Used Gree air conditioners in Islamabad & Rawalpindi
Is a used Gree air conditioner worth buying?
Gree is the volume name in Pakistani split air conditioning, assembled and distributed here through its local partner, so a technician in either city has almost certainly worked on the same model before. Gree also fits compressors of its own manufacture, which gives a buyer one very direct check on a used unit: the label on the outdoor compressor says whether the dearest part is still the factory one.
Assembled locally under licence
An established local service network means genuine parts are obtainable and repairs are generally worth doing.
Gree's local partner runs its own service network across Islamabad and Rawalpindi, and the sheer number of these machines in circulation means remotes, thermistors, indoor fan motors and drain pans sit on independent shelves as well. Inverter outdoor boards are the slow line and are ordered by the full GS string.
Air Conditioners in stock now
Our current air conditioners, across all brands — ask us on WhatsApp if you want Gree specifically.
NewAir Plasma Cutting Machine
Like NewPortable Ac/Inverter
NewFancy tray
Good UsedDawlance stabiliser 10000 watts
Checking a used Gree air conditioner
These are specific to Gree. The general air conditioners checks apply too and are on the air conditioners page.
Match the GS model code
Gree splits carry a GS-style code on the indoor plate in which the digits give nominal capacity in thousands of BTU and the letters that follow identify the line. Sellers quote tonnage from memory, so read the whole string off the plate and give a dealer that instead.
Read the compressor label
Gree manufactures its own compressors, so the compressor inside the outdoor unit should carry Gree's name on its label. Another maker's name means the dearest part has already been changed, and whatever is now fitted is being driven by electronics chosen for the original.
Try a universal handset
Gree's infrared code sits in nearly every cheap universal remote sold here, so a missing original need not stop you testing the machine. If a Gree-coded universal remote gets no response at all, suspect the indoor receiver or board rather than the handset.
What Gree air conditioners are worth
- A Gree still carrying its factory compressor sits above one that has been through a swap, because a substituted make is then being driven by electronics chosen for the part that left the factory.
- A missing handset barely dents a Gree, since its infrared code is in the universal remotes sold on any electronics street in both cities — the same loss on a brand with a line-specific handset means ordering the original.
- Because Gree outdoor units are so numerous here, orphaned halves get paired up and sold as sets, so a Gree that can show one purchase covering both halves places faster than one that cannot.
Model lines you will see second-hand
- GS-series splits
- Pular
General air conditioners checks
These apply whatever the badge on the front says — the air conditioners page covers them in full.
Measure the temperature split
Run the unit for fifteen minutes, then compare the air being drawn into the indoor grille with the air leaving the vent. A healthy split is obvious to the hand and clear on a thermometer. A narrow gap after a full cycle usually points at low refrigerant or a tired compressor, and both are expensive.
Watch the outdoor unit start
Stand at the outdoor unit as the compressor kicks in. It should start within a couple of minutes and settle into a steady hum. Starting and stopping every few minutes, or a hard mechanical knock at start-up, is a compressor or capacitor symptom rather than a quirk of the model.
Look for oil at joints
Refrigerant carries compressor oil, so a leak leaves a dark, oily film at the flare nuts and along the copper. A unit that cools today with oily joints will need gas again, and a refill without a leak repair does not hold for long.
Confirm inverter behaviour
An inverter compressor should slow down once the room reaches the set temperature instead of switching off outright. If the outdoor unit only ever runs flat out and then stops dead, either the unit is not the inverter model it is described as, or its control board has stopped modulating.
Check the drain runs clear
After the unit has been running a while, water should leave the drain pipe steadily and nowhere else. No water at all suggests a blocked line, and damp on the wall below the indoor unit means the condensate has found another route out, which shows up later as staining and mould.
Test the remote and supply
Cycle cooling, fan speed, swing and temperature, and confirm the unit obeys each command rather than merely lighting up the display. A missing remote is common and replaceable; a unit that responds to only some commands points at the control board. Ask what supply it was run on as well, since a split wants its own circuit and an isolator, and a stabiliser with scorched terminals says the voltage it lived with was rough.
Gree air conditioners — questions
Is a used Gree AC a safe buy in Rawalpindi?
How can I tell if a used Gree has had its compressor replaced?
Other air conditioners brands
Selling one instead? We buy used Gree air conditioners for cash.