I wish someone told me I needed to measure my window before buying an air conditioning system unit; then, I wouldn’t be in the mess I was in.
I walked into the store and told them I needed a window air conditioning system unit for my study room, but no one said they had different options or that they were different BTUs.
I knew how large my study room was and gave him the dimensions. He quickly figured out many BTUs I needed and pointed out more than two air conditioning system units that toil for my study room, and one looked big, and I was afraid it would be too bulky for me to lift and install. I wasn’t small and weak, but I wasn’t a monster like some men I knew either. I looked at the smaller one and although it had the same BTU on the label, it weighed a mere fifty pounds. I hefted the A/C component and knew it was the right one for me, but the man didn’t tell me it had to be jammed on both sides and that there was nothing to fan out and create a narrow fit. I got the A/C component home, opened up the box, and took it into my study room. I had it seated in the window and the window was down, but I had four inches of open air space on both sides of the window. Now, what was I going to do? The instructions said to build a box for the air conditioning system unit. It was made to go in the wall and not in a window. I called my brother and told him I needed help, because I wasn’t going back for another air conditioning system unit.