Long story short… My window AC now has a hole in one of the coils on the radiator. I’m not good with the terminology here. The copper lines that run in/out of the radiator. It’s perhaps 3/16 big on the outside of a U.
Any quick fixes? Window unit is only ~3 years old… 6400 BTU GE unit. Does its job wonderfully. Cooling the room with computers
Any goop I can put on it? The unit is under pressure obviously so I doubt some JB weld will hold it up. Can I just fill the hole in with TIG? I can LPT it afterwards to make sure there’s no leaks. The **** that was inside of it would make for a PITA weld though.
Well it’s do able but the problem is there probably isn’t any service ports to evacuate and charge the unit, so in order to fix the hole you’d have to recover the refrigerant and then repair, leak check, vacuum, and charge the system.
I can do all this but I’d need to check my van for service ports i could braze in.
yeah if it was a central air unit, I’d say give it a shot, a small 6400 BTU unit like that is easily replaceable. If you can go without, you can pick one up in the fall fairly cheap.
I definitely fix my own cell phones, sort of. I’ve been using a verizon lg8350 for 5-6 years. Keep buying them on ebay and parting them out when various pieces break to make good ones. Yea, still doing the flip phone thing.
The refrigerant was all over my arm, and is probably soaked through my skin by now so the refrigerant is probably not able to be recovered. and no, there’s no service ports ;\ After I started thinking about how to repair it I checked and nada.
If you’re serious about being able to do it and wanting to, I’ll bring it wherever if it costs less than a new one I don’t know how much work is involved for you to do it. I know for me to do it, it wouldn’t be worth it. If you’d like I can take a picture if it’s helpful… But nobody is allowed to laugh.
Most likely, but that’s a year away. A lot can happen before next summer. I’d feel pretty dumb if something happens like one of those nuclear winters. I’m pretty sure I’d wish I didn’t buy it in that scenario.
I just repaired my monitor the other day It had a few bad caps in it, so I spent 30-45 mins total taking it apart, matching up caps to new ones, ordering, getting the mail, removing and soldering in the new ones, and putting it back together. Kept me from having to replace a 22" Monitor. Granted, I did buy it during the Great Capacitor Plague, and it is from Taiwan. It was only a matter of time I guess. But for $3 in parts and less than an hour of time it was worth it. I used to repair cameras as a source of employment, so obviously I’d do that one But I don’t have any… Cellphones > Camera for the normal person these days. One less thing you’ve got to carry.
I don’t know how much work is involved for you to do it. I know for me to do it, it wouldn’t be worth it. If you’d like I can take a picture if it’s helpful… But nobody is allowed to laugh.
It had a few bad caps in it, so I spent 30-45 mins total taking it apart, matching up caps to new ones, ordering, getting the mail, removing and soldering in the new ones, and putting it back together. Kept me from having to replace a 22" Monitor. Granted, I did buy it during the Great Capacitor Plague, and it is from Taiwan. It was only a matter of time I guess. But for $3 in parts and less than an hour of time it was worth it. I used to repair cameras as a source of employment, so obviously I’d do that one