“My 10,000 BTU LG portable air conditioner is leaking water from the bottom. I have a puddle of water beneath the unit. Is this normal? Is something wrong with the LG portable AC unit? Do I have a clog? How can I fix this leakage?” We received 2 of these ‘why is my portable AC … Read more
If portable air conditioners bring in outside air is primarily a wildfire issue. Namely, when the sky is almost orange from wildfire smoke (forests in Canada or California burning), you don’t want a portable AC unit to pull air from outside. Let’s answer this in ‘Yes and No’ style, and explain if and why portable … Read more
If you have a small room, you don’t need a big portable air conditioner. To avoid unnecessarily getting bloated, expensive, overkill units that could short cycle in a small room, we have looked at which are the smallest possible AC units. You can find a list of the 4 smallest portable AC units on the … Read more
Air conditioner spitting water. This is quite a common problem in hot and humid summers. The water that is coming from the air conditioner is not merely leaking; you will see air conditioner water spray inside the house. Let’s explain what is happening when AC is spitting water into a room, and how you can … Read more
It’s incredibly hot, you just got a portable AC, and you want to run it without a hose. Can you use a portable air conditioner without the hose? Here’s why so many people are asking this: You might have misplaced the hose. Now you have a portable AC without a hose but you still want … Read more
“Do portable air conditioners need to be drained?” Yes. All portable AC units accumulate moisture and need to be drained regularly. AC units both cool and reduce humidity. The gathered water needs to be drained. This means either manual drainage (#1 way) or automatic drainage (#2 and #3 ways). How to drain a portable air … Read more
Person A: “Portable AC units are better than window AC units.” Person B: “No, I’ve bought a window AC unit and it’s much better than a portable air conditioner.” Which unit is actually better: portable or window AC? As you might imagine, many people have an established opinion when it comes to window vs portable … Read more
The single most important metric of any portable air conditioner is capacity. This denotes how powerful a portable AC unit is. The problem arises when we see 2 different numbers for capacity: BTU ASHRAE. These are British Thermal Units, measured by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers. This is the old … Read more
Let’s start this article on outdoor air conditioners with a newsflash: There are no outdoor air conditioners. An air conditioner is a specialized device that, based on the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, facilitates heat exchange between two isolated spaces. Outdoors, in essence, is just one big space. Don’t worry. If you’re looking to buy an … Read more
The biggest portable air conditioner, the better. That’s usually the right rationale when choosing a portable air conditioner for large rooms. You want as much cooling effect (measured in BTU or British Thermal Units) as possible. Choosing the biggest portable AC unit is the best guarantee for adequate cooling of larger rooms (up to about … Read more