Got the window unit blues..

[heelzballer]

What up RIU, got a problem with window ac unit. It is dripping water inside my shed and I wanted to get opinion on cause. My buddy and I custom built a frame to box the unit in and essentially cut a square with a sawzaw out of the shed. I think when we did mounted it around the frame that we didn't bear in mind to slope the ac unit out for drainage, and I was wondering how much of a slant does it need to be for proper drainage. Also, there seems to be some "junk" inside the housing that sits outside and was wondering how to clean this out of unit, or does it need to be cleaned as a window unit is supposed to be expose to the elements. Or should I make some sort of lean-to so it will cover outside part of unit from rain, leaves, etc. Thanks!

 

[Aboutapound]

What up RIU, got a problem with window ac unit. It is dripping water inside my shed and I wanted to get opinion on cause. My buddy and I custom built a frame to box the unit in and essentially cut a square with a sawzaw out of the shed. I think when we did mounted it around the frame that we didn't bear in mind to slope the ac unit out for drainage, and I was wondering how much of a slant does it need to be for proper drainage. Also, there seems to be some "junk" inside the housing that sits outside and was wondering how to clean this out of unit, or does it need to be cleaned as a window unit is supposed to be expose to the elements. Or should I make some sort of lean-to so it will cover outside part of unit from rain, leaves, etc. Thanks!

Must have proper slope to avoid the problem you're encountering. I just checked out two window bangers I got. One of them an 18k and the other a 24k. Both of them slope at a 1/2" per foot.

As far as cleaning them: Is this unit a slide out chassis? If so, slide/pull it out and clean?

 

[Diabolical666]

Aboutapound washed those blues away!

 

[heelzballer]

I got it from Lowes...It's a Frigidaire model LRA11PZW1...

http://www.lowes.com/pd_416712-2251-LRA11PZW1_0__?productId=4565049

Something is definitely off with either my ducting, or the ac unit isn't working properly as it is the first warm spring day today (84) and my unit is dialed down to 60 degrees and room is still hovering around 82 degrees. I have 2000w running in a well insulated 350 sq foot room...

The ac unit manual doesn't offer much in terms of care beyond the simple clean filter instructions..I have the unit caulked around custom built frame, but that can easily be redone. Help!

 

[jijiandfarmgang]

Is the attic ventilated properly in your shed?

- Jiji

 

[heelzballer]

The attic in the shed has one 6 inch inline vortex fan mounted in front of the eave on the backside portion of the shed pulling air out. The attic itself was foamed in with a rf35 badass spray foam insulation 2 inches thick, and we were trying to create a negative airflow situation where the hot air would with no where to go would be easily pulled out of the attic. The ducting itself to aircool the hoods is pulled from air underneath the shed (theoretically cooler) and then through the hoods and up into the attic...

I pulled one piece of end ducting off this morning and the air pulling out was very warm!! This leads me to believe that some of the problem is stemming from the air being too warm going across the hoods, as well as the air conditioner having problems too...

 

[heelzballer]

I think somehow I need to recirculate cooler air across the hoods, and then allow that air to recirculate into the veg room, and then cool that air off again...But not sure how to do this...I plan on buying another portable ac shed for veg section which is in the front...

Basically the shed is divided into two exact sizes with a small partition in the middle to house ballasts, and drying. Plus two doors help eliminate light leakage from veg to flower...

Veg ducting pulls air from under shed and through hoods and up into attic. With the same process in the flowering room. Hope this helps explain setup.

 

[jijiandfarmgang]

The attic in the shed has one 6 inch inline vortex fan mounted in front of the eave on the backside portion of the shed pulling air out. The attic itself was foamed in with a rf35 badass spray foam insulation 2 inches thick, and we were trying to create a negative airflow situation where the hot air would with no where to go would be easily pulled out of the attic. The ducting itself to aircool the hoods is pulled from air underneath the shed (theoretically cooler) and then through the hoods and up into the attic...
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Is the intake a restriction?

Exhaust outside not into attic.

Get an infrared thermometer and play around with it.

- Jiji