DANBY air conditioners JUNK?

[Ken Weitzel]

You can try it in the store. It only needs to run for a few seconds - that
should be enough time for cold air to come out ther front and hot air out
the back.

Hi...

Agreed, Sam. But perhaps a caveat for the OP, if I may?

When you do try it in the store, only once.

If you turn it off; then on again without a few minutes
delay it will (and should) do exactly as the one you have
now is.

Take care.

Ken

 

[William R. Walsh]

Hi!

You can try it in the store. It only needs to run for a few seconds - that
should be enough time for cold air to come out ther front and hot air out
the back.

That is a good idea...but I differ with you on how long the unit needs to
operate. Maybe some of them can come up to cooling nearly instantly, but the
various units I've worked with over the years have required a few minutes to
"get up to full speed" after having sat idle for a while.

I don't know that age has to do with this effect...I've got a 30+ year old
Coldspot dehumidifier and some nearly-new Frigidaire window A/C units, with
plenty of things in between and all take a while to come up after having
been stored.

William

 

[NSM]

That is a good idea...but I differ with you on how long the unit needs to
operate. Maybe some of them can come up to cooling nearly instantly, but the
various units I've worked with over the years have required a few minutes to
"get up to full speed" after having sat idle for a while.

I don't know that age has to do with this effect...I've got a 30+ year old
Coldspot dehumidifier and some nearly-new Frigidaire window A/C units, with
plenty of things in between and all take a while to come up after having
been stored.

Ironically if the condenser is _very_ cool you get no pressure and hence no
cooling. Once the condenser is hot the pressure builds up and you get the
pressure differential required to provide cooling.

N

 

[Mike Berger]

Higher efficiency units take longer to cool the room down.

 

[Travis Jordan]

Higher efficiency units take longer to cool the room down.

Really? Do you know why this is?

 

[CJT]

Really? Do you know why this is?

I doubt such a broad statement can be made.

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

I doubt such a broad statement can be made.

A BTU is a BTU. Since the coils in a high efficiency unit are more
extensive, it may take a bit longer to get going but this really
shouldn't affect the validity of a quick test.

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[James Sweet]

Higher efficiency units take longer to cool the room down.

No they don't, the cooling time depends on the BTU capacity of the unit.
Higher efficiency A/C units will generally be physically larger for a given
BTU capacity so a higher efficiency unit of the same physical size as a
lower efficiency unit will take longer to cool but if you go just by the BTU
(or tonnage in which case 1 ton = 12,000 BTU) two units of the same spec
will cool similarly.

 

[James Sweet]

All it has is some vents on the top and silver tin back.The silver tin stuff
on the back doesn`t get cold or warm
just in between, no water drips anywhere.

Either the compressor isn't running or the system has lost it's charge. Make
sure you've got it set properly and if that's the case then return it for a
new one.

 

[James Sweet]

The carton wasn`t damaged, but sometimes I can hear the motor changing
speeds. slowing than speeding up. the coils on the back are not damaged. I
guess the coolant leaked out before they put it in the box.(or it was never
put in at all).

There was probably a pinhole leak in one of the soldered plumbing
connections, it may have opened up during normal shipping. There's not much
difference between brands of A/C units.