How to store window A/Cs?

Posted by dpb on October 18, 2006, 2:00 pm

Don Wiss wrote:

> I have a couple of Panasonic window air conditioners that I have stored for
> several years with the front panels facing upwards. I switched to central
> air a few years ago and I'm trying to get rid of them. I found one fellow
> interested, but he and his brother claim that the way I have stored them
> has caused irreparable damage. Something about the refrigerant eating
> through the tubing and could cause leaking. This is new info to me! The
> units are about six years old, and are the ones with the electronic
> controls in the CW-XC series.
> Is there any basis to their claim?

Not on that basis, no...charitably, they're extrapolating from
something the once heard about orientation and startup pressures, etc.,
and maybe some old ammonia-based systems lore/legend. Realistically,
it's probably a little of that and a whole lot of attempt to get the
price down as someone else noted.

Ask 'em what keeps the refrigerant from eating through the same tubes
when it's being circulated. :)

You would want them oriented properly and set there for a while before
operating, though. And I suspect if asked, the manufacturer would
recommend storing in horizontal, upright position. But I don't think
likely to have caused permanent damage.

Posted by on October 18, 2006, 2:11 pm

How does the owners manual say to store them?

Posted by jah213@gmail.com on October 18, 2006, 2:31 pm

If the OP's owners manuals are anything like the ones that came with my
window a/c's, it doesn't say. There seems to be an assumption that
once you put them in the windows, they'll stay there forever.

Jo Ann

scott21230@gmail.com wrote:

> How does the owners manual say to store them?

Posted by Don Wiss on October 18, 2006, 5:24 pm

On 18 Oct 2006 11:11:41 -0700, scott21230@gmail.com wrote:

>How does the owners manual say to store them?

I looked through the manual and found nothing. It seems they expect you to
leave them in the window once installed. When I was using them I did take
them out every winter and stored them with the panels facing up. This way
they take up less space, and are easy to carry around. Then after putting
them back in they always worked fine.

I doubt he's trying to get the price down. I'm practically giving them
away. There isn't much market for used air conditioners. Low-end units are
so cheap these days that you can't sell used high-end units for much of
anything.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Posted by dpb on October 18, 2006, 6:19 pm

Don Wiss wrote:
...

> I doubt he's trying to get the price down. I'm practically giving them
> away. There isn't much market for used air conditioners. Low-end units are
> so cheap these days that you can't sell used high-end units for much of
> anything.

...

Is here, at least in mid-summer! :)

In that case, might consider getting in touch w/ some of the local
relief agencies or similar. A tax write-off to a charitable
organization might be worth more than you're trying to sell them for.

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