Portable Air Conditioner – A Great Appliance for the Home
I just picked up a portable air conditioner from the local Walmart. It is a Haier Model CPRD12XH7 (12,000 BTU Cool/9,500 BTU Heat) for $440. The reason I selected this is because it offered the most BTUs for the buck, it included both AC and heat for greater versatility, and comes with a whole lot of bells and whistles that I don’t necessarily need but I’m sure I will find convenient as I get to use it.
I have not owned or worked on any Haier products before, so I did some quick research on them and found that they are an appliance manufacturer, not a manufacturer that specializes in air conditioning. Needless to say, I don’t expect this thing to last for 20 years under heavy usage, but if I can get 10 years out of it and it works as it is supposed to, then I’ll consider it well worth the cost.
The reason that I even considered purchasing a portable air conditioner to begin with is the fact that we are empty nesters and there is just no reason to run the big central unit to cool off the entire house as much as we used to when the kids where here all of the time. We still have it turned on so that the heat and humidity don’t ruin our stuff, be we can set it to something higher than a comfortable living temperature for the whole house, and now we can use the portable air conditioning for the bedroom so we can sleep comfortably. If this works out, then we’ll be looking at a couple more units for the den and kitchen.
This particular model comes with separate air intake and air exhast duct ports, and a window adapter. It can run in 3 modes: cooling, heating, and dehumidifying. There is an LCD indicator that let you know when the condensation tank becomes full. There are 3 an speed: low, medium and high. There is a timer function that goes up to 24 hours that will turn the unit off automatically. I’m not sure if and when I would ever use that, but it’s one of those “nice to know it’s there” features. Heat pump included. Temperature control. Remote control included, for all of us lazy bastards that can’t get up out of the lazy boy unless it’s to get a frozen pizza or something like that. It uses R-22 coolant which is not a good thing, but I haven’t seen an portable units that are cost effective that are using Puron yet. The air filter easily snaps out from in front of the evaporator air intake in the rear.
That’s it. As I get to know this guy a little better I’ll keep y’all posted. Wish me luck!
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