On Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:17:11 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:15:55 -0500, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 3 Dec 2019 16:51:15 +0000 (UTC), danny
burstein wrote:

In trader_4 writes:

Why not buy a 240v unit so you don't have to rework/run new wires?

That's probably the cheapest and easiest solution. As others have said,
if it's a straight 240V circuit, no neutral, it would take changing the
breaker to convert it to 120V.

The costs of having an electrician (depending on your
area, of course) setting up a 120V outlet and then
getting a commodity 120V unit is probably, once everything
is totaled up, is likely to be about the same as getting
the 240V unit.

At least in the US...

120V air conditioners are commodity, highly competive,
and pretty low priced (in comparison...). Also readily
available at second hand outfits like Habitat,
Goodwill, and the like.

I wouldn't rely on that. I've been to Habitat once and to Goodwill and
the S. Army many times and don't remember ever seeing an AC.

Because they won't take them - particularly if over 3 years old.

That may just be a local thing. I have seen used window shakers here
in thrift shops and pawn shops. I think they were $20-30 but I wasn't
really paying that much attention. I gave one away with the shed I had
converted into a play house for the kids and it may have been one of
the first "she sheds" for the lady who bought it.