Ventless Portable Air Conditioner

Ok, I'm back with another post and this time I want to mention the ventless portable air conditioner I bought last year and how it has helped me save money on power consumption during this year's hot summer. Ok, first you need to know that I already have a whole house air conditioning system installed which is real nice to have, but costs more and more to run as electricity prices climb and its also bad for the environment, right?

So I figured that by getting a smaller, portable air conditioning unit that it would use less power and still keep me cool. Well I got it last year and it was a resounding success, cutting my summer power bill by around two thirds, which is a pretty damn big saving. Well, I guessed it made pretty good sense. Those small units use only a fraction of the power of a whole house system and they run pretty quiet and don't take up much room.

Ok, at the same time I also had solar lights installed on my patio and back yard, so they run for free, also helping keep the power load down. But the power hungry monster in my household was always the air conditioning system in summer and I needed a way to use less power but still keep cool. It was pretty much a no brainer from my point of view.

That small, ventless portable air conditioner I got worked so well I bought a second unit to keep permanently in our bedroom so I didn't have to keep moving the other unit into the bedroom each night. I made a point of only switching the bedroom unit on a half hour before we went to bed, so the room was nice and cool for us and the unit has a good thermostat that kept the room at around 72 degrees all night which is completely comfortable and meant it didn't have to work much to maintain that temperature.

The other unit stayed in the main living room and of course only got turned on while we were in there. If we spent the day outdoors, the unit was switched off to conserve power and it was really no inconvenience to walk inside and switch it on a half hour or so before we planned to come in for the evening. Of course, when the rest of the family called round with the grandkids, we put on the main house air conditioning system to keep the whole place cool, but that was only every so often and the rest of the time we only ever used one portable or the other.

So as a neat investment to save power and do your small bit for the environment, one of these little babies is perfect for the job at hand.

Edwyn Prose