a real old model for sale.......just whats needed for that vintage look in your window.....and probably blows colder than todays units...
Vintage Frigidaire A/C
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Oh, lordy! Philr is looking for one of these! Thanks for posting this Martin!
another older monster Fedders unit....he's not sure the BTU, but these models were around 10,000 and up....very powerful....and only 20.00
philr
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Oh, I want the small Frigidaire!
I've contacted the seller to ask if it could be shipped to Vermont! Is it far from you Martin? If it's close, I could send you money so you could grab it for me!
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I've contacted the seller to ask if it could be shipped to Vermont! Is it far from you Martin? If it's close, I could send you money so you could grab it for me!
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whirlcool
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My parents had a Frigidaire a/c unit in their bedroom just like that in Turquoise. But I seem to remember that the control knobs were all the way to the left and the rest was that grid material with four directional "squares".
They had their's 1964-77 or so. It was a 6,000BT unit. And yes, it put out very cold air. I remember that I used to wax the case when it was brought out from storage in the spring and before it was put in their bedroom window each year. So it never had any rust issues at all.
Besides putting out plenty of cold air I do remember the unit being noisy. Especially when the thermostat kicked on and off again. But they never had any trouble with it at all, very reliable. They only got rid of it when they had central a/c installed in the house and they gave it away to a neighbor who used it for some years afterwards. And don't let it's size fool you, this is one heavy unit!
They had their's 1964-77 or so. It was a 6,000BT unit. And yes, it put out very cold air. I remember that I used to wax the case when it was brought out from storage in the spring and before it was put in their bedroom window each year. So it never had any rust issues at all.
Besides putting out plenty of cold air I do remember the unit being noisy. Especially when the thermostat kicked on and off again. But they never had any trouble with it at all, very reliable. They only got rid of it when they had central a/c installed in the house and they gave it away to a neighbor who used it for some years afterwards. And don't let it's size fool you, this is one heavy unit!
Phil - I hope you're able to score that Frigidaire! Such a cool A/C unit. The '69 wall unit I had finally bit the dust a few years ago. So sad....
Ben
Ben
philr
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Martin should get it for me!
OK.....just got back...and Phil wanted some pics.....and thought I would share his treasure with everyone...this is a unique unit....
Frigidaire
Model AE-8ML
Serial 16Y59814
7800 BTU
and its quick to cool.....BURRRRR!
Frigidaire
Model AE-8ML
Serial 16Y59814
7800 BTU
and its quick to cool.....BURRRRR!
interesting controls....the vent is built in with selections(does anyone ever use this feature?)....basically two speeds
backwards venting.....it pumps airflow out the front grill...and this panel is spring loaded to pull and turn....otherwise the airflow is upward
and pulls air in from the top and right hand side....
top access grill in place.....
cage cover and model plate
backside.........
otherwise a little cleanup inside and out, and this will still outcool and outrun anything sold today.....
so I am just holding this for ransome, I mean storage until Phil can get here to pry it out of my window.....lol
otherwise a little cleanup inside and out, and this will still outcool and outrun anything sold today.....
so I am just holding this for ransome, I mean storage until Phil can get here to pry it out of my window.....lol
Oh wow, I bet Phil is doing the 'happy dance'.... I'll get to see this one installed at some point, too!!
philr
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<span style="font-size: xx-large;">OH! THANKS MARTIN!</span>
philr
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It's a 1967 model, it doesn't look like any Canadian 1967 models I have in my documents. I guess the Canadian equivalent would be the QO78L.
I just found that I had the Tech Talk for the 1967 US models too!
Here it is:
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I just found that I had the Tech Talk for the 1967 US models too!
Here it is:
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philr
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I finally installed the A/C Martin got me and it works great!
And another one
And one of my contacts on Flickr got the Fedders A/C unit that Martin posted in this thread.
And another one
And one of my contacts on Flickr got the Fedders A/C unit that Martin posted in this thread.
whirlcool
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How quiet does it operate? I know it puts out a ton of cold air.
