Window ac units

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I have MANY extensions of all sizes as I find that they are the tool you need sometimes.

I also believe that you can never have to many drill bits and saw blades.



Have a nice collection of punches and chisels also.

Has anyone ever gotten different types of window ac units that have a fat small radiator on one side ? I noticed there are different window ac types how many types has anyone come across? I think it's a 1988 ? What's with the ones that are all frilly and look like Christmas tinsel? I don't see those often.

Originally Posted by mike1

Has anyone ever gotten different types of window ac units that have a fat small radiator on one side ? I noticed there are different window ac types how many types has anyone come across? I think it's a 1988 ? What's with the ones that are all frilly and look like Christmas tinsel? I don't see those often.

I had an ac with the tinsel stuff a number of months back. It's hard to remember but i think it was harder to tear down. Also had a dehumidifier like that. I think the rad coil might have been made of steel tubing or something like that. Not all that good for scrapping purposes.

Rather than fuss with them ... i just opened them up enough so that the freon tech could reach in and do his part. The whole works went right on the junk pile after the freon and oil were pumped out.

Did the disassembly part with a backhoe on those ones.

Originally Posted by hills

I had an ac with the tinsel stuff a number of months back. It's hard to remember but i think it was harder to tear down. Also had a dehumidifier like that. I think the rad coil might have been made of steel tubing or something like that. Not all that good for scrapping purposes.

Rather than fuss with them ... i just opened them up enough so that the freon tech could reach in and do his part. The whole works went right on the junk pile after the freon and oil were pumped out.

Did the disassembly part with a backhoe on those ones.

Haha a backhoe that's great I bet that is a site to see. I did encounter a coil that was steel didn't know they made em like that terrible haha.

Originally Posted by mike1

Haha a backhoe that's great I bet that is a site to see. I did encounter a coil that was steel didn't know they made em like that terrible haha.

The backhoe has a thumb on it Mike. It's pretty useful for doing the teardown on washers, dryers, fridges and stuff like that. The whole idea is to flatten them out and compact the metal so they can fit more on a truck when the scrap yard comes to pick up our metals.

The cooling lines that are built into the walls of a chest freezer are kinda weird. They aren't copper. I think they're some kind of steel. Maybe stainless steel ... i dunno. I don't see much copper in a household fridge or freezer except a little down by the compressor.

There was one thing about the rads i thought to mention :

You were asking about sawzall blades awhile back. It seems like different kinds are good for different jobs. The best ones i've found for cutting the steel ends off the rads are fine tooth sawzall blades. Look for 24 TPI. That's 24 teeth per inch. They give you a cleaner cut with fewer ragged edges. The steel ends come off a lot easier that way.

The finer tooth blades make it so the piece you're working on shakes a lot less when you're cutting it too.

Oh yea I did a fridge once lots of foam what a pain that was. So what makes more copper dust when cutting copper ? The smaller teeth or the bigger teeth?. I usually use a 12 inch carbide diablo blade for central ac compressors I used a DeWalt one a few times once I snapped it off near the base one I bent like a s haha. One thing with diablo blades I never have broke one it did bend a little but not like DeWalt why is that I wonder ?. Are diablo blades thicker or something?. I know they are made in Switzerland so that's cool. Now I just need to find some impact bits that are made in a European country most of them are made in China😕. What weighta do the clean rads come out to be on window ac units ? I was thinking 6 lbs when clean ? I think most of them are 8k btu does this impact radiator size of the tubes ? Or is the year what dictates the size of the tubes ?.

Originally Posted by mike1

Has anyone ever gotten different types of window ac units that have a fat small radiator on one side ? I noticed there are different window ac types how many types has anyone come across? I think it's a 1988 ? What's with the ones that are all frilly and look like Christmas tinsel? I don't see those often.

I had a all alum ac once. The base and shell were all aluminum and it had the weird tinsel coils in there. must have been from the 70s

I also came across 2 permanent wall mounted ac's from an aprt complex a few weeks ago and they both had 2 fan motors in them. weird

Well some window AC's have two motors in them or one big one that can be a pain to open haha. I think there is going to be a few with the tinsel not sure yet. Going to have a lot of loops when I'm done that's for sure a 5 gal bucket full I bet. I think it's going to be close to 80-96 window acs of different sizes. Some are heavier than others. Wow a all aluminum shell cool.