Update.loscar141 wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 8:00 pm i bought the cheapest 5000btu Walmart window ac unit, a few years ago and used it when we lost power from hurricane harvey. i stored it in my garage until one month ago my ac went out, it was going to take a couple of days before getting it fix so i put the window unit into our 12x15ft room and it worked great, kept the room super cold. so yes you will get lemons sometime but they are not all trash.
Came home to my house smelling like burnt plastic. I check the air handler in the garage to find a partially melted relay. call my AC guy to see if he can fix it, he came over right away, but bad news is he didnt have the part, so he is coming back tomorrow. In the mean time I pulled out my cheap window ac unit and put into my 12x15 room and its working great.