On Apr 13, 6:19*pm, mm wrote:
Window ACs work better when you don't waste a window on
them. *Most
come with optional cases meant for going through a wall, but
you might
not need even that.

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:40:41 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"

wrote:
Window AC draw air in the sides, to dump the heat out the
back. If you put them in a metal sleeve, they stop working.

Then why do they make metal sleeves for them? *Why do apartments come
with metal sleeves already installed, waiting for ACs to be bought?

Why do motels always have their ACs in the metal sleeves? *I'm sure
the motel AC worked. *It's longer ago, but I'm sure my brother's
apartment AC also worked.

I'd have to take a closer look, but doesn't enough of the AC unit
stick out past the metal sleve so that the air intake fins are past
the sleve and outside? Or alternatively, the sleeve could be wide
enough so that there is an inch or so clearance on either side. In
any case, they must work because they are common.