Bought a portable AC

AznAnarchy99

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Dec 6, 2004
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And all I could think of is why it took me so long to get one!

I rent a room out in a house and this room gets absolutely no airflow. Its facing the side of the house and all of the hot air gets trapped in my room. Last few months it was hitting 90 degrees with humidity in my room even after the night cooled down.

Bought one of these

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's a bit bigger than I expected but the installation was simple. I had to move my drawers around so the exhaust could reach the window but it worked out. Turned it on and it was reading 84 in my room :eek: Brought it down to a nice cool 70. No more sleeping in sweat!
 

ponyo

Lifer
Feb 14, 2002
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I bought the same one couple years ago from Costco when my central A/C was having problem. That thing eats electricity like crazy.
 

smackababy

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Is this the type without a water pan? We are thinking about picking up something different than the small window unit we got for next summer.


Also, does it run on 110/115 or require a 120?
 

solsa

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Portable ac does eat a lot of electric but it is only viable choice in some cases. In you case, best to pay the bill than burn in heat. You can take it anywhere if you move. Looks like a nice purchase.
 

Imp

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We bought something similar years (10?) ago before we got central A/C. Used it like twice in the past decade... That thing is effing loud, but it works.
 

AdamK47

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The central AC for my house does not keep up to cool my computer room. Setting the thermostat to the mid 60s only kept the room in the upper 70s during light to mid use of my PC. Get the computer really going and I'd see temps in the 80s.

I decided to put my PC on it's own 20A circuit and get a portable AC unit for the room. Instead of ducting the air out of the window, I used custom ducting to go up the wall and outside through the attic. Looks much better this way. With a Kill-A-Watt I've seen the AC unit draw between 750W and 900W. My PC at full load (CPU + GPUs) is between 1500W and 1800W.

08-17-14_rig5.jpg~original
 

AznAnarchy99

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Dec 6, 2004
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Portable ac does eat a lot of electric but it is only viable choice in some cases. In you case, best to pay the bill than burn in heat. You can take it anywhere if you move. Looks like a nice purchase.

Yeah I figure I can also pack it away during the winter when it gets cold too since they give you a storage cover with it. My room is always the extreme when it comes to temperature. Extreme hot extreme cold.

We bought something similar years (10?) ago before we got central A/C. Used it like twice in the past decade... That thing is effing loud, but it works.

It's relatively loud when the AC is running but its better than having 1-3 tower fans making noise and circulating heat :hmm:
 

holden j caufield

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Dec 30, 1999
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The central AC for my house does not keep up to cool my computer room. Setting the thermostat to the mid 60s only kept the room in the upper 70s during light to mid use of my PC. Get the computer really going and I'd see temps in the 80s.

I decided to put my PC on it's own 20A circuit and get a portable AC unit for the room. Instead of ducting the air out of the window, I used custom ducting to go up the wall and outside through the attic. Looks much better this way. With a Kill-A-Watt I've seen the AC unit draw between 750W and 900W. My PC at full load (CPU + GPUs) is between 1500W and 1800W.

08-17-14_rig5.jpg~original

ditto on the tile, what is it, I may get that installed in my next place.
 

lupi

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Apr 8, 2001
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got that at costco for my bedroom. on the top floor at the end of the ac duct line so you really need to cool rest of the house to get this one good (especially since it has a computer running in it). the portable on and close the door, turns it into an ice box.
 

MrPickins

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May 24, 2003
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I bought the same one couple years ago from Costco when my central A/C was having problem. That thing eats electricity like crazy.

Looks like it runs about 1000W. That's a decent amount of juice.