I bought a window AC unit off of Facebook marketplace last summer.
I'm in an old house. All outlets are two prong so I use adapters.
So multiple times the AC flipped the breaker.
It did it a few times last summer but this summer it was happening multiple times a day. So after it fried a hard drive in my PC from a power surge (yes I had a power surge protector on but hardrives are more sensitive)... Anywho I bought a heavy duty extension cord and ran the AC to the spare bedroom that's on a separate breaker switch.
I assumed incorrectly , it was the old outlet being a little "loose" and literally everything in the living room including a 3d printer and PC being on the same breaker as the problem.
It was not.
AC ran okay for like a week. No more breakers flipped. Then one day power for it stops. I assume breaker but I check. It's fine. I check outlet. It's fine and works.
That's when I noticed the new heavy duty extension cord was melted to the plug on the AC.
Yeah. Melted. It won't come off. I tried prying it off with a flathead. Cause the extension cord was like $35.
Cause it's heavy duty. And 30 ft.
Anyway. I guess there was something wrong with the AC.
Why am I telling this story. Because I was sure the AC itself was fine. I mean it ran okay. But maybe this issue has happened to others and they don't realize it's the AC and it's potentially a fire hazard.
I still have no idea what's wrong with it but I'm going to write in black sharpie all over it that it's bad and "danger don't use โก โก โก"
so. When I have it hauled off to the dump , no one tries to use it.
Assuming they can get the extension cord off of it.
I had a stand up portable AC im using now. Window units are more efficient but I can't buy another and I just blocked off the kitchen and it works ok. Glad I had a backup option.
I Got another extension cord. $$
Still don't want to chance another power surge to my PC.
Has anyone ever had a bad AC that causes power problems like this ?
It was a 12,000 BTU or something like that.
Idk what the issue is. Never had this happen.
Glad the cord melted and power flow stopped instead of a fire.
