Best Portable AC for Indoor Air Quality: Window vs. Dual-Hose vs. Single-Hose
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- Greetings, fellow renegades! 🌬️ In this video, we dive into the world of portable air conditioners and indoor air quality. If you're a renter, or don’t have central AC, this video will help you decide which type of portable AC unit is best for indoor air quality.
What We'll Cover:
-Single-Hose ACs: How they work, their drawbacks, and potential health risks due to negative pressure.
-Dual-Hose ACs: Benefits of neutral pressure and improved air quality.
-Window-Mounted ACs: Why they might be the best option for some homes.
-Air Quality Tips: Simple tips to improve your AC’s performance, like using furnace filters on intake vents. Also, do ACs ventilate?
-Mold Concerns: Understanding how different AC units can affect mold growth in your home.
-WINDOW HEAT PUMPS!?
-Dehumidifiers: When you might need one in addition to your AC.
0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Single-hose ACs (CAUTION)
3:01 - Dual-hose ACs
3:56 - Window-mounted ACs
4:56 - Which kind of AC should you get?
5:30 - WINDOW HEAT PUMPS!?
6:14 - How to filter your AC so it keeps your air CLEAN
8:56 - How to dry your air with an AC
9:48 - Do you need a dehumidifier too?
12:51 - YOUR home couldn't have mold, right...?
Products I mentioned:
Window ACs:
Midea U-Shaped: amzn.to/3VFQDsy
GE: amzn.to/3VnBjiB
Dual-Hose ACs:
Midea Duo: amzn.to/3XcubrQ
Whyntner ARC-14S: amzn.to/3x1gd1w
Other products:
3M Filtrete Filters (12x20): amzn.to/45qPPuD
Hygrometer (for measuring humidity): amzn.to/44X0oW0
Dreo air circulating fans: amzn.to/3x7kqR9 and amzn.to/4bKvEdp
The links above are affiliate links. If you click and purchase, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the channel!
My video on mold illness: • My Symptoms Were Mold ...
My video on dehumidification: • How to Install and Use...
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I’m always learning something new from you! Perfect timing as we move into AC season. Your research and the way you communicate ideas and concepts is always top notch, and your passion for this field always comes through in your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
Appreciate the video a ton! Currently using a $400 single-hose unit in my bedroom... :( Have been using it for a good 7 years now. When it finally decides to quit, I will definitely be getting dual-hose. Thanks a lot! 😊
Glad it helped!
Thanks for all the videos on this stuff. You should do a video where you sum up all the stuff in your home and why it's there (ERV, old HRV, dehumidifier, fans, etc.), your thoughts on what you would have done different, and future projects to make it better. Doesn't need to be in great detail as you have all the other videos.
That’s a great idea. I’ll definitely do that within the next couple months.
I've had a single hose unit for 3 years that stopped cooling the room last week. I remember watching a vid from Technology Connections when i first got that unit that said that dual hose is better and more efficient, so i got a dual hose this time. I got the same portable AC model you have a few days ago. Mines came with a black filter to sit in between that see through filter you displayed. They also put in the manual that you could use a 3M filter in there (sold separately). It's a really nice unit.
Glad you converted to dual hose. And yes, I love that AC! Mine has that black filter too - it's also very thin and does next to nothing. I'm wary of that optional 3M antimicrobial filter because it's treated with a chemical coating. That's why I just manually attach a regular 3M filtrete to the intake vent.
I've been using single hose in my RV lately.
My old and janky RV rooftop A/C's have recently started having issues working correctly under the sun and in the heat (back) and the other one broke down (front) & way to expensive to replace.
So I found a way to inexpensively replace air conditioning inside here. But the single hose portables suck and underpowered (found this out the hard way) and why they don't work properly like a dual hose. I found out (the hard way) about what your explaining in this video.
So I recently bought a dual hose (the Midea Duo)
I hope it cools my inside down better than my weak single hose ones. Its twice as powerful than my single hose units combined.
And I bought a heavy duty Window AC that I'm putting in my bedroom window (emergency pop out window of the RV). I'm needing to do a a simple hack modification but its being put in.
I like your advice about the filters.
thanks for sharing
I think that way too along the lines of sucking in mold & dust that help with eliminating or reducing sucking it in both the dust & whatever else polluting inside both the unit and the room.
Great video
Thanks for sharing.
I wish you success for your channel.
I'll be watching your videos here on your channel.
This is a great comment, thank you. Thanks for sharing about your experience with ACs. I also found out the hard way. Anyway, I really appreciate your encouragement.
@HealthyHomeGuide Could I get your advice? I have a damp house. I get about 1 gallon of water in 24 hrs with my dehumidifier, but it also raises the room temperature by 10 degrees. That's a problem in the summer. With the dehumidifier NOT running, my hydrometer showed 72% humidity in a 72 degree air conditioned room. Should I also run the window AC at the same time? This is in the bedroom. Thanks!
Thanks for the informative videos, as always. Just a heads up--Bring your DIY fresh air system (I"'m starting to make two--TY!!) to Washington. Snow water equivalent is way below average in the State, with thousands of acres of dead fir trees per the USFS. Many weather and climate folks note a high chance of forest fire smoke starting in July.
Ah, thank you so much for this information! That's super helpful. Also, given that humidity doesn't get particularly high and temperatures stay fairly moderate, I think my DIY fresh air system could actually be perfect for Washington.
You should do a video on what is the best dual hose ac for small medium and large rooms. And which ones provide the best FAE
I really enjoy and learn alot from your videos. Have you experimented with Algae air purifiers which scrub out the co2 and other particulates?
I’m glad you like my videos! I haven’t experimented with those but they sound fascinating, thanks for the suggestion.
Hi. Thanks for the video. I bought a single hose AC last year with knowledge I have I would buy window or 2 hose AC unit. But I live in apartments build from concrete so here situation with places and reasons it of mold growth are slightly different. Had you investigate which paints are the safest? Not only during painting but in a long run. I saw that most popular are acrylic and styrene-acrylic pairs but I have suspicion that when particles of it get into the body they could be pretty harmful (especially styrene ones).
You're welcome! I have not yet investigated various paints for safety but I will someday. Thanks for the idea.
Enjoyed all the info in your video and appreciated that it wasn't another stupid A.I. voice-over video... lol thanks again
Absolutely. I hate those AI voiceover videos!! Glad I could help.
Would you recommend Dreo fans to use in DIY Air Purifier, instead of AC Infinity Cloudlift S12?
Great question. Unfortunately, I don't see a way to detach the Dreo fans from their stands, so I don't think it's feasible.
Does anyone knows if Neoplant works? They say it’s a nature-based solution to fight indoor air pollution?
Dehumidifiers do not cool a space at all. They actually heat it up a little bit with their fan and compressor motors.
Correct. I didn’t say dehumidifiers cool a space. I said they can supplement an AC for moisture removal.
To be perfectly clear, I was saying that dry mode on ACs cools a space.
Does it help to insulate the vent going out to keep more heat out of the room?
Yup, that would definitely help. Kind of a pain though and might not be worth the effort.
How do you find a good doctor?
7:10 oh, took apart my dehumidifier to clean the evaporator coils. Well, it's a U shaped thing, and couldn't really clean the inner parts of it :(
Good design, thank you...
Yup, it's nearly impossible to clean those coils. Glad you like the filter idea!