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How to Install
1. Identify the wall-sleeve brand for your installation, from the chart below.
Wall Sleeve Dimensions
Brand
White-Westinghouse
Frigidaire
Carrier (52F Series)
Width
Height
251/2
151/4
251/2
151/4
25½
151/4
General Electric/Hotpoint
26
15_8
157/8
Whirlpool
257/'8
161/2
17Y8 or 23
Fedders/Emerson
27
163/'4
163/'4or 193/4
Sears/Kenmore
253/4
167/'8
18%
Emerson/Fedders
263/4
153/'4
15
Carrier (51S Series)
253/4
167/8
18%
Friedrich
27
163/'4
163/'4
Depth
16, 171/2 or22
16, 17Y2 or22
16, 171/2 or22
o All wall sleeves used to mount the newAir Conditioner must be in sound structural condition and have a rear
grille that securely attaches to sleeve, or rear flange that serves as a stop for the Air Conditioner.
o When installation
is complete,
replacement
unit MUST have a rearward
slope as shown
in Fig.1.
2. Remove old Air Conditioner from wall sleeve and prepare wall sleeve as follows:
*
Clean interior (do not disturb seals).
*
Wall sleeve must be securely fastened in wall before installing Air Conditioner. Drive more nails or screws through
sleeve, into wall, if needed.
*
Retouch wall sleeve painted surface if needed.
.
If not existing, drill a 3/16" clearance hole for grounding screw through left side of wall sleeve, in a clear area about
3 inches maximum back from front edge of sleeve, using grounding screw and toothed washer. Pull loose end
of ground wire out front of sleeve, and temporarily bend it down and around lower edge of sleeve (Fig .2). This
ground wire will later be attached to frame of air conditioner once it is installed.
REAR
1/4" to 5/16"
Wall
_ II
sleeve
_I_--
_XLEVEL
II
Wall sleeve to unit
t
3/16"
sleeve grounding
/
-
Hole
1"
IIf j
/ t
Fig.1
Fig.2
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