Carrier 73KCA051D Owner's Manual

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KCASERIES4WINDOW INSTALLATIONTo install the room air conditioner in a window, per-form the following procedure.1. Check contents of installation hardware packageprovided with air conditioner. See Table 2. Makesure all the items are provided.TABLE 2 —INSTALLATION HARDWARE PACKAGE2. Determine which window will be used for installa-tion. See Location section on this page.3. Check that the window opening dimensions aresuitable for installation. For KCA051D andKCA061P units, the window must be from 21 to35-in. wide and the window must open at least13-in. high. For KCA081P units, the window mustbe from 22 to 36-in. wide and the window mustopen at least 14-in. high. It is recommended thatthe window sill be at least 5/8-in. thick to supportthe weight of the air conditioner. See Table 3 forunit dimensions.TABLE 3 —AIR CONDITIONER CABINETDIMENSIONS4. For storm windows, open or remove the outerstorm window before installing the air conditioner.Remove any screens that are in the window.5. Install the side shutters (provided). The side shut-ters are identified as right and left on each frame.Slide the top and bottom shutter frames into thetop and bottom channels on the cabinet. Attachthe shutters to the cabinet using four 3/8 -in.screws (provided). See Fig. 3.6. A piece of thin foam sealing is provided. Cut pieceto fit across the bottom of the window sash. SeeFig. 4. After the foam seal has been cut, removethe peel-off backing and stick to bottom ofwindow.7. Measure the width of the inside sill of the windowand mark the center of the sill. See Fig. 5. Mea-sure 7 1/2-in. from the center on both sides andmark on window sill. Mount the two L-brackets onthe window sill with a 3/ 4-in. screw (provided). SeeFig. 6. The L-brackets will hold the bottom chan-nel of the air conditioner cabinet in the correctposition when installed. Check that brackets arein the correct position before installing.8. Place air conditioner in the window. The bottomchannel of the air conditioner should be betweenthe window sill and the L-brackets. Lower thewindow sash until it rests firmly behind the upperchannel. Make sure the top and bottom of the cab-inet fits snugly to the window opening. See Fig. 7.9. Secure the air conditioner to the window sill. SeeFig. 8. Remove the 3/8-in. screw from the bottom ofeach side of the air conditioner. Install side brack-ets (provided) on each side of the air conditionerusing the screws that were just removed. Leavescrews loose. Mount side brackets onto the win-dow sill next to the air conditioner using two3/ 4-in. screws (provided) for each bracket. Tighten3/ 8-in. screws to secure brackets to air conditioner.ITEM QTY3 / 4 -in. Screws 123 / 8 -in. Screws 8L-Bracket 2Side Bracket 2Seal 1Foam 1Right and LeftSide Shutters 1UNIT WIDTH (in.) LENGTH (in.) HEIGHT (in.)73KCA051D,73KCA061P 17.7 15.7 12.473KCA081P 18.5 17.7 13.7TOP CHANNELSIDE SHUTTERBOTTOMCHANNELINSTALLATIONSCREWSFIGURE 3 — SIDE SHUTTER INSTALLATION