Question:
Anyone got any experience of buying a portable air conditioning unit ? Any
recommendations ?
Also, can you vent it by putting it to the inside of an air vent rather than
putting new outlets in ?
Answer:
I have a DeLonghi PAC25 portable air conditioning unit at home which has
been used every Summer for the past 3 years. This model is no longer
available, but has been superceded. Their customer telephone helpline (they
are in Wellingborough, Northants.) is 0845 0600 6845.
I would offer a couple of snippets of advice:
1) Be sure you get one which has a large enough cooling capacity for the
room where it will be used.
2) I would very strongly advise you have one which also has the water
cooling facility rather than only the air cooling facility. The difference
between them is tremendous.
With regard to venting, manufacturers usually provide a venting hose, one
end of which has a flattened end to pass out through a partially opened
window. I had a vent built in when we had our conservatory built. It was
done in conventional 100 mm dia plastic tube (tumble dryer vent type, bought
from one of the DIY sheds). The vent connection provided by DeLonghi is
slightly smaller outside diameter than this but, as the vent is to be a
permanent fixture, I have filled the gap between the outside of the
connection tube (where it fits inside the vent tube) and the inside of the
tube itself with vent connection tape.
