Comments for Central Air Conditioner http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com Onlines Marketing Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:56:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Amcor PLM14000E 14,000-BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Electronic Controls by D. Nixon http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-plm14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-electronic-controls.html/comment-page-1#comment-1668 D. Nixon Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:43:28 +0000 http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-plm14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-electronic-controls.html#comment-1668 I hear that gentleman's frustrating experience. Here's my own experience: I am a single parent, no man in the house to help me out. I thought of getting one of those portable window units but I had no idea how to put it in the window without falling to the ground. So I opted for the stand alone portable air conditioner. <br /> <br />I actually bought a 16000 BTU unit but the same brand, etc. I get full on western sun coming through my bedroom window with summer temperatures in the high 90's and 100's in the summer. My daughter and her husband were coming to visit me last summer 07 and I wanted to make sure they were cool as well as I. I already owned a stand along portable air conditioner in 9000 BTU's which worked fine for me the summer before but now, I needed two units, I got the 16000 BTU unit from Amcor and it was so powerful that my circuit breaker kept going off. So much for keeping them cool. I consulted with my brother in law who is a contractor and he said it's easy for him to install a higher circuit breaker. (I don't remember what the term was.) He simply pulled out the original one and inserted the higher (wattage) one and my circuit breaker has never tripped again. It was easy and cheap to do. <br /> <br />Concerning the drainage system. It does have a continuous drainage hose that actually does work even if the drainage plug is at the bottom of the unit. As water piles up, it eventually squirts out the window with a little hose that's included. I can hear it give a little squirt from time to time. A couple of times I even checked to see if there was extra water being built up in the unit that needed to be drained and there never was any that I had to drain out. It works. At the end of summer as I took the unit out from the window, I unplugged the drainage plug and not one drop of water came out. <br /> <br />The one thing I had a big problem with was the exhaust hose. It's made out of cheap, thin plastic that has no insulation around the 4 inch in diamiter hose. My room would get hot simply from the hot exhaust hose. So, the thinker to the solution that I did was I went to a home supply store and bought hose or pipe insulation. I didn't stick the hose through the inner of the insulation, I just doubled it up and cut with a blade the length that I need and duct taped as tightly as I could around the hose. I found that I was faced with the problem that it gets so hot in the summer that even the duct tape came undone, so I wrapped more and more duct tape around and around and that kept from coming undone. <br /> <br />The noise, I can deal with that, it's not super loud. I can't deal with the heat. I like that I can simply take it out of the window when cold weather comes and when hot weather comes again, I can simply rehook it back up in the window. I think it's definately worth buying a stand alone air conditioner that isn't a hassle to hook up and take down. <br /> <br />For full on hot summer sun, this unit kept my bedroom cool. I have a swamp cooler and with one unit at one end of the house (upstairs) and one unit at the other end of the house (upstairs) I never turned on my swamp cooler. I thought the two did better than my crappy swamp cooler. I'm going to buy another one to see how much better the house feels this summer. Rating: 4 / 5 I hear that gentleman’s frustrating experience. Here’s my own experience: I am a single parent, no man in the house to help me out. I thought of getting one of those portable window units but I had no idea how to put it in the window without falling to the ground. So I opted for the stand alone portable air conditioner.

I actually bought a 16000 BTU unit but the same brand, etc. I get full on western sun coming through my bedroom window with summer temperatures in the high 90’s and 100’s in the summer. My daughter and her husband were coming to visit me last summer 07 and I wanted to make sure they were cool as well as I. I already owned a stand along portable air conditioner in 9000 BTU’s which worked fine for me the summer before but now, I needed two units, I got the 16000 BTU unit from Amcor and it was so powerful that my circuit breaker kept going off. So much for keeping them cool. I consulted with my brother in law who is a contractor and he said it’s easy for him to install a higher circuit breaker. (I don’t remember what the term was.) He simply pulled out the original one and inserted the higher (wattage) one and my circuit breaker has never tripped again. It was easy and cheap to do.

Concerning the drainage system. It does have a continuous drainage hose that actually does work even if the drainage plug is at the bottom of the unit. As water piles up, it eventually squirts out the window with a little hose that’s included. I can hear it give a little squirt from time to time. A couple of times I even checked to see if there was extra water being built up in the unit that needed to be drained and there never was any that I had to drain out. It works. At the end of summer as I took the unit out from the window, I unplugged the drainage plug and not one drop of water came out.

The one thing I had a big problem with was the exhaust hose. It’s made out of cheap, thin plastic that has no insulation around the 4 inch in diamiter hose. My room would get hot simply from the hot exhaust hose. So, the thinker to the solution that I did was I went to a home supply store and bought hose or pipe insulation. I didn’t stick the hose through the inner of the insulation, I just doubled it up and cut with a blade the length that I need and duct taped as tightly as I could around the hose. I found that I was faced with the problem that it gets so hot in the summer that even the duct tape came undone, so I wrapped more and more duct tape around and around and that kept from coming undone.

The noise, I can deal with that, it’s not super loud. I can’t deal with the heat. I like that I can simply take it out of the window when cold weather comes and when hot weather comes again, I can simply rehook it back up in the window. I think it’s definately worth buying a stand alone air conditioner that isn’t a hassle to hook up and take down.

For full on hot summer sun, this unit kept my bedroom cool. I have a swamp cooler and with one unit at one end of the house (upstairs) and one unit at the other end of the house (upstairs) I never turned on my swamp cooler. I thought the two did better than my crappy swamp cooler. I’m going to buy another one to see how much better the house feels this summer.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on Amcor PLM14000E 14,000-BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Electronic Controls by Evan J. Futterman http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-plm14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-electronic-controls.html/comment-page-1#comment-1667 Evan J. Futterman Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:56:21 +0000 http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-plm14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-electronic-controls.html#comment-1667 Cuts off every two seconds, I even installed a new plug with its own 20 amp circuit and it trips every two seconds. It randomly leaks water and now the display is being fogged up by some sort of moisture INSIDE THE UNIT. I got very screwed. Rating: 1 / 5 Cuts off every two seconds, I even installed a new plug with its own 20 amp circuit and it trips every two seconds. It randomly leaks water and now the display is being fogged up by some sort of moisture INSIDE THE UNIT. I got very screwed.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Amcor PLM14000E 14,000-BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Electronic Controls by M. Albers http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-plm14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-electronic-controls.html/comment-page-1#comment-1666 M. Albers Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:39:26 +0000 http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-plm14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-electronic-controls.html#comment-1666 We ordered this back in 2006 and didn't have luck with the unit either. One key thing that made the decision on not to use this unit was that it made our aluminum window frames hot. Not sure what this would do to our house we decided to send it back. WAY TOO HIGH OF STOCKING FEE that we decided to try and sell it on our own. Don't purchase this unit. Rating: 1 / 5 We ordered this back in 2006 and didn’t have luck with the unit either. One key thing that made the decision on not to use this unit was that it made our aluminum window frames hot. Not sure what this would do to our house we decided to send it back. WAY TOO HIGH OF STOCKING FEE that we decided to try and sell it on our own. Don’t purchase this unit.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Amcor PLM14000E 14,000-BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Electronic Controls by Diana http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-plm14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-electronic-controls.html/comment-page-1#comment-1665 Diana Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:56:09 +0000 http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-plm14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-electronic-controls.html#comment-1665 Unit worked for 2 months. I ran it only at night. It started to make a rattling sound and went dead. Called Amcor customer service. I was told someone would called me in 3-4 business days. Meanwhile it is 114 degrees in the desert. I was contacted in that time frame. They determined that the unit would have to be replaced but I had to pay $90.00 for shipping of the new unit and return of the broken unit. New unit arrived in 5 days. It does not work!This is on a Thursday. It is 110 in the desert. I called customer service and they tell me that the error code it is giving me can be reprogramed. Some one will call me by 2:30pm that day or 9am Friday. No calls ever come. It is now the following Tuesday and still no calls. I have called everyday. Customer support says they are sorry. They have refered my case to their corporate office to have someone call me as they do not have the information to reprogram my unit. They don't care that it will be 108 here again today. I should have just bought a Sears model Rating: 1 / 5 Unit worked for 2 months. I ran it only at night. It started to make a rattling sound and went dead. Called Amcor customer service. I was told someone would called me in 3-4 business days. Meanwhile it is 114 degrees in the desert. I was contacted in that time frame. They determined that the unit would have to be replaced but I had to pay $90.00 for shipping of the new unit and return of the broken unit. New unit arrived in 5 days. It does not work!This is on a Thursday. It is 110 in the desert. I called customer service and they tell me that the error code it is giving me can be reprogramed. Some one will call me by 2:30pm that day or 9am Friday. No calls ever come. It is now the following Tuesday and still no calls. I have called everyday. Customer support says they are sorry. They have refered my case to their corporate office to have someone call me as they do not have the information to reprogram my unit. They don’t care that it will be 108 here again today. I should have just bought a Sears model
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Amcor PLM14000E 14,000-BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Electronic Controls by JPSTARR http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-plm14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-electronic-controls.html/comment-page-1#comment-1664 JPSTARR Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:03:48 +0000 http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-plm14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-electronic-controls.html#comment-1664 I have used this A/C for one year, and I love it. If there is too much humidity, then the A/C will turn off. After I emptied the water tray; it works perfectly. I have had to empty the water about four times over the last year, so it is a great product! Rating: 4 / 5 I have used this A/C for one year, and I love it. If there is too much humidity, then the A/C will turn off. After I emptied the water tray; it works perfectly. I have had to empty the water about four times over the last year, so it is a great product!
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on 12000 1 Ton Btu Ductless Mini Split Air Conditioner Unit Ac System Heat Pump + Free Shipping + Free Installation Kit by woodguy http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/12000-1-ton-btu-ductless-mini-split-air-conditioner-unit-ac-system-heat-pump-free-shipping-free-installation-kit.html/comment-page-1#comment-1663 woodguy Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:29:37 +0000 http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/12000-1-ton-btu-ductless-mini-split-air-conditioner-unit-ac-system-heat-pump-free-shipping-free-installation-kit.html#comment-1663 What a fantastic piece of equipment. It was packaged well. It is very elegant. It works perfectly. Cools down about 500 square feet very easily. I put in it in our Florida room. It's virtually silent. The installation was a breeze with the quick connect sytle. It looks great in our room and works perfectly. I wish I would have done this months ago. I recommend this to anyone. 12000 1 Ton Btu Ductless Mini Split Air Conditioner Unit Ac System Heat Pump + Free Shipping + Free Installation Kit Rating: 5 / 5 What a fantastic piece of equipment. It was packaged well. It is very elegant. It works perfectly. Cools down about 500 square feet very easily. I put in it in our Florida room. It’s virtually silent. The installation was a breeze with the quick connect sytle. It looks great in our room and works perfectly. I wish I would have done this months ago. I recommend this to anyone. 12000 1 Ton Btu Ductless Mini Split Air Conditioner Unit Ac System Heat Pump + Free Shipping + Free Installation Kit
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on Frigidaire FAH146S2T Through-the-Wall 14,000 BTU Room Air Conditioner by Michael E. Mcquilkin http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/frigidaire-fah146s2t-through-the-wall-14000-btu-room-air-conditioner.html/comment-page-1#comment-1661 Michael E. Mcquilkin Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:12:42 +0000 http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/frigidaire-fah146s2t-through-the-wall-14000-btu-room-air-conditioner.html#comment-1661 It seems all the new air conditioners are much smaller than the old units. So I had some space to plug-up in my wall. But seems to work good and cool nicely. The big test comes this summer, and the air flow is really side to side, not up and down. In shopping around, this unit was at a very good price. Rating: 4 / 5 It seems all the new air conditioners are much smaller than the old units. So I had some space to plug-up in my wall. But seems to work good and cool nicely. The big test comes this summer, and the air flow is really side to side, not up and down. In shopping around, this unit was at a very good price.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on Sharp AF-S120NX 12000BTU Energy Star Window Air Conditioner by Lonnie K. Heinemannn http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/sharp-af-s120nx-12000btu-energy-star-window-air-conditioner.html/comment-page-1#comment-1660 Lonnie K. Heinemannn Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:22:20 +0000 http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/sharp-af-s120nx-12000btu-energy-star-window-air-conditioner.html#comment-1660 It is a bit noisy, but it gets the job done. It cools a very large room and is easy to use. Cleaning the filter is easy and I would say, "If you need a strong air conditioner that is energy star rated, this is the one to buy." Rating: 5 / 5 It is a bit noisy, but it gets the job done. It cools a very large room and is easy to use. Cleaning the filter is easy and I would say, “If you need a strong air conditioner that is energy star rated, this is the one to buy.”
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on Amcor NanoMaxC14000E 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner With NanoMist Technology by John Keller http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-nanomaxc14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-nanomist-technology.html/comment-page-1#comment-1658 John Keller Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:55:53 +0000 http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/amcor-nanomaxc14000e-14000-btu-portable-air-conditioner-with-nanomist-technology.html#comment-1658 We did a lot of searching.... online and in retail stores. This has the best combination of features we wanted. A remote control and manual controls on the air conditioner.... in case your remote gives up the ghost. <br /> <br />It is not silent, none of them are. After all, it does have a fan unit built into it. I read of others complaining of noise. I believe this is very quiet compared to other units I have heard. I love the flexible duct portion and the included molding to install to your window for exhaust of the hot air from the air conditioner. Note that the pre drilled holes for the moulding unit could be a little bit larger. Open the holes a very small amount before installing the screws. <br /> <br />The shipping was rather slow, but it was well protected and packaged very good. All in all, very happy with this product. I would buy this one again.... the ultimate proof of satisfaction. <br />John Rating: 5 / 5 We did a lot of searching…. online and in retail stores. This has the best combination of features we wanted. A remote control and manual controls on the air conditioner…. in case your remote gives up the ghost.

It is not silent, none of them are. After all, it does have a fan unit built into it. I read of others complaining of noise. I believe this is very quiet compared to other units I have heard. I love the flexible duct portion and the included molding to install to your window for exhaust of the hot air from the air conditioner. Note that the pre drilled holes for the moulding unit could be a little bit larger. Open the holes a very small amount before installing the screws.

The shipping was rather slow, but it was well protected and packaged very good. All in all, very happy with this product. I would buy this one again…. the ultimate proof of satisfaction.

John
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on DeLonghi PAC W130E 13,000-BTU Eco-Friendly Portable Air Conditioner with Water Technology by Tyler Durden http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/delonghi-pac-w130e-13000-btu-eco-friendly-portable-air-conditioner-with-water-technology.html/comment-page-1#comment-1657 Tyler Durden Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:46:17 +0000 http://centralair.onlinesmarketing.com/central-air-conditioner/delonghi-pac-w130e-13000-btu-eco-friendly-portable-air-conditioner-with-water-technology.html#comment-1657 I admit, I got suckered into buying this unit because of the marketing and slick featureset. What a disappointment. <br /> <br />I am returning it as quickly as possible, and would probably avoid Delonghi products going forward. I was trying to get information on where to buy replacement filters from Delonghi USA (& Canada), the former did not reply to several emails (USA tech support), and the latter - the Canadian support email bounced (no such mailbox). What a joke. <br /> <br />PROS: <br />Really nice & modern color scheme, graphite and silver. <br />Pretty blue LCD that displays everything you need to know. <br />Eco-friendly refrigerant <br />Side handles (because its very heavy) <br />3M Biosilver Techsystem <br /> <br />CONS: <br />VERY Noisy - sounds like an old dishwasher when cooling in Water to Air mode (swishing noise, I am guessing the rotary engine cooling off using the water). <br />Water refilling to get optimal cooling (to get 13K BTU) is annoying & frequent (Tested on a very hot day I had to refill it every 6 hours), I would bet that most people would give up on this eventually. Without the water, this unit does 9000 BTU in air cooling. <br />Huge - This thing is only portable due to the casters. Very bulky. <br />No Oscillating Louvers! The air is blown up in one direction, no choice. <br />No information on how (part#?) or where to buy the 3M filters that should be replaced once a year. <br />Heavy - Perhaps I'm being picky here, but this thing is so heavy (128 lbs). <br /> <br />What I recommend instead: The Sharp CVP10MX, as most people here (Amazon) have had a great experience with it. I recommend you have a look. Rating: 1 / 5 I admit, I got suckered into buying this unit because of the marketing and slick featureset. What a disappointment.

I am returning it as quickly as possible, and would probably avoid Delonghi products going forward. I was trying to get information on where to buy replacement filters from Delonghi USA (& Canada), the former did not reply to several emails (USA tech support), and the latter - the Canadian support email bounced (no such mailbox). What a joke.

PROS:

Really nice & modern color scheme, graphite and silver.

Pretty blue LCD that displays everything you need to know.

Eco-friendly refrigerant

Side handles (because its very heavy)

3M Biosilver Techsystem

CONS:

VERY Noisy - sounds like an old dishwasher when cooling in Water to Air mode (swishing noise, I am guessing the rotary engine cooling off using the water).

Water refilling to get optimal cooling (to get 13K BTU) is annoying & frequent (Tested on a very hot day I had to refill it every 6 hours), I would bet that most people would give up on this eventually. Without the water, this unit does 9000 BTU in air cooling.

Huge - This thing is only portable due to the casters. Very bulky.

No Oscillating Louvers! The air is blown up in one direction, no choice.

No information on how (part#?) or where to buy the 3M filters that should be replaced once a year.

Heavy - Perhaps I’m being picky here, but this thing is so heavy (128 lbs).

What I recommend instead: The Sharp CVP10MX, as most people here (Amazon) have had a great experience with it. I recommend you have a look.
Rating: 1 / 5

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