> Here's the situation... Sam and I have an AC which we bought the summer we got married (2 years ago), so it's probably only been used a total of 60 days in all. Hey, we live in New England, so we don't have much of a hot season, but when it is hot, it is HOT (and HUMID, icky). I ran the AC for 2 days straight about a week ago, and it didn't seem to really work. I mean, I'm used to standing in front of it and being freezing. It just seems to blow out air that is like a fan, not air conditioning. So, what we would like to know is if anybody has one of these window type AC's (not central air) and knows if we are supposed to get freon for it? If so, where do you go for such a thing? Someone out there must know! :-)


Nothing but bad news.
A two-year-old air conditioner probably doesn't have freon. It has the modern environmentally friendly, ineffecient stuff. You can't service an air conditioner without proper certification any more. Call a qualified serviceman and expect to pay and pay. Check the price of a new unit first. It could be cheaper to buy a new one than to have the old one fixed. I assume you have checked the warrenty.

We just replaced our central cooling unit last summer and (are you sitting down?) it cost us $4000. It would have been more, but we already had ductwork in place. It puts two or three bucks a day on the electric bill and we run it about five months out of the year. Sometimes I go to New England just to cool off.
Howard