How to purchasing a mobile type air conditioner.
The right air conditioner helps you cool a room e ciently. An undersized unit won't cool adequately while one that's too large will not remove
enough humidity, leaving the air feeling damp. To find the proper air conditioner, determine the square footage of the room you want to cool
by multiplying the room length by its width. You also need to know the air conditioner's BTU (British Thermal Unit) rating, which indicates the
amount of heat it can remove from a room. A higher number means more cooling power for a larger room. (Be sure you are comparing only
newer models to each other older models may appear to have a higher capacity, but are actually the same). Be sure to "size up" if your
portable air conditioner will be placed in a very sunny room, in a kitchen, or in a room with high ceilings. After you've found the right cooling
capacity or your room, you can look at other features.
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Why newer products have lower cooling capacity than older models.
Federal regulations require manufacturers to calculate cooling capacity based on a specific test procedure, which was changed just this year.
Models manufactured before 2017 were tested under a di erent procedure and cooling capacity is measured di erently than in prior
years'models. So, while the BTUs may be lower, the actual cooling capacity of the air conditioners has not changed.
What is SACC ?
SACC is the representative value of Seasonally Adjusted Cooling Capacity, in Btu/h, as determined in accordance with the DOE test procedure
at title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 430, subpart B, appendix CC and applicable sampling plans.
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