Question:
I recently moved into a second floor apartment without a window air
conditioner. The only suitable windows for air conditioner placement
are over walkways which makes me very uneasy about putting an A/C in
there. I think my best bet is putting in a portable A/C. I do have a
few questions though. I've been looking at the Sunpentown 1010E units
which are 10000 BTU units. ( http://www.sunpentown.com/ )
All the info I see says that these have a LCDI plug. Does this
require a special electrical socket?
Answer:
They are not the best air conditioners in my opinion.
I had one in my old condo because there was no way to instal a window
air conditioner. It could not keep the room cool when it was really
hot.. and the water thing fills up very fast.
I now use it in my bedroom to regulate the temp in it... however the
house has cenral air. For this it works very well.
You will note by looking at the picture that I keep the unit off the
floor a bit and have a water bottle hooked up to it. The water only
needs to be emptied about once a week.
Consumer Reports just had a mention of these kind of ACs in the new
issue (not a full review). They looked at 3 10,000 btu models and found
that they delivered less than half of that. They recommend that instead
of a one hose model that sucks in room air to cool the condensor and
blows it out the window, you look for a two hose model that sucks in
outside air to cool the condensor and blows it back out. That makes
great sense, I didn't know they made such things.
