taking a window air conditioner to Israel

[Jkhein]

no, not asking if somebody could bring me one 
what are your insights, would it work there? is it worth the shlep etc?

[sky121]

no, not asking if somebody could bring me one 
what are your insights, would it work there? is it worth the shlep etc?

I've sent a few on a lift once. They worked.

Worth the shlep? Depends.

[mitzeahnow]

I did it many years ago.
It made the difference of sleeping or not sleeping. A real life saver.

Had to buy an inverter in israel, cost me about $75 ran scary hot but it worked for the hot months
Would do it again if I had to be without ac otherwise

[Jkhein]

are they much more expensive in Israel? zap doesn't show them at all.

[dovidb]

buy an inverter here you can find one online for around 50$ in isreal it will cost you 600 nis

[real-brisker]

240V?

[moko]

are they much more expensive in Israel? zap doesn't show them at all.

u basically cant get them there and in my dirah my room was the only one that had one thanx to my roommate who bought a 44 pound ac and packed up nicely for a total weight of 52 pounds

[ari101]

u basically cant get them there and in my dirah my room was the only one that had one thanx to my roommate who bought a 44 pound ac and packed up nicely for a total weight of 52 pounds

what? no AC avail to buy in Israel?

[rots5]

Personally not worth the shlep. Find one there.

[Jkhein]

Personally not worth the shlep. Find one there.

I couldn't find a small window unit there last time I checked.

[robi]

I couldn't find a small window unit there last time I checked.

+1, when I was there I couldn't find one either. Totally worth the shlep

[MarkS]

It would almost be worth buying a cheap one here and selling it for over double the price there, if not for the fact that it's a shlep to bring...

[Jkhein]

what about customs?

[elikay]

I have seen many windows units in Israel, some guy in Bnei Brak sell them I have no further info.

[moko]

I have seen many windows units in Israel, some guy in Bnei Brak sell them I have no further info.

i went to bb to pick one up from the one and only guy selling them and these things are from the stone age (yes, they had ac back then) they made such a racket

[elikay]

i went to bb to pick one up from the one and only guy selling them and these things are from the stone age (yes, they had ac back then) they made such a racket

I guess it depends on your Mazel

[Jkhein]

buy an inverter here you can find one online for around 50$ in isreal it will cost you 600 nis

I am a looking for a regular US-IL transformer?

[dovidb]

what you need is a step down transformer. Im not sure how many watts your ac uses. I think you can figure it out by looking at the specs I once heard that amps times volts = watts for example if it sais 18v and 3a it means its 54 watts (i took that off my laptop charger)   
         if you cant figure it out the  inverter should be at least 1000 watts ii doesn't hurt to get one that bigger then u need 
    what i did is google 110 to 220 power inverter this is what i found http://www.voltage-converter-transformers.com/product_info.php?category_id=10016462&products_id=10060397
            when I was in Israel my roommate brought one in in his carryon luggage its not very big but it weighs a lot

[Red]

Brought one with me last year and have another packed to go tonight 

[Jkhein]

Brought one with me last year and have another packed to go tonight 

you have these converters?