Question:
I am in a first floor of a two floor appartment complex. All the room
is directly under an isolated roof and my 4/5 years 8000 BTU Whirlpool
window AC is unable to cool the living room (25ft long x 13 ft wide x
7.5 ft height) in a hot summer time. Are all 8000 BTU Window AC
created equal regardless manufacture and other parameter? If not,
what make one be cooler and more efficient than other? Can someone
please recommend the best one of its kind in the 8000 BTU category?
Answer:
all 8000 BTU air conditioners will remove 8000 BTUs of heat per
hour from a room (depending on conditions). If you are not getting that from
your model, maybe it's dirty and needs to be cleaned?
Air conditioners need to be professionally cleaned every 3 years to work as
efficiently as possible and sometimes every year if you live in a high traffic
area. If your unit has never been cleaned, doing so will allow it to work as
well as it can.
There are other things that will reduce the ability of an air conditioner to do
its job. If direct sun light shines on its condenser, that will limit the amount
of heat it can remove. Also, keeping curtains closed will help to keep a room
cool as will closing any ajoining doorways so the cooled air doesn't escape down
the hall.
In the end if a perfectly functioning 8000 BTU air conditioner can not cool the
area you have, you may need to purchase a 10 or 12000 BTU model to do it.
