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Portable A/C Tom Del Rosso 06-27-2007
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Posted by Abby Normal on June 28, 2007, 8:58 am
> Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> > Any recommendations for a portable A/C, about 8000 BTU (the kind with a
> > flexible duct that goes into the window)?
>
> > I don't need heat from it -- just A/C and dehumidification.
>
> > The names Soleus and Amcor pop up a lot. The familiar names like Friedrick
> > don't seem to have anything at all.
>
> Don't waste your money on one. I had an 8000 BTU model. It was a
> worthless piece of junk. They have a *very* serious design flaw - the
> air the gets blown across the condensing coils (high side, the hot part)
> on normal a/c units comes from outside, blows across the high side, and
> is vented to the outside. Works great. With the portable units, the air
> that blows across the condensing coils comes from the room your are
> trying to cool, and is vented to the outside. This causes a relatively
> high volume of air to be vented to the outside - and hot air to be
> sucked into the room. IOW, it is constantly sucking in a lot of hot air
> from outside, and trying to cool it along with the hot air that is
> already in the room. Because of this, they will not cool as much space
> as a window mount 8000 BTU unit will.
>
> Bite the bullet and get a window mount unit.

or get one with two hoses, that draws in its condenser air from the
outside


Posted by Jensington on June 27, 2007, 7:14 pm
> Any recommendations for a portable A/C, about 8000 BTU (the kind with a
> flexible duct that goes into the window)?

My 2 cents on a portable AC:

1) Get a model with two hoses - the two hose models use outside air to
cool the condenser and will be more effecient. You will not be
sucking the cooled air out of the room to blow it outside - this is
what the models with one hose do (the condenser air comes from
somewhere.
2) Be prepared to have a real drain (ie hose going somewhere) on the
unit unless you want to be emptying condensate all the time. They
seem to be able to blow some condensate out the air hose, but unless
you are in a dry area you will probably get more condensate than what
it can evaporate out the air hose. (If you want to pump water out the
window you will probably need a condensate pump and some
3) They are for the most part pretty quiet. It seems most of the
noise is what you can hear through the thin walls of the air hoses
leading to the window (these hoses connect to the area the condenser
fan and compressor live in - most of the noise is in there).

I personally have had a PAD-121 running every night for 3 years
without any issues. That model is no longer available, but the
successor is: http://www.heatcontroller.com/series.php?prod=ca&sid=15&c=17

There are plenty of options out there though, so do your research...

J


Posted by Proctologically Violated©® on June 27, 2007, 8:45 pm
>> Any recommendations for a portable A/C, about 8000 BTU (the kind with a
>> flexible duct that goes into the window)?
>
> My 2 cents on a portable AC:
>
> 1) Get a model with two hoses - the two hose models use outside air to
> cool the condenser and will be more effecient. You will not be
> sucking the cooled air out of the room to blow it outside - this is
> what the models with one hose do (the condenser air comes from
> somewhere.
> 2) Be prepared to have a real drain (ie hose going somewhere) on the
> unit unless you want to be emptying condensate all the time. They
> seem to be able to blow some condensate out the air hose, but unless
> you are in a dry area you will probably get more condensate than what
> it can evaporate out the air hose. (If you want to pump water out the
> window you will probably need a condensate pump and some
> 3) They are for the most part pretty quiet. It seems most of the
> noise is what you can hear through the thin walls of the air hoses
> leading to the window (these hoses connect to the area the condenser
> fan and compressor live in - most of the noise is in there).
>
> I personally have had a PAD-121 running every night for 3 years
> without any issues. That model is no longer available, but the
> successor is: http://www.heatcontroller.com/series.php?prod=ca&sid=15&c=17
>

Wish I had known about the two hose units! :(
Now that I think back, I seem to recall two hose units, but didn't realize
the purpose.
Unfortunately, never saw any two-hose units when I was ready to buy, and
likely the PC Richards people wouldna known what they were for, either.

Good link, but website wasn't that informative--no price, EER. Any ideas?
Other observations good as well. Prodigious condensate. I "prefer" to empty
buckets/use the water, but it is a chore.
A pump to a storage barrel would be better.
The 850 watt Amana can readily fill a 5 gal pail in 24 hrs.
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> There are plenty of options out there though, so do your research...
>
> J
>



Posted by on June 27, 2007, 11:47 pm


> I "prefer" to empty
> buckets/use the water, but it is a chore.


What are you using the water for?





Posted by Jeffrey Lebowski on June 28, 2007, 1:29 am

>
in
>
> > I "prefer" to empty
> > buckets/use the water, but it is a chore.
>
>
> What are you using the water for?
>

From elsewhere, I know he's also a machinist--and so probly he uses it ( as
do I ) to mix with water soluble cutting oil or synthetic instead of buying
DI water...just need to add an anti-microbial..

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