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.
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dehumidifier or larger ac unit?
I just had new 2 ton HVAC system installed into my condo. It's a condo with a loft upstairs so there is a lot of open air ceiling space. I think my old unit was 3 ton but the labels were faded off the 20 year old unit so don't know for sure. The installer did a manuelJ and came up with a 2 ton requirement and unit was installed 2 weeks ago. We just had 99 degree high humidity weather and the condo was unbearable due to the high tempertrure and humdity. It was 80 degrees in the condo day & nighand the new AC was on 24hrs for 4 days and would not get the temp down below maybe 77 and that was miserable. The return register is on the 1st floor and there are about 10 output ducts ceiling height. Question is the AC unit to small or since the register is at the baseboard level it is never really getting the hot humid air in to dehumidify it. Should I get a portable dehumidifier to help get the moisture out of the air on those hot/humid days so that 77 degrees can feel comfortable? thanks,
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Portable dehumidifier not reducing moisture?
A portable humidifier that has worked well for about 5 years is failing.
The fan engages and runs at both speeds. The filter is clean. The digital displays are working, and appear correct.
However, the air exhausted is only cool (not cold like I expected), and the drain line is dry after a couple hours of operation.
When I removed the back cover, the black canister (condenser?) is very warm to the touch, although there are no scorch or burn marks. All the wires appear to be intact, with no frays or kinks.
The copper line from the black canister to the 'grill' in the front are cool, but not cold.
Thoughts? Would a freon leak be visible? Are there retailers who can recharge the freon (or just A/C repairmen?)?
It is a Maytag, manufactured by Fedders. I can't find a manual online to troubleshoot.
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Where can I find a mini portable dehumidifier?
Lately I've been finding centipedes in my apartment and I heard that a dehumidifier would work to eliminate these little monsters. I don't have alot of room though and would like a small easy to use dehumidifier. Any ideas?
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Why is there no water?
I have a portable dehumidifier and it seems to work when it's turned on, it hums and lights up and everything but it's not collecting any water! The storage tank is inserted and the filter is clean and I'm not really sure what else I can do!
There is definatly moisture for it to collect, to test this I didn't use it for like a month then tried, even tried running my tumble drier and the dehumidifier running next to it - still no water!
The air is blowing out cold, and there is no water what so ever, literally bone dry
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