Musical Air Conditioners

A new central air system is going into one of the rentals (gas heat, moving to electric heat) and we're playing a game of musical air conditioners.

What most people don't know is that there are two parts of an airconditioner, and in the US at least, the two parts are generally kept seperated.


With the old system being replaced, it'll leave us with a spare outside unit. This outside unit can be used on another system we have at another house that doesn't have an outside unit. If the outside unit is compatible, we'll have given the other house it's central air back.

And if that works, then the incorrect outside unit at the house can be put in storage, ready to go to another house and we only have to buy an inside unit....

That's the plan. Problem is that the aircon company think this unit in the photograph is a 3ton unit - which will not match anything.....