Vintage window a/c's

[emerson5000cold]

I've been really busy

So cleaned a unit, finished up a unit. Now I'm ready for more restos.

 

[emerson5000cold]

Starting to get hot outside...

Time to put the fedders back together and put the EQK back in its window. I got that EQK end if last summer when it was 90 degress strait for 2 weeks and it never missed a beat. Blew out 65 degree. I was really impressed on know well it did for being in strait sun too.

 

[emerson5000cold]

Well. I was having a good day

Got the fedders with the weather wheel finished today. It has to weight in atleast 100 pounds. I carried it up two sets of stairs and open the door, turn the light on only to find a bat, YES A BAT. Flying around my room. So now I got a new problem on my hands... Any one know how to get them gone

 

[dustin92]

Our elderly next door neighbor used to always get bats in her back bedroom, and she was terrified of them. My Dad would always go over with a fishing net and catch it, then let it go outside. Not sure how to keep them from coming in, we've never had a problem with them in any house we've had.

 

[retro-man]

Bats are a pain to get rid of. You have to look outside to find where they are coming in. It can be a small crack or hole in your siding. A little hint in locating their entrance is to look closely depending how high you house is with binoculars and look for a small gap or entrance and there will be some staining on the boards where they go in. I guess they relieve themselves either going in or coming out. Need to seal up all holes.

Jon

 

[newvista58]

YES FILL UP EVERY ......

Possible opening.

Bats have a cartilaginous skeleton, and can
squeeze through the smallest openings, even
against pressure. I had one in a place I
rented a few years back. The landlord came
to take care of it. I was told if you throw
a glove up in the air, while it's flying
around, it will latch onto it and fall to the
ground. Then you can throw a towel over it,
and take it outside. I never had to do it,
so would be interesting, to know if that works.

Back to A/C's. On Saturday, I picked up the
Welbilt Casement unit that was for sale in
Manhattan.

I haven't gotten into yet. But I will

 

[beekeyknee]

Phil and Ken,

The units you guys are restoring look fantastic. It's nice to see someone trying to save these machines. I love these old air conditioners. I don't believe the stories the government try to push off on us. These new machines that run all the time, don't last and end up in a landfill all to soon are not eco friendly. They only take into account how much energy they are using while running and not all the other factors that go into the mix. It's biased to convince us that newer is better and I don't buy it.

Phil, I signed up for your Flicker page and will see what you post. Nice work fellas.

B.

 

[emerson5000cold]

Pics of the welbilt?

Is it a mighty mite casement unit? Sound like a nice unit, I don't know of any welbilts around my area, hell my place is the only on in Oakmont that truely uses vintage window ac's. Fedders is ready for summer time use! And NO MORE BATS (so far). I left the windows open all day, came home and he was gone.

 

[norgeway]

Re Bats...CAUTION!

If you are bitten by a bat, or get scratched by a bat  PLEASE SEE YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT THEN!!!! You must take rabies shots, Bats DO carry rabies and rabies is a 100 percent fatal disease, and a HORRIBLE way to die!

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

Years ago, would pick up window units people threw out.  Often, there was nothing wrong with them, but they hadn't been maintained.  

 

So, I would remove the cover and sure enough, the insides would be filled with leaves and lint.  Get out the hose and carefully clean the coils and the bottom.  Then clean the housing, and if necessary, oil the fan motor.  

 

Those older A/Cs were built to last.... if you did the maintenance.  And most people aren't willing to take a 10K window AC out because its too heavy.'

 

 

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

 

 

 

As for bats-  We need them.  They are good creatures to have if you have bugs like mosquitos.  No, we don't want them IN our homes, but ON the outside is definitely desirable.  They are our friends.

 

 

The best thing is to put up a Bat House on the side of ones home, in addition to making sure any cracks are sealed.  But make sure, when sealing cracks that you're not sealing bats INSIDE.  Best to get a professions help.  

With a nice healthy bat house, you're nearly quaranteed to get rid of all flying bugs in your yard.  Like a cat, we need bats to help control naturally, pest insects. 

http://https//youtu.be/Io3yl0OhTSY

 

[emerson5000cold]

I got lucky and did not get bit or scratched by the bat. If I put a bat house up will they for sure stay out of the house? It's gone for sure out if my room besides pissing on my bed (yes the covers were thrown into the wash).

 

[retro-man]

Not to scare you but, bats once left in a room will fly around for awhile. Their sonar gets tired after being in a confined space. They will find a place to rest and hold up for awhile. This maybe behind a picture on the wall, inside pleats of draperies, inside an open light fixture behind a bureau etc. We had a summer house on a lake and had so many bats in the house if someone left the door open for any length of time. There were at least 2 badminton rackets or tennis rackets in each room along with towels. We learned that instead of trying to hit them just hold the racket up in the air they would land on it cover with a towel and release it outside. Hopefully in your case it found the exit and went out the window. Seems like yesterday was almost a/c weather here at 78 degrees in the afternoon. Did uncover both central units outside.

Jon

 

[newvista58]

HEY KEN,

That Fedders sure looks Awesome. I SO want one.

Yes. The Welbilt is a "Mighty Mite". I'm hoping
to open it up and check it out this weekend. I'm
still settling into the house, so I'm trying to
balance out my time with these fun projects,
otherwise the house will never get done / LOL.

 

[emerson5000cold]

Hmmm....

I did leave the windows open for like a day, still think it might be in there? I slept in my room last night and did see any thing moving/making noise. Still think he's in there?

 

[emerson5000cold]

Got another unit coming my way

First off let me clear this up- so far I have not seem high or low of the bat. I'm to get a 1960 emerson quite kool easy mount. It'll need a full resto but that's nothing I can't handle. Think I should fix it up and use it for the summer of the fedders? The fedders did a really good job when it was 90+ out and kept my room at 62 on low fan.

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

 

Contacting a bat mitigation service in PA would be a good idea.  Now is probably the best time of year to seal the structure, before they become more active.

 

Some Bat information:

http://www.batmanagement.com/Batcentral/batboxes/Exterminate.html

 

[norgeway]

I have the very thing

For bats...a 12 gauge shotgun!!

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

 

I wonder how many bats have found there way in when someone puts an AC unit in the window, but doesn't seal all around the edges.

 

I stayed at an old hotel recently, with a window AC unit.  It was installed in a "double hung" window, but there was no foam or anything sealing the upper gap between top of bottom sash, and the glass.  This is prime area for a bat looking for a tight space to roost.  They would squeeze in just above the AC unit, crawl between the glass, and come out on top and into the room.

 

 

 

 

http://extension.psu.edu/natural-re...nd-damage/bats/wildlife-damage-control-4-bats

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

 

 

 

My first A/C, bought when I was 17, was a GE Carry-Cool 5,200 btu (?).  It was a special bol offer from "crazy TV lenny" (now out of business).  I think it was priced around $169 in 1984.

 

I like window ACs.  The most efficient way to stay cool.  

 

I've had central AC.   Too combursome, noisy, and inefficient.  I've had a roof-top RV AC.  Too loud and sucks too much electric.

 

I'm game for a mini-split.

 

[newvista58]

KEN,

How do you find as many units, as you do?
You seem to have the "midas touch" / LOL.

 

[emerson5000cold]

Newvista

All I do is go to garage sales, house sales, CL, from the curb and lastly ask people if I can buy them. Got this little kenmore cleaned up and painted. And here's two units that are leaving sometime for a follow collector

 

[cycla-fabric]

Good Old Emersons.

My best friend who use to live down the street from me, his brother use to have an Admiral window ac, and was going to replace with a larger unit and I wanted to buy the Admiral, but mom said no. Well anyway, he did sell it and he bought an Emerson Ac unit and had his dad install in the wall. The house still stands, but the Emerson unit doesn't work anymore, as there is a window unit in the window in the summer. I do remember the Emerson was a quiet unit and cooled the two bedrooms and den which was nice.

Doug

 

[emerson5000cold]

What i did today

Cleaned up the fedders air filters, painted the case to this kenmore but the fan motor doesn't want to work right, it gets tight after sitting a awhile and will loosen after it has been running for a long time, and I oiled the hell out of the motor.

 

[tolivac]

One time there was a bat flying in our transmitter building.No one wanted to leave the control room to help it out.So I did--Opened as many outside doors there was and turned off the lights.Bat found his way to freedom!!He flew around me several times.Since they do eat pesky bugs-hate to destroy them-Any critter that eats bugs is a freind to me!!

 

[philr]

There was a bat that entered in my cousin't home and she got really scared by it in her bedroom. The next day, she borrowed a net to catch it (similar to a fishing net) and she was scared to catch it. So I went to her home and before the went down the bat appeared flying in circles over her living room (the roof is 2 stories high above that room). So I went in the stairs trying to catch it each time it got nearby and I accidentally hit it with the tube frame of the catching net. I threw it on the wall and killed it.

 

I hate doing such things, I try not even killing bugs.

 

 

 

[ovrphil]

Love those old A/C's!

Welcome Ken(emerson5000cold). I like your Kenmore(photo 1?) with the large vent and interesting cloth(?) covering the rest of the front of the unit.

Sam and everyone else - you can have annual or bi-annual posting of A/C's...always interesting to see what was once made.

Hi Sam, I love that '57 Coldspot of yours.

It's a good thing I can't find a place to put an old A/C.

Phil

 

[emerson5000cold]

Thx ovrphil

That cover on the front is to keep paint from getting on the front. Why wouldn't you want to find a window to use a A/C?

 

[bvf]

1957 a/c in arizona.

Hi Im not a collector but I have a beauty in a house i own and we have owned it since new in57….I also collect washers and i have some stainless steel eval coolers from the 1980s they never rust and are worth there weigt in gold..I have one working now 36 years but i replaced the squirrel cage… most people buy a new cooler every 4 years now,,,they hate me and i affraid of someone steeling it I allways like giving pictures here is my 1933 house of tomorrow trailer..enjoy i get pict of ac for you…mark in az

 

[emerson5000cold]

What I did today, newest find, clean the boiler since it wasn't happy. And rewired a fan motor