Whirlpool ACE082XP1 manual Installing Air Conditioner, Option 1-Wood, metal or plastic molding

Installing Air Conditioner

■Handle air conditioner with care.

■Be sure your air conditioner cabinet does not fall out of the opening during installation or removal.

■Where the power cord exits the air conditioner should be placed no more than 4 ft (122 cm) from a grounded 3 prong outlet.

Window installation (on some models)

NOTE: Attach top channel and side curtains to air conditioner cabinet before placing cabinet in window.

1.Locate supplied bag of screws.

2.Place top channel on top of air conditioner cabinet, lining up the 3 holes in top channel with the 3 holes on top of air conditioner cabinet.

3.Using 3 - #10 - 12 x ³⁄₈" pan-head Phillips screws, attach top channel to air conditioner cabinet.

B A B B

A. Top channel

B. #10 - 12 x ³⁄₈" pan-head Phillips screws

4.Insert top and then bottom of right-hand curtain housing in top and bottom curtain guides on air conditioner cabinet.

Back View

AB

A. Curtain housing

B. Curtain guides

Bottom View

A

B

A. Curtain housing

B. Curtain guides

5.Extend right-hand curtain outward so you may insert the first screw through the middle hole of the curtain. Using #8 - 18 x ³⁄₈" pan-head screw, screw curtain to middle hole in air conditioner cabinet.

NOTE: This screw is required to correctly attach curtain (top to bottom) to the air conditioner cabinet.

A

A. #8 - 18 x ³⁄₈" pan-head screw

6.While the right-hand curtain is still extended, insert #8 - 18 x ³⁄₈" pan-head screws into the top and bottom slots of curtain. Screw curtain to the top and bottom holes in air conditioner cabinet.

NOTE: Some curtains may have 2 slots at each end. You will be able to see a mounting hole through the correct slot.

7.Slide curtain housing into guides as far as it will go.

8.Repeat above steps for left-hand curtain.

Through-the-wall installation

NOTES:

■It is the customer's responsibility and obligation to have this product installed by a qualified technician familiar with through-the-wall room air conditioner installations.

■Where the power cord exits the air conditioner should be placed no more than 4 ft (122 cm) from a grounded

3 prong outlet.

■Do not block louvers.

Option 1—Wood, metal or plastic molding

When using a wood, metal or plastic molding, the wood frame should line up with inside wall as shown.

A B C

D

A. Molding	C. Wood frame
B. Inside wall	D. Louvers

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