PipeDown wrote:
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Thanks for the help everyone. The support people at Sunpentown said a
regular 15 amp outlet will work fine. Also, I am worried about the
window A/C dropping on someone's head.
Happens less often than you might think. Of course, when it does....
It has to randomly fall when someone is randomly benieth it. You can get
brackets to secure it more firmly or you can buiold a small platform outside
the window.
I was thinking the pretty much only chance of it falling, without major
structural failure of the wall, is during installation if you manage to
drop it before closing the sash.
for a 20A plug, the blades have one horizontal and one vertical, it should
not fit in a 15A receptacle unless the cord had been replaced. Usually a
receptacle with a single plug is installed but they also have 20A duplex
receptacles too.
In any case, the circuit should be dedicated to that appliance or at least
don't use anything else with lots of watts on the same branch or you will
trip the breaker. A/Cs draw the most current right when they start up, then
it immediately drops to a more reasonable level.