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Well, I got my dead 8,000 BTU down the stairs and ready for the alley without dying. - Black - 07-08-2025
Used to just have 2 5k BTU units, then thought I moved up to 6k BTU, surprised I have an 8k. Were we still having supply chain problems in May 2021 when I bought it maybe? May 2021 I was in the early throes of one of my spine meltdowns so especially weird I would choose a unit I can barely lift.
Anyways it was throwing E8 errors in the afternoon when the sun hit it, then continually as of a few days ago. I read up on the problem, thought maybe it was stuffed with bird's nests or whatever but took it out to discover it was pretty clean.
It was a GE, would have preferred to replace it with a 6K BTU Frigidaire like my working unit, but wanted it quickly and ABT was excellent last time around, so I went with this LG (don't think I've ever owned anything LG.... maybe an early cell phone.)
https://www.abt.com/LG-Window-Air-Conditioner-6-000-BTU-115V-with-Cooling-System-LW6024R/p/203102.html?store_code=15350746
ABT no longer carries the Frigidaire or anything else in a 6K BTU.
RE: Well, I got my dead 8,000 BTU down the stairs and ready for the alley without dying. - AllGold - 07-08-2025
I bet the LG is quieter than either the GE or Frigidaire.
RE: Well, I got my dead 8,000 BTU down the stairs and ready for the alley without dying. - Black - 07-08-2025
(Yesterday, 04:28 AM)AllGold Wrote: I bet the LG is quieter than either the GE or Frigidaire.
Thanks was trying to find reviews but all the ones on the Abt site are of the "paid promotion" type and the Amazon listing is a merged mess of wildly differing models.
RE: Well, I got my dead 8,000 BTU down the stairs and ready for the alley without dying. - Speedy - 07-08-2025
How many times did it bounce on the way down?
RE: Well, I got my dead 8,000 BTU down the stairs and ready for the alley without dying. - macphanatic - 07-08-2025
(Yesterday, 03:11 AM)Black Wrote: Used to just have 2 5k BTU units, then thought I moved up to 6k BTU, surprised I have an 8k. Were we still having supply chain problems in May 2021 when I bought it maybe? May 2021 I was in the early throes of one of my spine meltdowns so especially weird I would choose a unit I can barely lift.
Anyways it was throwing E8 errors in the afternoon when the sun hit it, then continually as of a few days ago. I read up on the problem, thought maybe it was stuffed with bird's nests or whatever but took it out to discover it was pretty clean.
It was a GE, would have preferred to replace it with a 6K BTU Frigidaire like my working unit, but wanted it quickly and ABT was excellent last time around, so I went with this LG (don't think I've ever owned anything LG.... maybe an early cell phone.)
https://www.abt.com/LG-Window-Air-Conditioner-6-000-BTU-115V-with-Cooling-System-LW6024R/p/203102.html?store_code=15350746
ABT no longer carries the Frigidaire or anything else in a 6K BTU.
That GE probably isn't a GE. More likely a Haier but not sure if they bought GE's ac business.
RE: Well, I got my dead 8,000 BTU down the stairs and ready for the alley without dying. - Black - 07-08-2025
Bye old unit, I can't say you served me well but I have no reason to think you didn't do your best.
RE: Well, I got my dead 8,000 BTU down the stairs and ready for the alley without dying. - SrBigStuff - 07-08-2025
Lugging these things into and out of windows and up to the attic (or wherever) is the sole reason I have the smaller 5k units.
RE: Well, I got my dead 8,000 BTU down the stairs and ready for the alley without dying. - Fritz - 07-08-2025
GE is Haier.
Saw the Media U ACs at CostCo today. Tried to convince my brother to get one for his 2nd floor walk up steam room.
We have a small Frigid that's about 4. It's noisy, but it's efficient.
A 22yo Pana 10k that's been good.
A 26yo Friedrich 10k that's been quite good as well.
But this stuff was made "differently" back then.
But it's got to be brutal outside for me to turn them on.
They have gotten a workout the last few days.
RE: Well, I got my dead 8,000 BTU down the stairs and ready for the alley without dying. - hal - 07-08-2025
oops... wrong thread...
RE: Well, I got my dead 8,000 BTU down the stairs and ready for the alley without dying. - AllGold - 07-09-2025
There is a recall on the U-shaped units at Costco. I guess they don't drain the water properly so mold can develop. Doesn't seem like a real dire problem.