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Posted by Tom Del Rosso on June 27, 2007, 2:31 pm
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.
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Posted by Tom Del Rosso on June 27, 2007, 2:35 pm
> The names Soleus and Amcor pop up a lot. The familiar names like
> Friedrick don't seem to have anything at all.
And I did spell Friedrich right when I searched for them.
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Posted by daytona° on June 27, 2007, 3:03 pm
Home Cheapo or LoweBalls
> Any recommendations for a portable A/C, about 8000 BTU (the kind with a
> flexible duct that goes into the window)?
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> I don't need heat from it -- just A/C and dehumidification.
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> The names Soleus and Amcor pop up a lot. The familiar names like
> Friedrick
> don't seem to have anything at all.
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Posted by Proctologically Violated©® on June 27, 2007, 3:04 pm
PC Richards carries Amana, and occasionally another brand.
I have two. So far so good. About $350.
Newspaper ads show others, about the same price.
But even the salesguy was hemming and hawing, as they supposedly get a lot
of returns, due to high expectations.
The EER is very low, the BTUs proly not what the label says (about 8K), but,
for excellent dehumidification (buckets of water, also will throw the
condensate out with the heat (a misting process--nice), which might even
help efficiency), and passable A/C, if the space is not too big, or
enclosed, like a basement.
For winter, get a standalone dehumidifer--which also acts as a 600-800 watt
heater.
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> 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.
>
>
> --
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> Reply in group, but if emailing add another
> zero, and remove the last word.
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Posted by Ook on June 27, 2007, 5:11 pm
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.
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