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Question: We have two portible AC units in our bedrooms and don't have to empty any water - it evaporates.  We live in humid MN.  Do you have to empty this one?
Document: Keep the heat out and let it drip outside. These floor units have to either be drained (esp. if it is humid), or it will run and consume more power to evaporate the water collecting inside it, and blow it out the vent. More operating power, more energy consumed, more heat generated in your room, less efficient!This unit has two drains. The one in the bottom is so close to the floor only a dinner plate could fit underneath.
Otherwise, the unit will shut off and wait to be drained after it uses up its internal water storage capacity. The unit is somewhat noisy when the compressor it working during its first one or two cooling cycles. It seems to quiet down somewhat after it has &#34;warmed up&#34;....not quiet but definitely tolerable. The compressor cycles on and off in AC mode but the fan always stays on. In the fan only mode I just hear a moderate humming background noise.
I purchased Whynter 13,000 Btu ARC-131GD Dual Hose Eco-Friendly Portable Air Conditioner. The unit works great. I did not use the intake hose to bring in outside air to reduce humidity. I let the intake hose area and the carbon filter intake area bring in the air and exhaust the hot air out the window. By not bringing in humid outside air I have not needed to empty water from the unit yet.
If looking at the back of your unit, the left vent is Exhaust, and the right vent is Intake. The big hose and slanted hose head is for Exhaust, and the small hose and straight hose head is for intake. Dual Hose is the only way to go, by the way.I live in SoCal and it is humid here. I have had it on for 3 days and I have not had to drain it yet.One more con, the air shoots straight forward from it.
Maybe true, but I don't think by much. Instead of using the cool air that you're generating in your room to cool a single-hose unit, the dual-hose units draw (warm) air in from outside to do this cooling. Both of these hoses are hot to the touch in your room, and the unit will obviously have to circulate more air because it is cooling the unit with warm outside air.AC units get hot, no matter the type, and it condense water.
Well, My extra bedroom is probably one of the hottest rooms in the house and our central AC cannot cool it as efficiently as the rest of the house.. This unit cools it very quickly resulting in the desired temperature and the shut down of the compressor (Where just the fan remains on) but given that its summer, super humid and the room can heat itself back up just as quickly as this can cool it down the compressor turns back on just minutes later..
I didn't think condensation would be an issue for a newer unit like this but was very very wrong. I emptied the tank from the top drain and it turned on again. I ended up buying a condensation pump and that solved everything. The pump drains a lot of water throughout the day so I would recommend getting one for this AC unit.The AC sounds like it can't keep blowing a consistent air flow. If you don't know what I mean, the air blowing out sounds... wobbly.
I like the remote control unit that can sit on top of the unit or be removed to you current location. The unit was under 400.00 from Amazon with free shipping and no tax. I would recommend the unit as a 14,000 BTU portable. The higher drain plug is nice if you ever need to drain out the water from humid air. I do not use the outside intake hose to reduce the amount of humid air running into the unit. It seems to work fine like that.
It has both bottom and high up draining so you can use a bucket or whatever if you don't want to run a hose to a drain, but I've been using the unit with both hoses attached in both fan and cool mode for about two weeks now and it hasn't collected enough water to have to drain it because it uses most of the moisture in the evaporation process.
The upper drain is an OK idea, but this unit doesn't come with an attachment for a hose to drain it out! When the plug is pulled all the water just runs down the side of the unit and all over your floor. Because of the vent hoses are in the way you can't get a cup under it. And even if it did have a hose, now you need a pail of some sort to collect and drain the thing.The suggested "portability" of these units is misleading.
Answer: I've had my Whynter ARC-131GD for only two months and used it in May, which was an exceptionally dry month humidity-wise here in the Northeast, and June, which was a very rainy, very humid month with temperatures in the upper eighties.  Personally, I've never had to empty my AC yet but I've read numerous other reviewers whose ACs have shut down because they've needed emptied/drained).  From what I've read and experienced, I understand that ACs, which are so oversized for the space that they cycle on and off too frequently, do not stay on long enough to remove the interior humidity properly and is one of the reasons that the humidity in the interior space elevates.  Since I do not feel comfortable in any air conditioned space that is both cold AND clammy and I know that I'm most comfortable in a room with the humidity in the low to mid forties, I do something that's probably considered unusual...I run my dehumidifier along with the AC until any 50 or 60% humidity drops to my comfort zone.  I usually run both the AC and dehumidifier concurrently first thing in the morning for a short time, which then maintains humidity in the low forties range all day.  Wouldn't work for everyone but, so far, it's been a comfortable combination for me.  Lowering the humidity in the room like I do may be why I haven't had to empty or drain my AC.