looks to be very rotted out. Someone in my neighborhood had one of the small chassis 90s Fedders in their wall and when they pulled it out it completely disintegrated. I saw the basepan all by itself on the curb and it was very rusty

@JordanU 10 күн бұрын

In what ways are they worse?

@nextg5062 10 күн бұрын

@JordanU It's the rotarex itself. My grandparents had one of the early 90s Fedders units and the compressor locked up. I have a Fedders apartment style unit with the rotarex and it takes forever to get somewhat cold

@JordanU 9 күн бұрын

@@nextg5062 This sounds like a case of limited experience bias. Was that compressor cut open and confirmed locked? That's an extremely rare failure, for even the cheapest of units. Most rotary compressors take a long time to build pressure, that's not specific to Rotorex.

@nextg5062 9 күн бұрын

@JordanU This was well over 10 years ago. They just threw it away when they got central air. It sat in the wall unused for a year or two before that.

@JordanU 9 күн бұрын

@@nextg5062 It very likely was just a spoiled capacitor.