Haier Air Conditioners: Thoughts On ?

[Robert11]

Hello:

The local paper (Boston) are full of ads for window air conditioners by HAIER.

Have never, ever, heard of them.

Anyone have any experience with, or opinions on, them ?

Sure are cheap; a 6,000 BTU window unit for $ 99.

With a name like Haier, they are probably from China or Korea, but i remember reading that most A/C's these days are.

Thoughts on ?

Thanks, Bob

[nicksanspam]

Wal-Mart sells a 5K Btu PER HOUR 9.7 SEER version for $78.44.

I just bought a Daewoo 5340 Btu/h 10.2 SEER for $69.

I measured a 0.98 COP for the Haier in a 63 F room with the hot coil airflow restricted to make it 110 F.

Remote control adds about $20.

Nick

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Most small AC's are from abroad or have major components that are.

[Robert11]

Hi Nick:

Thanks for info.

Is 0.98 COP "good" ?

Bob

[LB]

From China. Low priced (as you see). Company has been expanding rapidly. No knowledge of how good they are.

LB

[someone]

I just bought a 5200 BTU from Target for 69.99 a few weeks back. I have only used it 3 times at night in my bedroom. It seems to work well.

[World Traveler]

[snip]>>

The company headquarters are in China, but it's a quality, forward-looking multi-national brand, and the unit you bought was probably from their U.S. plant. Haier has a large plant adjacent to I95 just south of Florence, SC., which was built for the specific purpose of understanding and marketing to the U.S. market. -- Regards --

[Edwin Pawlowski]

We have one of their refrigerators in work and it was made in China. According to their web site, some manufacturing is being done in the US.

South Carolina is the site of the $40 million Haier America Industrial Park. The 110 acres of land is the home of the groundbreaking state-of-the-art refrigerator facility, which is surely, the first of many.

[nicksanspam]

Not a bad cooling COP, given my torturing, although less than Haier's

9.7/3.41 = 2.84 spec. If the heating COP is 1.98, we might heat water for showers this way with half the usual energy.

There was some condensation, which I didn't measure.

Nick

[JimL]

Exactly how does one measure a COP?