Thanks Snoonyb for your interest and help in this matter.
I presented the exact same story in another forum where a reader wrote this:
"If there's no condensate (water) being generated then most likely there's a leak in the closed refrigerant section and THAT's why you're getting no cooling...
Five years ago I bought a costly through-the-wall Frigidaire A/C, model FRA106HT1. This machine fits into a special metal sleeve in the bedroom of my tiny, top story apartment in which the windows and the sliding glass door to the balcony all face due West (so I get hot Summer sun from 12 Noon...
I have a very old tarp which I had made in an Idaho tarp factory (when I lived in Idaho long ago) for me in a special order long ago. [When I got it, I used it to cover the back of my pickup truck 'til I got a cap/shell for the back.] This tarp is NOT the cheaper kind found in hardware stores...
Howdy to everyone!
I don't have that much in this world. I do very infrequently have to ask about some matter dealing with a home or items in a home or about repair of something.
I'm glad to be with so many helpers!
Thanks guys and gals!