Recently I have recieved questions concerning why Airrex emergency air conditioners are different from the smaller portable A/C's that you can purchase from Home Depot, Sam's, or Lowes. The answer is in the rating. While these units rate in at 12,000 BTU's, they are doing so under optimal conditions. If everything was perfect, these compressors would output that many BTU's. Cool Air's 13,600 BTU Unit, the HSC 14 is rated at 13,600 under "average operating conditions".
The Airrex units are the size of a college refrigerator for a reason. You can't fit a large compressor and all of the necessary condensing coils into a smaller package. If it were possible Airrex would do it. Invariably, people who buy the smaller units call us in when there units fail to cool the area. They might do for a small room, but don't be fooled by thinking all BTU ratings are equivalent.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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