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Room air conditioners ratingsRoom air conditioners – consumer information about energy-efficient portable and window A/C. Air conditioner rating and reviews
If you need room air conditioners you have two choices – a through-wall or window unit or a portable air conditioner. Both unlike central air conditioning cools only one room. Whether you go for a portable unit or a window air conditioner, it is very important to select the unit with cooling capacity appropriate to your room. Cooling capacity is measured by BTU per hour. Price of your air conditioner usually depends on its cooling capacity. If you need to cool a small room, a medium size A/C with BTU 12000 is good. For large rooms BTU 24000 or more is recommended. Portable room air conditioners are slightly more expensive than the window ones. But ability to move your unit around is a great advantage. As for cooling capacity and energy efficiency window and mobile room A/C are about equal. Both offer small models with limited cooling capacity (about 12000) BTU per hour as well as the larger ones (about 24000) BTU. To select the most energy efficient air conditioner look at its EER rating, higher EER – more efficient the unit is.
Room air conditioners are a good cooling solution for apartments or situations where you only want to cool one or two rooms. Principle of their work is the same as central air conditioners - room air conditioners extract heat and moisture from the room air, and return cooled and dehumidified air to your room. A blower pulls warm air through a filter. It is a single, self-contained unit with cooling coils or an evaporator, a condenser, and refrigerant-filled tubing all in one box. Air conditioner units can be mount in a window or through an opening in a wall to expel hot air. Portable room A/C work on the same principle, but hot air is vented through the hose usually 5 or 7 feet long. Room air conditioners are a cost effective solution for cooling
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