I'm considering getting an extra portable AC on wheels for the bedroom (which is upstairs) in case my 20 year old central AC were to suddenly die. That way, I'd be able to get some sleep at night if I weren't able to immediately have a new central AC installed or the existing system couldn't be immediately repaired. Is this a good idea or do you I am crazy to want to spend a few hundred dollars on something to use as a backup for the bedroom in case the central AC should fail?Granted my bedroom has ceiling fan, but I'm afraid that alone won't be enough, because it will most likely be upper 80s or hotter in the upstairs bedroom at night should the central AC fail in summer.When central AC is working normally, as an added benefit, I suppose the portable may also be useful for purpose of cooling the bedroom at night by a few degrees without my having to lower the thermostat for the entire house.I already have a portable AC for the home office (also upstairs), since that room has a cooling problem. I realize the portables on wheels don't work as well as window units due to negative pressure, but at night when the outside temperature is cooler they generally work well. Window units can't be installed here though.J.

What it really sounds like is that your current AC isn't working right and the house isn't insulated/vented well enough to keep the heat from coming in.If all you want is a bandaid, why not just install a window fan. Like you said, the night air is cooler, so that should do the job.

Portable A/C on wheels as backup in case the central AC dies?

May 22, 2007 43 Replies

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Proctologically ViolatedÂ©Â® 19 years ago

And of course, you with yer 10th-grade diploma have done all this, right? The problem with condensate from an A/C system is the *rest* of it of is so mungy and unsanitary.

But if the coils were clean, the collector/pan sanitary, I don't think there would be that much of a difference--if any--between condensate and rainwater. Esp. if the coils/fins were stainless, and not crapped up Al/Cu.

Mebbe you should show up early to yer nite GED classes, and study a little more, in the quiet of yer pickup truck. Turn down the bluegrass, as it has been shown to cause nerve damage in northerners.

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Proctologically ViolatedÂ©Â® 19 years ago

And kick the wife off onto the floor. Extra body heat can be a killer, yo...

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Proctologically ViolatedÂ©Â® 19 years ago

You don't have much of choice but to drink Poland. They have dominated the bottled water market the way Snapple dominates the fruit juice market--slickly bribing Bloomberg to give them exclusivity in the NYC school system, as well.

There was a time when Manhattan had stores that sold only gourmet water. No foolin. $5 for a pint of bullshit H2O. And I thought $tarfuck$ was overpriced....

How bout the people who haul polar icebergs, and melt dat s*it down? Some people just gotta fiddle, whilst Rome burns.

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I'd be pissed too, if I read the same identical post end-to-end, four times. :)

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