All About Free Standing Air Conditioners
There is little, if any, difference between free standing air conditioners (also referred to as the windowless air conditioner) and a portable room air conditioner.
Free standing air conditioners are best for people living in small apartments, offices, attics and computer server rooms. Unlike their larger counterparts, the free standing air conditioners can be moved from room to room. The wall unit air conditioner and most other central air units cannot be moved.
The free standing air conditioners do not need any permanent installation although they do need an exhaust tube. The advantage to using the free standing air conditioners is their portability. Most of the units have wheels so that they may be easily moved.
In order to buy the right size unit for your apartment or house you have to understand the equipment’s capacity. The air conditioner, no matter what its size, consumes more electrical power than any other appliance. The cooling power of a unit of 907 kilograms is equal to 12,000 BTU (British Thermal Units) per hour or 3517 watts. In the summer months the use of air conditioners puts a heavy demand on electrical power in some instances causing blackouts in cities and towns. Because air conditioners are responsible for about 40% of the electrical consumption there is good reason for the free standing air conditioners to be the best choice for the apartment dweller or home owner. These units use less energy therefore, reducing the use of electrical power and subsequently the cost.
There are advantages to the use of free standing air conditioners. Unlike the wall unit air conditioner free standing air conditioners are easy to install, just plug them in and turn them on.
There are no large installation fees involved with the free standing unit as there are with a window unit or wall unit. They are light enough to move around consequently, you can have cool air in whatever room you want cooled down.
With a central air conditioner, rooms that are not in use are all cooled at one time, which pulls a heavy load on the electrical power. The free standing air conditioners are more economical because they cool only one room at a time.
Free standing air conditioners meet all of the cooling criteria for the apartment dweller or home owner, whether they own a free standing house, town house or condo.
If you are looking for an energy saving unit and one that doesn’t require any installation, then free standing air conditioners make the ideal choice.
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