Air conditioner disguised as cartoony TV

Love this air-conditioner cover ("Tape & painted cardboard on window AC unit cover, Bushwick, Brooklyn NY") snapped by Flickr user Dbilly.

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Anonymous

Cardboard, because it rusts and dents just like sheet metal, eh?
Deidzoeb

Very cute, but don’t you need those sharp, finny looking things to be exposed to outside air for some functional reason? I can’t tell from the picture if they’re just painted over or covered by tape or cardboard. I assume it wouldn’t work as well with the fins covered or painted, might burn more energy to cool as much as an unhindered A/C unit.
Anonymous

No worries, folks: 1. This was done in the late fall and there was no AC unit in the box at the time, and 2. It was very easily removable. Cheers! -D.Billy
Anonymous

you need the sharp fins to transfer the heat out of the building. this unit is now probably useless!
nordvand

Probably has the same quality content that my TV does most days!
randalll

Maybe it’s an unworking unit. The tape is covering up the air intake, which would burn up the innards toot sweet.
David Carroll

Wow! They even included the Pluge, -Inphase and +Quadrature tests. This individual should get a free membership in the SMPTE for this!
- mn_camera
  
  Didn’t get the green quite right, though, or else the photo’s out of white balance.