Anyone ever recharge a R32 portable AC unit?

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Originally Posted by Username1

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It's doubtful that there is a leak, window A/C units are sealed just like refrigerators.
Since it's an LG unit you should type it's model & year into G and see if it's a defective
unit - LG has made a bunch of bad compressors over the last few years and they need
to be replaced. Not likely you will find someone willing to tear into it as it'll be too
expensive to repair.... Those things most likely are made to just run a few years and
hit the recycle bin.... If it's got a "Linear Compressor" guaranteed it's junk now....

Thank you for your attention on this matter....



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Not an in window AC (it's one of those units that sits completely inside the room and has a hot air duct that goes to the window).

I ran it once after posting and the compressior switched off and wouldn't come back on after that. I'm fairly sure it's empty. I'm going to take it apart and try dumping 120V directly into the compressior and see if it runs.

It sounds like that new Automotive R1234 stuff is similar. I may see if I can find a way to pull vacuum and charge it with that. R32 ain't sold to people who don't have an HVAC license and I'm not jumping through that hoop for this.

If my window was conducive to mounting a normal in-window AC I'd probably have installed a vintage unit.