replace power chord on a window air conditioner

[kq702]

Hi my friend had a flood and his Air Conditioner power chord got wet. He dried it out and plugged it into the wall and the unit would not power on. He let it dry for a few more days and then he plugged it in to the wall and it powered up but after a few seconds it shuts down.

He showed it to me and I opened the cover to expose the circuit board on the power chord and I could see the entire circuit board got wet.

Below is a pic of the board and also the specs on the AC unit.




I was wondering if I could replace the chord with this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/AIR-CONDITI...152?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5420c43020

The specs show the ebay chord is for a unit that is 1200 watts, and the air conditioner used 1110 wats, so not sure if that is close enough to call a match or not? Any info is appreciated!

 

[bonneyman]

There could be more problems inside the unit. Wet, shorted out components have a bad habit of causing other things to go. One could just jumper some leads into place for a test and see if the thing runs without the circuit board plug. if it runs, then it might be just the cord.

Here's the OEM cord for that model unit. Guess the 3-prong enclosure holds all that good stuff.

http://www.repairclinic.com/PartDet...ss=a16b198i648d1064538-x61636431326b6565&mr=1

 

[engineer031]

That looks like a GFI plug they have on the cord.
First I would cut that off and wire a 3 prong plug on it and try it to make sure the a/c is working. If it was me I would not bother with the GFI but that would be up to you if you do or dont

 

[s14kev]

The ebay cord with GFCI should be fine. I would recommend replacing the GFCI given how much condensation a window AC produces and since half of it is hanging outside in the rain and elements.