Learn how to install an air conditioner yourself

No wonder our ancestors spoke about the need to prepare a cart in the winter. First, we put off something important "for later", and when this "later" comes, it turns out that nothing has been done.

A vivid example of this attitude is the installation of air conditioners. When the hot summer passes, we immediately forget about all the troubles that we are experiencing intense heat. And when it comes back again, then it turns out that the work of the brigades for their installation is almost a year in advance.

Since you can not install all the air conditioning yourself, you have to wait and wait again ... Do you have to do this? Read our article, then try to install yourself!

What tools will we need?

Let's not talk for a long time about the difficulties of installing an outdoor unit on vertical concrete walls, saying only that it's best to worry in advance about buying different types of drill sets and a powerful perforator. Of course, you will need: the necessary number of fasteners, corrugation for conducting electrical cables, as well as screwdrivers and automatic machines to protect the wiring against overloads in the network.

Where to put the indoor unit?

Having studied how to install the air conditioner with your own hands, you need to immediately determine the place of its installation. Of course, that the outdoor unit should be hung in a convenient place for you, but the internal complex "anyhow" can not be placed in any case.

So, it is not recommended to hang it around heating devices, gas stoves and similar heat sources. You can not place the indoor unit in places where there will be a difficult circulation of air (behind curtains, in some remote corners). And never even think about how to install air conditioning with your own hands on your own bed! At a minimum, a cold and a severe cold will be guaranteed to you.

Mount it on ordinary screws. Do not forget about the constant verification of the correctness of the installation level!

The simplest thing is when you bought a "monoblock", which is a monolithic design, installed directly into the window opening. Since it is not difficult to install the air conditioner in the window, it is not worthwhile to describe this process for a long time. As a rule, it is only necessary to supply electricity and install drainage hoses.

Mount the indoor unit

For this operation, you will need a powerful drill, drills and dowels. It is fixed by means of aluminum corners, and the indentation from the wall should be done, taking into account the information from the technical passport of the product. As in the past case, be sure to check the horizontal orientation of the installation.

Since it is difficult to install the air conditioning with your hands on the outside of the building, it is better to use a reliable stepladder or ladder. If the case occurs in an apartment building, there must be an assistant who will insure you against falling out of the window!

Installation of copper pipes of a line between blocks is better entrusted to professionals, as you will only disable the equipment yourself. As a rule, they agree to such a job easily.

Drainage

We connect the drainage pipes from the external and internal units, putting them on a special branch pipe. The conclusion is better to carry out either in some external reservoir, or make a special drain on the street.

We install wires according to the scheme, which is applied by the manufacturer. It is desirable to install a fuse.

Thus, it is relatively easy to install a domestic air conditioner.