^ whats the brand? and how is the noise?

oh and also, for those that have those intake/exhaust fan set up, wouldnt it pull in alot of dust if u have the fans set up as intake?!

http://www.airlux.ca/images/PAC_large_new.gif

http://www.airlux.ca/products_PAC.asp

I just bought mine a month ago for $450 + tax~ now it's price dropped down to $429!! Best part is that it's local so if it breaks down, just go back to them instead of shipping to the manufacturers if you buy from FS, Brick, or Costco (well costco you can return at the end of the summer every summer). It has done a great job in the last few days in my room that faces west! Forget fans or water vapor fans... they just blow hot air around!

Yah mine too, I have those hinge windows where you push out. I want to buy an AC for my room but I can't really picture installing an AC for a hinge window.

Anybody got any ideas? My windows are like 6 feet tall and they push outwards and opens on the left side.

hmm, i'm gonna have a look at my AC again... i don't know how many BTU it is.

All i have is my laser temp gun, and my butt dyno which also serves as a "how chill is this room" meter.

Why do you say south facing is bad? doesn't sun only affect west + east? i don't see DIRECT sun hit my patio for the most part of the day, just the splash over from it being so bright outside. At my penthouse, it's the whole southside of the building.

Anyone try those water to air AC?

As the sun goes from the east to the west through the day, it goes from the north to the south side of your building.

Ah...

I guess that whole earth science thing I failed didn't help :( I also haven't ever spent a full day on my patio just chilling, maybe i'll try that and watch to see how hot it gets.

I'm usually just popping out there every now and then.

i hate the fact that my house has one temperature control for heat and a/c in the house. If the middle floor is perfect the theater area etc. downstairs is too cold and upstairs is too hot. if upstairs is perfect middle floor is a bit too cold and the theatre area you need to wear a sweatshirt. i'm going to have to adjust all the vents which are a pain in the ass to adjust in order to get shit right.

Yeah, the 1 zone house is a common complaint. I designed a big mansion in the okanagan once with seperate thermostats (and AC) in every room.

If you want a bit more control, the cheapest way will be to add reheat; Add baseboard heaters with thermostats in the rooms that get too cold. It's not the most energy efficient thing to do, but at least you'll be comfortable.

...we also have one of the cheapest electricity rates in north america.

I have two controls, one in each of the two bedrooms in my condo, and there's nothing for the outside of the rooms. I wonder what I can do about that for heating, no point wasting it for the rooms if not...necesssary

Noise is not bad, pretty quiet. The brand is Strasshoff.

That's easy to do. You can do it cheaply by getting a cardboard as big as that window and cut it to fit exactly in there. Cut a hole on the cardboard big enough for the vent pipe near where you would lock your window. That way you can leave the cardboard there and reach out and close your window when you need to anytime. You can do this with pexiglass too. I assume your window is about 6' x 2' so the cost for a 1/16 thickness pexiglass would be about $70-$90

This is the only picture I can find online
http://www.pacificcleanair.com/images/Small2.jpg

are you referring to those asia-made ones with a water container or ice tray?

thats a piece of shit, the asia ones you put ice or water in. doesn't cool crap just makes it humid.

i found a local distributer of the strassoff 8000, 10000 and 12000 btu protable ac. cheaper than the brick too, and location is in burnaby
http://www.directliquidation.ca/cata....php?cat_id=16
$339 for the 12000 btu

I bought a 5100btu window jobbie from Walmart last week. i figured from Walmart it might be work the try and if it sucks i can return it. it was a Danby and it was only $98 so it was definitly worth the try. Its only been a week but it works amazing for my -200sqft bedroom. Cools the place down to 'too cold' in under an hour altho its too loud to run all night.