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jambo101 (306 posts) Thu Apr 11, 2013, 04:47 PM
Need Portable A/C advice
Just starting to research portable A/C units as our window unit is not safe enough according to the wife as burglars could break in via the air conditioner.
I'm wondering about the window attachment for these type of units and how easy it is to close the window every night
I'll probably end up with something like this
Portable water-to-air 13,000-BTU air conditioner
but i have no idea what water to air means,does it need to be hooked up to a water hose??.
The unit is just meant for living room and kitchen, an area approximately 18'X18'
First up, Hussein von Slobber:
Hassin Bin Sober (8,477 posts) Thu Apr 11, 2013, 05:12 PM
1. Is this for your own home or an apartment?
And then Ugly butts in, but whether face first or backside first, one can't tell:
Warpy (68,170 posts) Thu Apr 11, 2013, 06:02 PM
2. If it's a refrigerated air conditioner it will drip. I have no clue what a water to air refrigerated air conditioner is and the web has been completely unenlightening. They do seem to have a dehumidifier function, in which case they will drip a lot. Get the optional hose so it will drip where you want it to.
While I have never seen a thief go to the trouble of removing a window unit to gain access to a home or apartment, it's not completely out of the question. You might want to remove the unit and lock the window when you leave for the day. Mine was on the second floor in Boston and no one had that kind of ambition. I still think they're more likely to kick the door in than wrestle a heavy AC box.
That's really odd.
Since this is a big old house here that leaks like a sieve, there's no point in centralizing any air conditioning, despite that it gets hotter than Casablanca in July out here in the Sandhills of Nebraska.
However, it can be so miserable that one needs to have
something, and there's one of those small light-weight energy-efficient window units in the bedroom. It's good enough to cool the 26'x42' bedroom, but nothing beyond that.
That part of the house sits right on the ground, and the windows extend from the ceiling to about six inches above the floor. The air conditioner sits about a foot off the ground, and if one's going around the corner and doesn't see it, one hazards a stubbed toe. The unit itself weighs about 30 pounds.
Come spring, I just slip it in. It's an easy-in, easy-out, unit, from both inside and outside.
In all the years I've lived here, in one of the reddest areas of America, it's never occurred to me someone might try to break in by taking out the air conditioner.
