Feel like a jackass for asking this about window air conditioners but, do you need the window?

Question

i bought this window unit air conditioner tonight form Home depot. It is an LG room air-conditioner that directions make you feel like you have to be a brain surgeon to understand. I have installed window ac units atleast 100 times in my life but this is the question. I just got home , its too late to make a lot of noise cause old mean lady under me will instantly call the police and say that someone upstairs is fighting, or she will say, he is selling drugs cause he is white and some black guy came to his house last night after 10pm with a bag in his hand and only stayed for 2 or 3 minutes. She told him this happens like once a week. This has no relevance to my question but I had to explain why I cant install the unit this late, its 1:30am in morning. Black dude is delivery guy from sub shop in town. My poor old neighbor is a pain in the ***. Ok, question is, and I am serious, I want to run this unit tonight, why do I need a window? why not sit it on a table top and catch water in pan

Answer 1

I just felt like I had to comment on this. Why are people responding to an air conditioning question that have no clue how one works. Those of you who think this is wise, then pick up a book about thermodynamics and how a refrigeration system works. If he runs his A/C in the room he will not only blow the same hot air back in the room that he just took out he will also add mechanical energy (mechanical heat). If the room is small and the door is closed the temperature will eventually rise.

Answer 2

I live in a second story apartment that gets very hot during the summer so I have the air on low during the day just to keep the heat out.... when the sun goes down I turn the air off and open windows and turn on a couple of fans to circulate the air..... In my car I turn on the air till it takes the heat out of the car then I will have the I will turn the hater on so that I an adjust the air to a nice temp..... if it is not too hot then I will open the sun roof and roll down my windows..... I like the air blowing so i almost always have my fan on high...

Answer 3

Because like most people, you don't understand how it works. All a/c's work by pumping a chemical (freon) through tubing in the unit. It has an indoor coil & outdoor coil. As the freon passes through the indoor coil in a vapor state, it absorbs heat . The compressor forces the freon into the condensor (outdoor) coil, & the freon changes to a liquid form & dissapates the heat outdoors.
If you set it on a table, you will feel cold air while you're standing in front of it, but it will put the heat right back in the room.

Answer 4

Yes you can place it on a stool or similar item and put something to catch the water for a night or two. The units today don't release toxic fumes so sleep well my friend ,cool as a cucumber as they say!! And no the cooling coils are not hot they make portable air conditioners and the only difference is the housing and a drain hose.

Answer 5

You need to vent the exhaust air outside for it to cool your house. If you run it unvented, it will not help and actually act as as a heater. So, you don't need a window, but you do need to have the back vents outside. In the south, some people install window shakers in a wall and leave them in year round. They make portable units with wheels and a large hose for venting outside, and they vent out through a partially opened window. These would be good for old people that can't lift a window unit and don't have a good son to help them.

Answer 6

We've been doing that at work because our ac went out and the computers were messing up. We did it for two days ....... seemed to work fine.

Just make sure there is no way the water can come in contact with the unit or the electrical outlet.

Happy cooling ---

Answer 7

won't work, you need to exhaust the stale air. it takes the heat out of the air inside, and transfers it to the coils, like a refrigerator and the exhaust is hot air. If you are careful, you should be able to place it quietly in the window without waking up the lady downstairs. We did it with a baby sleeping in the room before.

Answer 8

The one I have here throws off a lot of heat while operating.

I think you want the heat to be vented outside, and the cooling to be inside.

That is the only reason that I can think of.

Why don't you go downstairs, knock on her door, and ask her to remain calm until you can get the unit in the window? Offer to help her out with some chore sometime in the future if she cuts you some slack on this.

Hope this helps. :-))

Answer 9

Hot air comes out the back, so you will be trying to cool a room and warm it up at the same time. With a window the hot air goes out side of your house.

Answer 10

My first thought is try it and see; the only things I can think of that will cause problems are noise and maybe heat discharge from the back of the A/C unit. Just my 2 cents.