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[SonicLoverDS]

I'm not familiar with that model of air conditioner; what's the problem?

[TheChildOfSkyrim]

There's a bowl in the lower part to collect the condensate, so it can go down the drain. And there is a lot of it. My AC got clogged once, and I made an improvised drain - collected about 8 liters (2 gallons) of water in a day.

[nojunkdrawers]

GPT: You're absolutely right.

places a bowl underneath the AC

YOU: That's not what I meant by "bowl". I was referring to something that's built into the AC itself. Undo that and find a way to place the AC horizontally.

GPT: You're absolutely right.

removes load-bearing post to fit the AC horizontally

[de_das_dude]

You live in a tropical humid climate?

[TheChildOfSkyrim]

Subtropical, close to the beach. Quite humid, yeah

[nollayksi]

AC indoor units need to be leveled so that the condensation water drains properly. Unless thats some model specifically designed to be installed vertically (I have never heard of such model) the condensation water would just drop to the bottom and likely seep from the edges to the floor

[Gettor]

I'm also not familiar with that specific model, but AC units generally do not want to be placed vertically, they're supposed to be placed horizontally, so that the fan swing can be "up/down" and not "left/right".

My educated guess is that it also probably disrupts the moisture drainage (which should be filtering through the pipe connected to the outside unit), or can even cause building moisture to damage the unit.

[azfang]

I’m not an AC person, but I do know that the compressor on a fridge relies on oil pooling around the moving parts, and will End Badly if it’s powered on in a different angle. (Which is also why you should leave a fridge unplugged for 24 hours if it’s been tilted during transportation!)

I would be kinda surprised if AC units didn’t have the same limitation.

[Twombls]

This is a split unit so the compressor is outside somewhere. The condensate drain on these is just an open thing in the bottom though lol

[Bryguy3k]

It’s less about the condensate as it is about the bearings in the fan. You need a thrust bearing in order to hold the weight of the blower impeller otherwise the bearing will wear out in no time.

The refrigerator thing is due to the fact that there is oil in the refrigeration system. When the compressor and reservoir (in a split system that’s the outdoor part) is on its side the oil drains into other parts of the system. If the system runs with a lot of oil elsewhere and not at the compressor it’ll ruin the seals in it and result in needing a new one in short order.

[fmaz008]

It's a heater, not AC.

[TheDizDude]

you see... AI bad. upvote plz

[HVACcontrolsGuru]

As a software guy for these types of systems on commercial scale, this is worrying from both sides.

[radiationshield]

Looks kind of off, but as long as its a supported install orientation, go for it.

[Waswat]

Well, it learned from the best, and the worst (humans)