Air Conditioner: Portable Air Condition

The Way To Select The Most Suitable Portable Air Conditioner

A portable air conditioner is definitely the most inexpensive means to cool a particular room in your home or office. They are very easy to install and of course there is the additional benefit that you can move them from room to room as needed. It often comes as a surprise to people how effective a portable air conditioner can be. The effectiveness depends on making sure that you get an air conditioner is suitable for the size of your room.

The opportunity to be able to move them from room to room brings several advantages. For example you can move the unit between the bedroom at night and another living area during the day. You additionally save money compared to running window units or a central ac system which will cool down rooms even when you are not in them. There are many rented properties where a fixed air con system cannot be installed and a portable unit gets round this problem.

The first thing you need to do therefore is to calculate the floor area in the room that you want to cool. This is simply done by multiplying the width of the room in feet by the length in feet. They only need to be approximate figures. This will narrow down your search to particular models. Manufacturers always specify the square footage that each particular unit is designed for. This is important because if you choose an unit that is rated for a larger area, you will never cool the room down and if you buy an unit that is rated for a smaller area, you will be using more energy that you need to. Most portable air conditioning units are designed for rooms having a floor area between 300 and 400 square feet. As you can see this is a typical area for a bedroom or living area.

Installation of portable air conditioners is quite straightforward and the method is pretty much the same for all makes and models. The unit will come with a flexible hose that is used to vent the warm air that has been extracted. In order to remove this air from the room, a window venting kit is used which fits into your window unit and allows the hot exhausts to escape. The hoses are usually 5 to 8 feet in length so there is no need to place the portable unit right next to the window if you do not want to.

There are 2 other features that are worth having. The first is a timer, which can be used to turn on the air conditioner an hour or so before you return home in the evening. The other is a thermostat control. This is very useful for saving energy as it will turn of the unit once the desired temperature is reached.

A further factor to consider is how quiet the unit is. You want to buy an unit that is as quiet as possible, particularly if you are going to use it at night.

Venting portable air conditioner through hinged window?
Thinking of getting a portable air conditioning unit, which uses a hose to expel the hot air through an open window. I see that the fitting kits are all design assuming you have a sliding window, which would allow the window to remain sealed. However, I'm sure it must be a common problem, but how do people deal with a hinged window? The best way I can think of so far is to cut a sheet of perspex to match the size of the open window, then cut an appropriate hole through which to feed the hose. It seems this would be quite tricky in practice, as some way of securing it to the window frame is needed, and I can't really go drilling into the frame as it's a rented property. So I'm wondering if anyone has come up with a clever solution yet, or are there any kits that can be bought? Thanks

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Are silent portable air conditioning units available? My AC unit sounds like a mustang engine.?

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Portable air condition is making room MORE humid.?
So I picked up a portable air conditioner the other day. Its the Sharp CV-NH13 if that matters. The thing is, it's making the room very very humid. The air gets cold in the room, no problem there, but it's got to be 5 times more humid in that room than the unconditioned rooms in the rest of the house. It's not even humid outrside, just in this room. It has a built in dehumidifier but, according to the manual, does not cool if that mode is selected. Any idea why it's doing this?

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how can you install a portable air conditioner without a window?
We have a bonus room upstairs that has no window. how can we install a portable air condition in this space without a window. Any suggestions are so welcome as my mom stays up there and she is 80 years old. please help

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