Window Air Conditioners

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Posted on 11/24/2024 5:02:37 PM PST by scrabblehack

Hi,

Do window air conditioners draw more current when they get old? I had one in the bathroom. Toward the end of the summer, it was tripping the GFCI quite a bit. It had not done that in past summers. I got tired of resetting the GFCI.

The air conditioner is heavy; I got around to taking it down just now. I've had a space heater in the bathroom plugged into the GFCI for a few weeks. It has not been tripping -- I'm thinking the space heater draws less current than the air conditioner even in the best of times.

I thought about replacing the GFCI (they can go bad after a few years too). But if the air conditioner would only trip the new GFCI too, maybe it's not worth it, and I should get rid of the air conditioner.

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1 posted on 11/24/2024 5:02:37 PM PST by scrabblehack

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